This is another beautiful unique car based on the XK120 with coachwork by Pininfarina.  The cars origins are well known, but not long after its creation the car was not seen for many years until a complete restoration four years ago.  The original car was delivered in 1954 to Max Hoffman, a well known importer of European luxury cars to the US and based in New York.  He was originally from Austria and was involved in the inspiration of a number of transformations of cars from mainstream car makers, such as the Mercedes 300SL “Gullwing” and BMW 507, so a well recognised automotive aficionado.  He gave the XK120 to Pininfarina and his Italian coachwork design house with a brief to transform it into something more special.  From the restoration it was seen that Pininfarina actually used the originally body of the car as a base to work from.  The completed newly bodied car was shown for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in April 1955 and later that year at the Autocar Show.  After that Hoffman took delivery of the remodelled car.  It was after this the car disappeared from view until it was acquired by a German in 1978, who had the intention of restoring it but never completed it.  The project was resurrected in 2015 when the car was bought by noted UK classic car specialists Classic Motor Cars or CMC.  CMC spent some 6,700 hours on the restoration of the car from the bottom up.  The original external and interior colours were not known at the start of the project, as at some point the car had been sprayed Burgundy and the interior re-clad in tan leather.  The exterior colour only came to light when an original patch was found when the windscreen was removed.  Similarly a small strip of the original leather in the interior was found when stripping out the existing upholstery.  Whilst much of the car is original, some reconstruction of parts was required, such as the chrome bumpers, lights and some of the glasswork, as well as quite a few panels of the bodywork.  The mechanics of the car include a standard XK120 3.4 litre straight-six engine with twin SU carbs and giving a power of some 180bhp.  Since restoration the car was unveiled at Pebble Beach in 2017 and has also since been shown at Villa D’Este and Hampton Court and here is pictured at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed Cartier Style et Luxe concours.  It is a truly stunning restoration of a beautiful and unique Jaguar.