This 1952 XK120 OTS produced February 18, 1952 is the 1907th example delivered in LHD. Original color was birch grey with light and dark blue interior. As was the case with many of the early XK120s, this car was occasionally used for club races such as at the 1952 Janesville Airport Race (photo included.) In 1980s the car was back on the track for vintage racing with VSCDA and HMSA. It was subsequently restored to street configuration in 2010. It is now back on the race track in stock configuration, it is driven on the street regularly and is maintained by the owner/driver. Spats off, a change of tires and off to the races ….. just like back in the day.
The XK120 was ultimately available in three body styles, all two-seaters and available either as Left (LHD) or Right Hand Drive (RHD): an open 2-seater described in the US market as a roadster (OTS – Open Two-Seater) like Luca’s; a fixed head coupé (FHC) from 1951; and a drophead coupé (DHC) from 1953.
Luca Maciucescu, a research engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory and vintage racer, lives in Santa Fe NM. He has owned many great race cars like Eno DePasquale’s The Bomb – a special based on a ’57 Corvette, known more recently as the 1959 Chevrolet EDP Special; 1957 Cooper T43; and the 1934 Ford Granite State Special; a “nimble” 1928 Bugatti Type 37A; 1957 Cooper T43; and a 1953 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk1 Vantage
