XK Data - 660857 - Jaguar XK120, XK140, XK150 information, articles, photos and register

3.4 XK120

Pastel Blue Metallic

Open Two Seater

Light + Dark Blue

Right Hand Drive

French Grey

660857

W2745-7

December 1951

F3277

JH7227

19 July 1951

United Kingdom

1951

Light Blue

2009

French Grey

Australia

FTL366

KMS632

Record Creation: Entered on 17 August 2019.

Database Updates: Show dataplate edits

Heritage Notes

whilst the selection on XK Data says light and dark blue correctly it is Duo Blue.

Car History

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

UK, 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.

Photos of 660857

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Interior Photos (2)

Uploaded March 2009:

2009-03-16

2009-03-15

Comments

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2009-03-15 04:30:31 | terry mcgrath writes:

submitted to give people a better and correct idea what the light blue component of Duo blue looks like. The lighter of the blues which is really not blue but more a gunmetal colour described by Conolly as Blue-Grey.
This colour remained constant from MKV XK120 140 and 150

2009-03-20 04:55:03 | Chris Munn writes:

Hi Terry

Thanks for the information