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 Open Two Seater 
 Right Hand Drive 
   
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 1949 
 2005 
  
  Corby
  Northamptonshire
 Original 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
 

 

Record Creation: Entered on 2 November 2005.

Some data provided courtesy: The XK Club

 

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2005-12-26 00:27:16 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

  • Title Year was added: 1949
  • Replacement Gearbox was added: Original
  • Current Country was changed from UK to United Kingdom

    • Heritage Notes

    Registered: WS 477

    Car History

    From The Jaguar XK120 in the Southern Hemisphere (2009) by Elmgreen & McGrath

    Hong Kong, Singapore/Malaya, UK

    John Elmgreen (from Sydney, Australia) and Terry McGrath (Perth, Western Australia) have been extreme XK enthusiasts since the 1970s if not before. In 1985 they published "The Jaguar XK in Australia". It was described by Alan Clark (Jaguar expert, historian, Minister in the UK Thatcher government) as amongst Jaguar books "my own personal favourite" and by Jaguar automobilia expert Ian Cooling as a superb book standing "supreme in the Jaguar library as a testament to years of diligent research and scholarship". Terry McGrath is also co-author of the monumental "Forerunners of Jaguar in Australasia and SE Asia". The new book "The Jaguar XK120 in the Southern Hemisphere" is to be followed in due course by XK140 and XK150 volumes.

    © Elmgreen & McGrath

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    2005-12-25 23:08:22 | pauls writes:

    Car was at auction in '01
    www.practicalclassics.co.uk/auctionlot/by-id/627758134/

    Auction description:
    Lot 179: Jaguar XK120 Lightweight (1949)
    The Jaguar Marque, Sports Racing, GT and Touring Cars, Coys (27th May 2001)
    Lot Details
    Auction The Jaguar Marque, Sports Racing, GT and Touring Cars
    Coys, Corby sales centre, Corby
    Type Car
    Lot Number 179
    Estimate £50000-£60000
    Hammer Price -
    Hammer Price (inc premium) £62000
    Year 1949
    Condition rating 1
    Registration number VVS 477
    Mileage -
    Chassis number 660021

    2011-07-12 13:46:59 | S A Goddard writes:

    Just out of interest I am looking to see if the car my father used to race in macao in the 50s is still around the number plate was XX9416 but I ma not sure where to go from here, any help would be gratefully received.

    2011-07-30 14:47:09 | Michael Scott writes:

    This car was advertised for sale in "Thoroughbred & Classic Car" magazine January 1993. Said to be in concours condition-price £65000. Photograph of the car. Dealer was Nigel Dawes Ltd of Worcestershire.

    2020-06-07 03:33:02 | Robert Danny writes:

    This XK120 was in my collection in the 1970s. Registration plate at that time was VLO 53. Purchased November 1977 from David Barber and sold in May 1980 to Duncan Hamilton & Co for £3,100.

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