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  1. Maranello Guy

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    #1 Maranello Guy, Apr 26, 2006
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    Toady we needed to test this cause of coming event ! We took a car for a ride on a motorway . It was great , it runs like a brand new and it's so comfortable - really ! Maybe with one exception . . . . it is so windy inside (no side glasses) that you need to wear jacket even during warm day ! This is a very late example of an XK120, built in November 1953 and only 36 cars from the end of production of the right-hand drive two-seater. The 3.4-litre engine produced 160bhp, which meant that the car could reach 125mph (200 km/h), and went from 0 to 60mph in 10 seconds.

    Enjoy the pics !
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  2. lotustt

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    #2 lotustt, Apr 26, 2006
    nice!!!!!
     
  3. Bullfighter

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    #3 Bullfighter, Apr 26, 2006
    Lovely!! 160bhp in 1953 is incredible.
     
  4. DavkeG

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    #4 DavkeG, Apr 26, 2006
    Absolutely beautiful ! (although I'd have mine with tan interior, and I prefer the Roadster to the DHC).
     
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    #5 Fastviper, Apr 26, 2006
    Those 120's look so awesome in pics, but more in person. great looking car.
     
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    #6 GoFerrari28, Apr 26, 2006
    Absolutely Stunning! I've been wanting to acquire an XK120-150 for some time but don't have the garage space right now.
     
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  8. Maranello Guy

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    #8 Maranello Guy, Apr 28, 2006
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    Unlike most other competition cars in the collection, NUB 120 was not a works car, but was privately owned and campaigned by Ian Appleyard, with his wife Patricia, William Lyons’ daughter, acting as navigator. It missed victory in its first ever event, the 1950 Tulip Rally in Holland, by one quarter of an inch. Appleyard did not make the same mistake again, entering the 1950 Alpine Rally and winning a Coupe des Alpes.

    Here are a pictures of the same car . (Unfortunately , don't know what rally is it on the second one) .
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