Fantasy Junction

Description

1954 Jaguar XK 120 OTS Race Car
Chassis No. S675918 Eng. No. RA4417-9
Black with Red Leather Interior

Following World War II, the economically battered United Kingdom staggered back into the global industrial market by hurriedly rushing warmed over prewar cars into production. Thus, the entirely new and thoroughly modern XK 120 was a genuinely earth-shattering car, a truly contemporary and avant-garde car to boost the morale of Britons, and demonstrate to the world the resiliency of the United Kingdom. Introduced in 1948 as a concept car to showcase Jaguar`s remarkable new twin-cam inline-6 cylinder engine, the XK 120 was never intended to go into full scale production. However, its breathtaking, swoopy, and beautiful styling as well as its genuine 120 mph performance (not to mention the surprisingly affordable price) captured the imagination of the public, and the largely hand-built aluminum-bodied car was rushed into limited production. Jaguar was selling as many as they could make, so the car was reengineered as necessary to switch to mass production with steel bodies.

A Restoration detail of the Jaguar XK 120 OTS is courtesy of the owner:

Frame
• Steam Cleaned
• Sand Blasted
• Welded all seams continuous and frame
Upper suspension horns welded to strengthen (retain all original mounting points)
• Sand Blasted again and powder coated (gloss black)

Body
• Steam cleaned, glass beaded and primed on chassis and all body work to releading done while on frame
• Removed from frame and final paint done top and bottom (gloss black) as original (with body braced to not distort)
• The body had only very minor dents (parking lot rash) never any serious damage
• The body was punch and flanged in non obvious places to remove metal and weight
• Install Le Mans filler and inner cap

Body (continued) - These additional parts were fabricated:
• Louvered bonnet
• 2 Brooklands cowels to screens
• Mirror cover
• 2 Windshield pillar covers
• License plate holder
• 2 Inner aluminum inner fender panels
• 2 Inner aluminum firewall to fender plates
• 1 Transmission tunnel for original gearbox
• 1 Transmission tunnel for XKE gearbox
• Driveshaft tunnel
• 2 Floor boards (aluminum)
• 2 Trunk boards (aluminum)
• 1 Gas tank (fuel cell tank)
• 1 Gas tank lower tray
• 1 Battery box cover
• 1 Cold air inlet and box manufactured
• Front body spring bar lightened to bumper braces lightened
• Modify to strengthen door hinge pivots and lighten hinges (doors to deck lid) and spring bar, fender braces, differential U straps, motor mounts to torque mount, bell housing bracket

Fuel System
• Fuel tank and cell (bladder to foam inside)
• Facet (Bendix) positive ground fuel pump
• Le Mans filler to inner cap
• Fuel steel S tube to cell
• Holley fuel pressure regulator
• Swagelok flex fuel hose
• Fuel pump bracket

Cooling System
• Aluminum Radiator
• New water pump to Hub and large pulley
• Modify thermostat housing
• All other cooling pieces new - hoses, clamps, etc.
• The cooling system had ethylene glycol and water wetter (Red Line) for storage

Electrical
• Complete new harness as per original
• New regulator, generator, starter (Tilton gear reduction)
• Le Mans headlamps
• Optima cell batteries
• Cut off switch

Gauges
• All gauges rebuilt
• Speedometer has original mileage
• Have 7000 rpm tach built to replicate original face to letters

Wheels
• 6 New 72 spoke 6” wide Dayton heavy duty wheels
• 5 Original 54 spoke wheels

Gearbox(s) to Clutch

• Purchase and rebuild XKE full synchro gearbox
• Purchase hydraulic clutch adapter transmission kit
• Hydraulic clutch master cylinder to linkage
• Fabricate rear mounting to remote shifter
• Purchased lightened aluminum flywheel and AP twin disc metallic clutch
• New driveshaft with XKE U joints
• The XKE gearbox has Swepco 85/140 blue oil in it

Fire System
• Purchase and install fire suppression system
• Purchase fire extinguisher for in cockpit (Halon)

Differential 4.27 to 1
• 2 New custom manufactured Summers Brothers 4340-300M 30 spline axels
• New ring and pinion to carrier (clutch type)
• Limited slip (Thornton Power Lock)
• 2 New rear hubs
• All new bearings and seals to input yoke
• Differential uses Swepco 85/140 blue oil and 1 tube StaLube Friction Modifier (additive)

Suspension
• 2 New Heavy Duty torsion bars
• New 1” heavy duty sway bar
• 2 Modified Mk 7 (stretched) spindle uprights
• 4 Modified upper suspension “A” arms
• 2 Lower rear suspension arms
• 2 Lower front suspension arms
• 2 Lightened lower suspension wishbones
• 2 Lightened upper suspension wishbones
• All suspension arms and wishbones forge flashing removed, radiused and crack checked and polished
• All new suspension ball joints, cups, metalastic rubber bushings
• All original mounting points used
• 1 Set Koni adjustable shocks (rear)
• 2 New rear springs modified with proper rate to front bars, modify front spring eyes to add 4th spring clasp and have custom gaiters made to suit all new bushings and shimming to remove play.
• Rebuilt Girling shocks to modify link eyes (bolts) and new rubber bushings
• New bump and rebound rubbers and lightered “U” straps

Steering
• Replacement aluminum steering box column (saves 10 lbs)
• All parts to steering box magnafluxed
• Steering box Pitman arm hard chromed to fit the original box new seal ball bearings and rebuilt
• All steering arms ground radiused and polished magnafluxed
• 2 New steering links, new track rod bushes
• Steering wheel polished, spokes painted black and leather wheel cover made
• The idler box is a Taper Roller custom box
• All suspension parts, engine and transmission mounts, brackets, any originally painted black parts were powder coated, unless aluminum
• All original hardware was cadmium plated

Engine 3.8 L
• 271 hp
• 295 ft. lb. torque
• Car Weights 2,675 lbs. wet
• 3.8 Liter XKE block, head, and crankshaft

Block
• Bored .020 over, line bored, decked, cleaned and crack checked, and painted internally for assembly
• 3.8 L XKE crankshaft, all forging flashing removed, radiused, polished, stress relieved nitride and new plugs and balanced
• 1 Set Ross forged pistons, ceramic coated antifriction coated 11.3 to 1 comp ratio, lightened pins and double lox and sealed power rings
• 1 Set Carillo “H” beam connecting rods made to suit “8” center to center (long rod)
• 1 Set Vandervell main bearings .020 and set Vandervell rod bearings .010 both sets antifriction coated
• New timing chains, tensioner and sprockets
• Timing gears and bushings, oil pump (XKE)
• New Mallory dual point distributor
• XKE sump, windage tray and oil tubes
• 1 Custom oil delivery block for remote Fram twin filter assembly and new fittings and hoses and oil cooler (not used)
• 1 Heavy crankshaft damper to special pulley and washer to allen bolt
• The engine uses 100 octane unleaded (minimum)

Cylinder Head
• XKE straight port head (matches block)
• 1 Set 1-7/8 stainless steel inlet valves with chrome stems
• 1 Set 1-5/8 SS exhaust valves with chrome stems
• 12 Bronze valve guides with teflon seals
• 12 Kibblewhite 39 mm (1.535”) light weight steel heat treated, nitride, and diamond light carbon coated bucket type lifters
• 1 Set Iskenderian racing valve springs
• 1 Set titanium spring retainers to steel keepers
• 1 Set Megacycle 516” lift camshafts
• 6 Martin Wells hard valve seats inlet
• 6 Martin Wells hard valve seats ex
• 16 Special cam studs and unlocks and copper washers
• The head was straightened, water ports to block welded and machined, oversize valve seats installed and ports blended to seats and surfaced
• 12 7078 oversize tappet guided installed (made) and bored on valve and camshaft centerlines a, valve job done and valve heights set to original
• 12 Special valve shims were used
• 3.8 L Cometic multi layer steel head gasket
• ARP head studs

Inlet and Exhaust
• 2 Reproduction new H-8 carbs were filled and flowed and modified for racing (Huffaker Racing) and two recurvue velocity were spun and flanged to carbs made, a cold air box was manufactured and inlet infront of the radiator was built. An XJ6 inlet manifold was ported to fit the head and linkage to suit (carbs use UV35) needles
• 2 Stainless steel “D” reproductions with high temp ceramic coating headers
• Two 2” secondary stainless steel pipes with thermocouple and oxy sensor ports
• Two into one collector and 2-1/4” muffler and final pipe (SS muffler)
• Exhaust system spring mounted and metal mounts powder coated, exhaust system header wrapped to protect car from heat

Upholstery
• 2 Aluminum racing bucket seats covered in red leather
• 1 Transmission tunnel for original gearbox covered in red Wilton carpet
• 1 Transmission tunnel for XKE gearbox covered in red Wilton carpet
• 1 Driveshaft tunnel in aluminum covered in Wilton carpet
• 1 Set carpets per car in Wilton carpet
• Door panels, dash, cowl panel and “D” rubber covered in red leather
• All interior pieces re-chromed as per original
• The floor boards and truck boards are reproduced in 1/8” aluminum sheets
• The door, dash, gauge facia, “D” piping, bucket seats, are leather

Brakes
• Original Lockeed drum brakes are used
• Brake backing plates are drilled and vented, the brake drums are drilled and vented also
• Original wheel cylinders rebuilt and SS brake lines and flex hoses are used, new park brake cable, a dual master cylinder (Tilton assembly) with 1” masters and balance bar was installed, a new set of 7/8 cylinders are included, the system uses Castrol SRF fluid, two new residual valves are in line after the master cylinders
• The brake shoes have been recently relined with Carbotek Kevlar metallic friction material (rivet and bonded) and are not totally bedded in

Accessories
The car has with it:
• The original engine block and cylinder head, transmission case and bell housing, steel sheet metal parts, wheels, bumpers and support spring bars, windshield frame and center post, top rear bar (no top mechanism), aluminum STD gearbox tunnel, some carpet and naughahide material, horn parts, front suspension original pieces, XKE gearbox parts, some original gearbox pieces, exhaust manifolds, inlet manifold (for 2” H-8 carbs) and other pieces. There are more parts that I will gather and deliver prior to shipment
• All the original hardware was cadmium plated, and the black parts are powder coated (gloss black)
• The car is registered with a JDHT certificate and I am the third owner. It has not been registered for road use since 1964. I purchased it in 1986 from Mr. Ralph Felton of Lodi, CA. It was originally sold from BMC San Francisco and is in its original paint and upholstery colors.

Car Parts
• There are throttle linkage original parts, the clutch and brake pedals have expanded metal (no slip) and been electro less nickel plated and there is a dead pedal plated too
• There is more that I will find as I sort things out (dash knobs, etc). Every single nut and bolt have been removed and replaced
• The engine has Mobil 1 15/50 full synthetic
• The gearbox has Swepco 85/140 Blue
• The differential has Swepco 85/140 Blue
• The differential has 1 tube StaLube additive
• The brakes have Castrol SRF fluid
• The clutch has Castrol SRF fluid
• The chassis is lubed with Moly grease
• The cooling system has propylene glycol

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Fantasy Junction  •  510-653-7555  •  1145 Park Ave, Emeryville, CA 94608