This Jag purrs, with power, panache and pedigree.
Every day, day or night, car restorer Bill Wallace starts up his internet search engine and cruises for classics to renew and, most often, sell to appreciative buyers who love the original car and the restorative caress.
In October 2021, he was doing a midnight scour of Craig's List and noticed a vehicle that jumped from the listings: a 1952 left-hand-drive Jaguar XK120 roadster, one of six that appeared in the promotional Race of Champions May 10, 1952, in Silverstone, England. Documented by a certificate of authenticity from Jaguar, the XK120 is the only one in bronze and probably the last of the sextet existing.
The search for the XK120 was as exciting as the ride it offers: “It's all about the chase,” says Wallace, who previously owned the Autobahn Collision and Preferred Collision shops, both in the
