157 Jaguar XK120 Sports Coupe (1954-62)

Dear Friends,* The Jaguar XK 120/140 scale 1 is one of my favorite sport car. That's the reason why I could not collect Dinky Toys without a range of this marvellous little car. Here are my Jaguar XK120 team : and I am waiting for some others coming soon.Of course, I compared all the models and I discovered that the mouls was modified, at least, 2 times, that's mean 3 versions. We can verify this point with the 3 Jaguar in green colour. The photos here under show 3 different inside roofs.

Type 1: Zamac injection traces in the front corners
and the central stile of the windscreen is running over the roof [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / CIMG1788.jpg [/img]

Type 2: zamac injection traces always in the corner but the central stile stop at the roof side.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / CIMG1789.jpg [/img]

Type 3: Zamac injection traces are located in the middle side of the roof [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / CIMG1787.jpg [/img] If we keep only those 3 green Jaguar,
we have: -3 different inside roof -2 different hubs
and in the zamac hubs,
2 different colours -2 different tyres Funny ! isn ' t ? Richard

Some observations that you may find interesting: [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / dte157_drawing_GBofDT_p191.jpg [/img] The factory drawing for the body of the Jaguar (no.13866) shows that as late as 30 September 1953 (the model was issued in March 1954) there was a change to the design: the centre bar was added to the windscreen ! It is also noteworthy that the drawing is bi - lingual,
English
and French.Was this model ever considered to be assembled in France too (like some other models) ? [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Catalogus_1957_USA_p4_5.jpg [/img] [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / Catalogus_1957_USA_p4_5detail.jpg [/img] Even more remarkable is the representation of the Jaguar XK 120 in the USA catalogue of 1957: it shows the Jaguar without centre bar for the windscreen ! This catalogue shows many out - of - date models
and pictures.So,
was this one made
after
a pre - production sample ? [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / IMG_6331 -20140319.jpg [/img]
And finally,
indeed,
it is a favourite Dinky model,
almost more beautiful than the real one !

Effectively Jan,
this drawing is very interesting ! I don ' t have any explanation for the presence of French traslation on it ! Perhaps,
Meccano planed to assemble the Jaguar in France but never did.

Wonderful to see your Jags Richard,
you have a full
set
of colour / hub combinations there I think ? I still need the Red / Spun hubs myself.Chris Warr.

Thank you Chris.I think that there are 2
or 3 models still missing.Variations in the two tones
and in the colour of the white Jaguar wheels.Richard

Here is my new little pensioner,
arrived this morning.[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / CIMG1897.jpg [/img]

with my other one for comparison [img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / CIMG1899.jpg [/img]

[img] / images / sites / default / files / old - forum - images / CIMG1901.jpg [/img] Cheers

I went to the HRCA auction in Retford today and came back with this. Both the car and the box are superb, I am really pleased. Dave.