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Which Fifties British Roadster Would You Rather Drive: a Jaguar XK120 or an Austin-Healey 100?This 1953 Jaguar XK120 OTS currently on Hemmings Auctions was restored by a previous owner but appears to be holding up well. Even the underside of the white-on-red sports car looks clean.
The top spot at the finish line was taken last week by a veteran team driving a 1953 Jaguar XK120 OTS Roadster. They were accompanied on the podium by runner-up 1956 Ferrari 250 GT Coupé Boano ...
The XK 120 was designed in 3 months by Sir William Lyons as a test bed for his new 6 cylinder twin OHC engine. Launched at the 1948 Motor Show to a war-weary Britain, the XK120 with its sleek ...
Be that as it may, Jaguar originally advertised the XK120 for the very reasonable suggested ... the posher and more comfortable sibling of the OTS (open two-seat roadster). January 1953 is when ...
The XK120 genuinely transformed both sports motoring ... The SE comprised a limited percentage of the 1,966 examples of the OTS that Jaguar produced that year; the exact number is unclear.
The Jaguar XK120 was manufactured between 1949 and 1954 ... 1953), or the original roadster (OTS or Open Top Sports). The Roadster had a very light weight canvas top and removable side curtains ...
This example of a 1952 Jaguar XK120 Roadster was once owned by actor Clark Gable, and sold for more than $400,000 through RM Sotheby’s in 2023. Peter Singhof, courtesy of RM Sotheby’s With the ...
The alloy body makes it more than 100 pounds lighter than a steel-body XK120 would be. Jaguar's current rebranding and repositioning in the market has certainly drawn the ire of ardent fans of the ...
They were 15 minutes early. Nathan Leach-Proffer Nathan Leach-Proffer Strader's blue obsession, Jaguar XK120 OTS SE chassis number 674794, was built at the Browns Lane, Coventry factory on January ...
Strange as it may seem, the sexy Jag XK120 was originally conceived as a fancy engine stand. How so? Jaguar began developing its new advanced, double overhead-cam inline six-cylinder engine during ...
Jaguar’s XK120 was a breath of fresh air as Great Britain heaved a sigh of postwar relief, hitting the scene in 1948 as an open two-seat roadster (OTS) whose performance challenged any sports car on ...
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