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670068

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 3.4 XK120 
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 Left Hand Drive 
   
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 December 1949 
 
  
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United KingdomGPN635

 

Record Creation: Entered on 6 May 2009.

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Heritage Notes

Nicknamed 'Ancient Egyptian'. At some point converted to RHD

Car History

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

Egypt, UK, 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.

© Elmgreen & McGrath

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2009-12-23 05:44:59 | Peter Ingram writes:

Sold new to Universal Motors in Cairo Egypt in December 1949. Returned to England in 1952 by Dick Protheroe who presumably gave the name. Last seen at Goodwood XK 60

2011-10-01 18:36:02 | Peter Zobian writes:

Is 670068 actually the last alloy XK120 to have the hole through the radiator for the starting handle? Clausager's book says 670071 was the first to not have that feature, but I know that the radiator in my car, 670069, does not have the hole and my radiator has never been changed

2012-01-17 15:46:56 | Michael Scott writes:

This famous facing XK120 is mentioned in Jaguar Quarterly magazine Autumn 1991 as being owned by Jack LEVY and had a 3.8 engine, disc brakes, xk140 radiator and rack and pinion steering.

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