| 3.4 XK120 | |||||
| Open Two Seater | |||||
| Right Hand Drive | |||||
| Lavender Grey | |||||
| 2007 | |||||
| Rest: Concours | |||||
| Original |
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Record Creation: Entered on 17 January 2007.
Car History
From The Jaguar XK120 in the Southern Hemisphere (2009) by Elmgreen & McGrath
UK, USA, 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.
© Elmgreen & McGrath
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January 2007:
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2007-01-17 02:24:24 | Lofty writes:
The classic "Found in a Barn" XK120 roadster. This is chassis number S661123, a very late RHD XK120 roadster that found it's way into this barn in Rural NSW until uncovered in early 1996. The car was exceptionally complete and original having never been restored, but was certainly in need of restoration. The car had had numerous coats of paint throughout it's life and then presumably left out in the open causing the paint to crack deeply through all of the paint layers, creating an exterior very reminisant of crocodile skin hence the car was quickly known as "The Crocodile Car"!
See website
www.concours.com.au/XK120%20resto.html
2008-09-26 00:06:55 | John Elmgreen writes:
Sold new in UK, then found in USA circa 1989 and brought out to Australia. Concours winner in Sydney, August 2008. What a transformation!