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 1950 White
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 Rest: Concours 
  
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United KingdomNUB120

 

Record Creation: Entered on 2 November 2005.

 

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2009-11-10 20:56:11 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

  • Car Condition was added: Rest: Concours
  • Current Country was changed from UK to United Kingdom
  • Last Seen was changed from 2005 to 2009
  • Registration numbers (raw data): was added: NUB120|
  • Registration number location (raw data): was added: United Kingdom|
  • 2012-10-17 14:23:05 | XK Data writes:

    The record was updated:

  • Current Color was added: white
  • Last Seen was changed from 2009 to 2012
  • Photos of 660044

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    2008-12-31
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    Detail Photos: Interior (1)

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    2008-12-31 06:18:25 | Philippe writes:

    This XK120, more than any other, was the car that established Jaguar’s motor sport credentials. Though neither the first nor the last of the competition XK120s, NUB 120 was by far the most successful of the breed.

    Unlike most other competition cars in the collection, NUB 120 was not a works car, but was privately owned and campaigned by Ian Appleyard, with his wife Patricia, William Lyons’ daughter, acting as navigator. It missed victory in its first ever event, the 1950 Tulip Rally in Holland, by one quarter of an inch. Appleyard did not make the same mistake again, entering the 1950 Alpine Rally and winning a Coupe des Alpes.

    The following year, Appleyard and NUB 120 repeated their success in the Alpine Rally and added the RAC Rally and the elusive Tulip Rally to their string of victories. Despite failing to win the Alpine Rally outright in 1952, the third consecutive run without incurring a single penalty point earned the first ever Gold Cup for the car!

    The secret of the XK120s competition success was its extremely rugged chassis, the extraordinary reliability of its then new 3.4-litre, twin-cam engine and the light weight of its all-alloy bodywork (later production cars were built from steel). Its only weakness was its brakes, with heavy wear rates and susceptibility to fade, which almost proved the undoing of the Appleyards on many occasions during their time together.

    At the end of its active career in 1953, NUB 120 came back to Jaguar and has been with us ever since. Ian Appleyard replaced it with a new XK 120, registered RUB 120. Today NUB 120 is maintained in full working order and can often be seen at classic car events supporting the marque whose reputation it did so much to establish.

    Registration mark: NUB 120 (13 March 1950)
    Chassis number: 660044
    Owner: The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

    info from : www.jdht.com/jdht_collection/1950JAGUARXK120OPENNUB120.html

    2009-11-10 19:20:24 | pauls writes:

    Car participated in he GP Suisse 2009 which was held between the 17th and the 23rd of August, '09. During this week the event started with an retrospective of cars brought together by the Oldtimer Club Bern. Car appears to be Old English White.

    2009-11-10 19:20:33 | pauls writes:

    Car participated in he GP Suisse 2009 which was held between the 17th and the 23rd of August, '09. During this week the event started with an retrospective of cars brought together by the Oldtimer Club Bern. Car appears to be Old English White.

    2010-04-29 11:15:20 | pauls writes:

    Above JDHT link seems to be dead, this one is working at the moment:
    www.jdht.com/html/Trust/jdht_collection/1950JAGUARXK120OPENNUB120.html

    2011-10-13 15:55:43 | Michael Scott writes:

    This car is perhaps the most famous XK120 of all, being the Ian Appleyard rally car. It was one of 6 modified by the Jaguar factory. A Jaguar internal memo of 26 April 1950 gives a detailed listing of the conversion.
    It is, of course, still (2011) in the safe hand of Jaguar Heritage, Coventry.

    2012-10-17 09:57:09 | pauls writes:

    Car is visible in the JHT virtual tour:
    pan3sixty.co.uk/virtual_tours/jaguar-heritage/swallows-xk120

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