RM Auctions: Automobiles of Amelia Island
March 14, 2009
ADMISSION:
Admission to this sale requires the purchase of the offical auction catalog for $100. The catalog will admit two and must be presented at the entrance to the sale to be granted entry.
AUCTION LOCATION
The Ritz-Carlton
4750 Amelia Island Parkway
Amelia Island, Florida
32034
SALE DATES:
March 14, 2009
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
(viewing starts at 9:00 AM)
PREVIEW DATES:
March 13, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
March 14, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE
265bhp, 3,781 cc dual overhead camshaft inline six-cylinder engine, four-speed manual gearbox, four-wheel independent suspension, four-wheel disc brakes. Wheelbase: 96"
Jaguar Cars Ltd. was no stranger to success, but recovering from the Second World War was difficult for any manufacturing company. At the 1948 London Motor Show however, Jaguar unveiled the XK120 with greater success than William Lyons had anticipated.
Success continued in competition with the C-Type, which w