XK Data - 660933 - Jaguar XK120, XK140, XK150 information, articles, photos and register

3.4 XK120

Open Two Seater

Right Hand Drive

660933

W3459-7

March 1952

November 1951

New Zealand

Bronze

2017

Exc. Original

Christchurch

New Zealand

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Record Creation: Entered on 6 May 2009.

Record Changes

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2017-12-06 00:36:53 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

Engine Number was added: W3459-7

Original Owner Country was added: New Zealand

Car Condition was added: Exc. original

Current City was added: Christchurch

Current Country was added: New Zealand

Last Seen was added: 2017

Factory Delivery Year was added: 1952

Factory Delivery Month was added: 03

2017-12-22 21:53:17 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

Current Color was added: bronze

Factory Build Year was added: 1951

Factory Build Month was added: 11

Car History

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

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 660933

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2017-12-04

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2017-12-04 22:00:57 | KiwiJohn writes:

Listed on the www.fazazz.co.nz website in Christchurch NZ 2017.

Chassis No. 660933.
Engine No. W3459-7.
A rare opportunity to acquire a very original unrestored N.Z. new XK120 Roadster with impeccable provenance .
Genuine 76,300 miles.
Sold new by Independant Motor Sales Wellington to Mr. L.F. Jenson , Masterton in March 1952.
Purchased off Mr. Jenson by the late Ian Archibald of Archibald Motors Christchurch in 1974 and has remained in the Archibald family since.

2017-12-05 01:40:52 | Chris Munn writes:

Is this the bronze car that Pru drove to the Blenheim rally?