1952 Jaguar Other $128,500 | |
Car Ad from: Hemmings View Original Ad | |
Price: | $128,500 |
Contact: | View Original Ad from Hemmings |
Location: | Nashville, TN |
Details: |
Beautifully RESTORED XK120 Roadster by JDs BRITISH CARS NASHVILLE The Korean War comes and ends. A Soldier comes home from the battlefield, to celebratehis life and passage through such a traumatic experience buys himself a red sportscar, not any red sportscar but an XK120 Roadster. This same soldier full of life and future loses his life on the streets of his hometown in Kentucky. In mourning his Mother puts the car away in her only garage and lets it sit. A man working a pipeline through the town catches sight of the nose of a red Jaguar sitting in an open garage,he inquires,told the story of the soldier and makes a request to purchase the Jaguar, he is turned away. The pipeline worker returns for five years making a request to purchase this Jaguar, the mourning Mother turns him away. The man comes back one more time with his entire paycheck in his pocket and offers it up in exchange for the Jaguar, this time he succeeds and title is transferred to him. The car is transported to his home and tucked away in his barn, he has now become a farmer, the car quickly becomes a lower priority. The local Pharmacist and car collector hears that a farmer has \ |