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S676285

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United KingdomJSJ756

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Record Creation: Entered on 29 December 2005.

Originality: Noted for being in "original condition"

 

Record Changes

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2005-12-29 15:43:34 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

  • Engine Number was changed from F40085 to F 4008 S
  • Current City was changed from Beaulieu to Kensington

    • 2006-01-10 16:28:01 | XK Data writes:

    The record was updated:

  • Body Number was added: F8550
  • Gearbox Number was added: JL 24426
  • Factory Paint Color was added: cream
  • Factory Interior Color was added: black
  • Factory Top Color was added: black
  • Original Distributor was added: Max Hoffman
  • Original Owner City was added: Los Angeles
  • Original Owner State was added: California
  • Original Owner Country was added: United States
  • Car Condition was added: Nice driver
  • Note About Originality was added: 1
  • Replacement Engine was added: original
  • Current Color was added: old english white
  • Current Interior was added: black
  • Current City was changed from Kensington to Near Plymouth
  • Current State was added: Devon
  • Factory Dispatch Year was added: 1956
  • Factory Dispatch Month was added: 08
  • Factory Dispatch Day was added: 24
  • Factory Build Year was added: 1954
  • Factory Build Month was added: 08
  • Factory Build Day was added: 17

    • 2016-03-28 17:59:04 | XK Data writes:

    The record was updated:

  • Top Color was added: black
  • Registration numbers (raw data): was added: JSJ756|
  • Registration number location (raw data): was added: United Kingdom|

    • 2016-03-29 18:11:02 | XK Data writes:

    The record was updated:

  • Engine Number was changed from F4008S to F4008-8S

    • Car History

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

    USA, Australia, 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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    2005-12-29 11:23:52 | pauls writes:

    Car was at auction in '97
    www.practicalclassics.co.uk/auctionlot/by-id/374813744/

    Auction description:
    Lot 634: Jaguar XK120 SE (1954)
    , Brooks (25th July 1997)
    Lot Details
    Auction Brooks, Beaulieu centre, Beaulieu
    Type Car
    Lot Number 634
    Estimate £18000-£22000
    Hammer Price -
    Hammer Price (inc premium) -
    Year 1954
    Condition rating 1
    Registration number
    Mileage -
    Chassis number S676285
    Engine number F40085

    2006-01-10 07:32:28 | David Patten writes:

    My car is very original, hood is only thing not as original as it has a much larger rear window. I know a lot of its history, owners names in the U.S, Australia and U.k It was is good storage for 28 years and has a mileage of 70,000miles which is almost certainly correct. Was shown on a B.B.C. Top Gear programme in 1997... looked very glamourous. Quite a nice driver, smokes a bit but will get a full restoration one day... If I live long enough. It shares a garage with a 1954 MkV11M..big sister.

    2020-01-02 09:50:00 | pauls writes:

    Some history of the car is published in the book "Collecting Jaguar" by Keith Martin.

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