We are delighted to have this very rare and highly collectible XK120 back in our collection. We first became acquainted with PBH995 over 10 years ago. Since then it has been the property of a very senior director of the Jaguar Landrover Group.

The heritage certificate for chassis 660290 registered as PBH995 is on file 2 times. Firstly in an old fashioned Vehicle information sheet dated April 1986 and then again with a current Jaguar Heritage Trust document obtained by me when I decided to market PBH995 dated October 2024.

Both documents confirm this is a matching numbers car originally supplied through Parkers Jaguar of Bolton to a Mr H S Livesey who was the President of the BRDC as explained by Hamish Cook who sent the photos of PBH995 competing in the fifties. Mr Livesey sold the car to Peter Aylett in July 1985 who then sold the car to Mr David Harvey in March 1990. The car dropped into disrepair and was partially restored by and Mr Robert Derham who sold the car to Bryn Williams in May 2003. Williams lived in the South of France and was known as The English Car Mechanic of Opio France. He restored the car totally as the photo restoration held on file. All owners are documented on the file with a substantial amount of documentation relating to each of them. It is at this point in 2010 that my association and love for this car began. Halfdan Gro is a Norwegian related to the Picasso family through marriage with a home in Norway and the Cap D’Antibes who purchased the car and kept it in Antibes serviced by The English Car Mechanic as evidenced by various invoices supplied by Guy Broad to them.

I transacted a part exchange deal for a Morgan +8 and PBH995 became my car and somewhat of an obsession. I always found this car to be a great driving car but as a dealer I sold the car to Tim Adams in 2011 and Tim did the Rallye Des Alps in the car that year prepared at great expense by JD Classics. I bought the car back from Tim and continued to enjoy her until I sold the car again in May 2015 to Nick Rogers who was and I believe is the Global Head of Jaguar Land Rover Engineering. Nick was based at Gaydon and we delivered the car there for a photo session with Dr Ulrich Bez and Nick. The car was driven into the atrium of JLR Gaydon and caused a sensation for the massed JLR employees. Nick kept the car in his small collection of JLR cars and sold the car back to me a few years ago.

I have continued to use it as it is today taking it to Le Mans Classic and using it regularly and enthusiastically over recent years. I put all my cars for sale but do not market my ‘keepers’ hard. I have turned away several people who wanted the car for in my view the wrong reasons. Quite happy to keep the car for ever if that was my luck! It has been my concern for a while about where the next generation of XK lovers will come from. The cars are great to drive (well a good one is!) and can be so very rewarding for the people who learn how to get the most from a 75 year old car built by my grand father who lived a stone throw from the factory back in 1950.

There are shiny and yet average XK120s and then there are fantastic XK120s steeped in history and pedigree with patina and all the better for it. PBH995 is the latter. From Mr Livesey competing in PBH995 to the car being the star in the atrium of JLR. I am sure every custodian of PBH995 has had a rich relationship with this fabulous car.

You will need to persuade me that your intentions are good for PBH995. As I say several people have been turned away.