155 Jaguar XK 120 OTS (Roadster) (1950) NWA 499 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Jaguar XK120 Roadster (1949-54) Original Engine 3442cc S6 DOC Production 7612 Registration Number NWA 499 (Sheffield) JAGUAR ALBUM www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/albums/72157623671588245/ Launched at the 1948 London Motor Show as a Roadster with the show car, with public reaction encouraging William Lyons to put it in production for 1949. With the first customer car delivered to Clark Gable. The first 242 were hand built with aluminium bodies and ash frames, but to meet demand the mass produced cars that followed had pressed steel bodies, but retained the aluminium doors, bonnet and boot lid. Powered by a 3.4 litre straight six XK engine With alloy cylinder head and twin side-draft SU carburettors, the dual overhead-cam With alloy cylinder head and twin side-draft SU carburettors, the dual overhead-cam it developed 160 bhp. Diolch am 97,347,597 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawr706'n fawr. Thanks for 97,347,597 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 21.08.2022, at Lupin Farm, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire REF 163-155