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660558

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Record Creation: Entered on 26 September 2023.

 

Record Changes

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2010-06-04 04:23:33 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

  • Body Number was added: F2653
  • Engine Number was added: W2833-7
  • Gearbox Number was added: JH5483
  • Factory Paint Color was added: silver
  • Factory Interior Color was added: red
  • Factory Top Color was added: french grey
  • Original Distributor was added: SAGERS MOTORS
  • Original Owner City was added: SALISBURY
  • Original Owner State was added: RHODESIA
  • Original Owner Country was added: Zimbabwe
  • Title Year was added: 1951
  • Car Condition was added: Rest: Nice
  • Replacement Engine was added: original
  • Current Color was added: old english white
  • Current Interior was added: red
  • Current City was added: pietermaritzburg
  • Current State was added: kwazulu natal
  • Current Country was added: South Africa
  • Last Seen was added: 2010
  • Factory Dispatch Year was added: 1951
  • Factory Dispatch Month was added: 03
  • Factory Dispatch Day was added: 05
  • Factory Build Year was added: 1951
  • Factory Build Month was added: 01
  • Factory Build Day was added: 05
  • Registration numbers (raw data): was added: NH120|51XK120ZN|JXK120T|TK13583|
  • Registration number location (raw data): was added: South Africa|South Africa|South Africa|South Africa|

    • Heritage Notes

    Full list of registration numbers: NH120 (South Africa) ; 51XK120ZN (South Africa) ; JXK120T (South Africa) ; TK13583 (South Africa) ; .

    Car History

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

    Rhodesia, South Africa

    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

    Photos of 660558

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    Exterior Photos (7)

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    Interior Photos (2)

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    Details Photos: Exterior (2)

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    Detail Photos: Engine (1)

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    Detail Photos: Other (1)

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    2007-05-16 09:20:39 | John Elmgreen writes:

    Sold new in Rhodesia and now in South Africa.

    2010-06-04 04:20:07 | BRETT PEATTIE writes:

    I Purchsed the car on 29 April 2010 and am getting a few minor things sorted out on the car so as to get it back to original.

    2023-09-26 20:41:55 | pauls writes:

    Car now offered at:

    www.carandclassic.com/l/C1625210

    Seller's description:

    Cape Town, South Africa 51,000 Miles

    Manual, 4 speed

    Right Hand Drive (RHD)

    Old English White

    This is a confirmed matching numbers Jaguar XK120 Roadster. It has the Certificate from Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. The car was delivered new in Bulawayo in Rhodesia on the 5th of March 1951. The car was imported and then restored in South Africa over 20 years ago. The car comes with 6 steel rims with tyres, aswell as the 15" wire wheels. It has the wheel arch covers aka spats, painted in body colour. Recently a new maroon soft top and tonneau cover were imported from the UK, both still in delivery plastic. A full technical inspection was carried out by Cape Town based classic car restorers, available on request. The car is in fine driving condition and has lovely patina. It has an electric fan fitted to the radiator to help with cooling in the South African summers. Only 1170 RHD XK120 OTS were made, and precious few remain. This car is ready to be used and enjoyed.

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