XK Data - 672563 - Jaguar XK120, XK140, XK150 information, articles, photos and register

3.4 XK120

Silver

Open Two Seater

Red

Left Hand Drive

French Grey

WB Govaars, Indonesia

672563

27 August 1952

W5448-7

F4559

Djakarta

JL11751

27 August 1952

Indonesia

1952

Dark Blue

2022

Tan

Rest: Nice

Original

France

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Record Creation: Entered on 15 June 2022.

Record Changes

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2022-10-21 15:48:49 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

Body Number was added: F4559

Engine Number was added: W5448-7

Gearbox Number was added: JL11751

Factory Paint Color was added: Silver

Factory Interior Color was added: Red

Factory Top Color was added: french grey

Original Distributor was added: WB Govaars, Indonesia

Original Owner City was added: Djakarta

Original Owner Country was added: Indonesia

Factory Dispatch Year was added: 1952

Factory Dispatch Month was added: 08

Factory Dispatch Day was added: 27

Factory Build Year was added: 1952

Factory Build Month was added: 08

Factory Build Day was added: 27

Car History

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

Indonesia, 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.