2007-07-19 19:57:16 | terry writes:

Photos are of original owner Spike Michealides on the left and current owner since 1961 Neville Martin on the right

2007-10-10 14:52:24 | Jake. writes:

Stunning!

2010-01-03 11:32:56 | Philippe writes:

Car seen and mentionned on XK listing, attending XK60 event , Goodwood, August 2008

2015-03-23 12:40:53 | Jeremy B writes:

If a mascot on an XK120 is an unsightly anachronism, on an early alloy car it is sacrilege.

2015-03-23 16:50:14 | J.Berg writes:

Dear Jeremy B
I never usually comment on this rather questionable forum, but I have to agree, Such blasphemy to put a mascot on a 120, even more so any a "Ally", please correct!
All the best, and drive hard!
J

2015-03-25 04:02:31 | Jeremy B writes:

Thank you for the support. A mascot on a 120 is like a wart on the nose of a pretty girl.

2015-03-25 04:04:18 | Jeremy B writes:

Oops, showing my age. Perhaps I should have written "beautiful woman"?

2015-03-25 09:29:34 | Michael DeBacker writes:

The mascot may have been added early on along with the other period modifications. It is part of this very early cars history, after all no one questions the modifications made to NUB 120.

2015-03-25 13:35:33 | Jeremy B writes:

I was criticising mascots, not mods.

2015-03-25 18:37:31 | David B writes:

NUB120 is a bad example, it was a competition car probably going through modifications and development every week thus helping the development of future models. But I have to agree with Jeremy and say the mascot on this car does look hideous. Then again the whole car looks hard work and looks like it needs a bucket of creosote or something similar thrown over it. Ah then it would be a good lookin car.

2015-03-29 19:58:07 | terry mcgrath writes:

the owner actually hand carved the mascot out of a block of aluminium!

2015-03-31 17:18:11 | Delboy writes:

What a plonker Rodney

2015-04-05 05:02:11 | Roger P writes:

So Terry, when did the evil mascot appear?

I think I would very much like to see this car, I assume it is still in WA?

cheers

RP

2015-04-05 20:10:54 | terry mcgrath writes:

0004 still very much alive and well here in WA and still with nev.
He would have made the mascot in the mid 1970's.
Nev purchased this car in feb 1961 so he has passed 50 years of ownership.
We had a big birthday for the 50th birthday of the car arriving in WA back in Dec 1999 and had something like 60 xks at the party invitations went to jaguar XK's not people!

2016-04-06 15:00:20 | pauls writes:

In Jaguar Magazine blog:

What's so special about Neville [Martin]? He has owned XK120 RHD chassis #4 for decades, and drives it regularly, including today.

www.jaguarmagazine.com/this-is-what-its-all-about-jaguars-mates-and-fun/

BTW I love what Terry says above about the invitations going to the cars and not the people, the cars are the stars and some people too (Norman Dewis) of course. However the cars are the constant, people move in and out of them.