{"id":2726,"date":"2023-05-17T08:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T00:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2023-05-17T08:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T00:39:27","slug":"clark-gables-1952-jaguar-surfaces-for-sale-after-41-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2726","title":{"rendered":"Clark Gable’s 1952 Jaguar surfaces for sale after 41 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rotting Jaguar sports car dug out of garden after 30 years restored and worth a small fortune<\/h4>\n

Jaguar sports car restored after being found in a garden after 30 years.<\/p>\n

It’s a car definitely fit for a movie star.<\/p>\n

A 1952 Jaguar XK120 originally owned by Clark Gable is being put up for sale for the first time since 1982.<\/p>\n

The Battleship Grey roadster was delivered to the Hollywood legend in Cornwall, U.K., where he was working on the film “Never Let Me Go.”<\/p>\n

The XK120 was the fastest production car in the world.<\/p>\n

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Clark Gable shipped the Jaguar to France in 1952 on a Bristol Freighter aircraft. (Alamy)<\/p>\n

The name references its targeted top speed, but it was capable of 126 mph with the top closed and a then-record 132.6 mph with the top down and the windshield removed.<\/p>\n

Gable ordered it with competition-style wire wheels and hood louvers, but also a rack for his golf clubs, according to RM Sotheby’s.<\/p>\n

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The XK 120 was fully restored in 2011. (RM Sotheby’s)<\/p>\n

It is known in the collector car world as “MDU 420,” after its original registration number.<\/p>\n

After filming wrapped up, he used it to tour Europe through the end of 1953, then shipped it to California and sold it.<\/p>\n

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Gable owned the XK 120 until late 1953. (RM Sotheby’s)<\/p>\n

The next owner kept it until 1982, which was followed by a trip to Switzerland via South Africa during which it twice traded hands.<\/p>\n

That’s when the current owner’s father took possession of it in the city of St. Gallen.<\/p>\n

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The car’s Swiss owner is offering it for sale for the first time since 1982. (RM Sotheby’s)<\/p>\n

It’s been there ever since and underwent a full restoration in 2011 that cost a reported $500,000, complete with a new red Connolly leather interior.<\/p>\n

The car is now coming up for auction at the RM Sotheby’s Villa Erbe event on May 20, with a pre-auction estimate that tops out at about that price.<\/p>\n

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That’s more than twice what classic car insurer Hagerty values a typical 1952 XK 120 in show car condition at, but this isn’t a typical XK 120.<\/p>\n

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The XK 120 was capable of a 132.6 mph top speed. (RM Sotheby’s)<\/p>\n

“Despite being one of the most famous XK 120s in existence, \u2018MDU 420\u2019 could easily be enjoyed on a long trip across the European continent, just like Clark Gable did, or admired on any concours lawn for its outstanding condition and incredible beauty,” the RM Sotheby’s listing says.<\/p>\n

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“Few cars can claim to combine such charm, originality, condition and screen legend provenance, and \u2018MDU 420\u2019 will forever be one of them.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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