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Record Creation: Entered on 6 May 2009.

Some data provided courtesy: The Jaguar XK120 in the Southern Hemisphere (2009) by Elmgreen & McGrath

 

Car History

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

Australia

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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2012-01-14 15:16:12 | Michael Scott writes:

This car is mentioned in Jaguar Driver magazine October 1973 page 19, where the owner, Jim TAYLOR of Queensland Australia states that the car was sold new in February 1951 by Brysons in Sydney and he believes the original colour was red (white now). The engine number is W1948-7. He states that being an early car the sidelights are the chrome detachable sort and the car is fitted with an ENV axle. He stated he was the fourth owner and he was planning to restore it to brand-new condition

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