This 1954 Jaguar XK120 belonged to my paternal grandfather who drove it while he was living in White Plains, NY. Following his death it was stored in a chicken coop in northern New Jersey.
When the farmer sold the chicken coop in the early '70's, my father removed it to the now-defunct farm where we were living, in Blawenburg, New Jersey, where it stayed until 1980, when the garage my father built in nearby Belle Mead NJ was finished.
In the 90's the body was detached from the chassis to be restored by a local guy. In Belle Mead, Paul and my dad removed the transmission and restored the clutch and the pressure plate and the gasket to the oil pan. The relevant parts were re-chromed in Philly.
In 2007 my father became convinced that the project would be completed at the cost of his own life, and the Jaguar bade farewell to New Jersey and was hauled to Paul's house in Westchester County NY on a flatbed truck. In 2008 Paul restored the interior, and spent a lot of time underneath the Jaguar (in his fetching blue jumpsuit) excoriating the British engineers who designed it.
From left to right: Paul Mullaney, David Mullaney, Ross Mullaney.
In May of this year it again became road-worthy.
In the video (COMING SOON!), Paul and our cousin Ross take it for a spin in Pound Ridge.
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Hey Pam, tell your dad and Paul that I said congratulations on completing the project. It looks great. Maybe you can talk them into taking a ride up to NH to take me for a spin?
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