XK Data - 671903 - Jaguar XK120, XK140, XK150 information, articles, photos and register

3.4 XK120

Black

Open Two Seater

Red

Left Hand Drive

671903

W 4258-8

F3837

JL9383

18 February 1952

1952

Black

Red

Rest: Concours

Original

Italy

13 more photos below ↓

Record Creation: Entered on 7 May 2009.

Originality: Noted for being in "original condition"

Record Changes

Changes to the database entry on this car are below; they do not necessarily mean the car itself changed (hide this).

2011-01-21 19:36:57 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

Engine Number was added: W 4258-8

Title Year was added: 1952

Car Condition was added: Work in progress

Note About Originality was added: 1

Replacement Engine was added: original

Current Color was added: black

Current Interior was added: red

Current Country was added: Italy

Factory Build Year was added: 1952

Factory Build Month was added: 02

Factory Build Day was added: 18

2011-01-22 06:16:19 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

Body Number was added: F3837

Gearbox Number was added: JL9383

2013-11-22 03:42:55 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

Factory Paint Color was added: black

Factory Interior Color was added: red

Car Condition was changed from Work in progress to Rest: Concours

Car History

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

Bahrain, USA

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.