XK Data - 660569 - Jaguar XK120, XK140, XK150 information, articles, photos and register

3.4 XK120

Open Two Seater

Right Hand Drive

660569

W 2682-7

January 1951

1951

Mostly Air

2017

Australia

NXK120

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Record Creation: Entered on 14 November 2017.

Record Changes

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2017-12-06 00:38:41 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

Engine Number was added: W 2682-7

Current Color was added: mostly air

Factory Build Year was added: 1951

Factory Build Month was added: 01

Registration numbers (raw data): was added: NXK120|

Registration number location (raw data): was added: Australia|

Car History

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

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 660569

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2022-04-25

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2011-04-20 17:53:04 | pauls writes:

There is considerable comment on the exploits of this car in Australia during '51, in the book "The Jaguar XK120 in the Southern Hemisphere by Elmgreen & McGrath". Car appears to be bronze in color.

2017-11-15 12:01:17 | Lofty writes:

Very historic with Les Taylor & Dick Rendle

2018-11-12 23:01:47 | Warrick Taylor writes:

Would love to get grandads car back one day

2022-04-26 07:47:03 | JeremyB writes:

Methinks this car could be worth A$ 750k. Marvellous adventure, taken place at a time before we all became over-woke.