Jaguar XK 120 - The story of 660725 Author_Chas Parker fields and old garages

fields and old garages

Quarter-bound in red leather

The excitement and danger of motor-racing in the 50s & 60s captured through glossy period

The car is chassis number 4153 GT and it won the Tour de France – an arduous 10-day race-cum-rally – in the hands of Lucien Bianchi and Georges Berger in 1964

Jaguar XK 120 - The story of 660725 Author_Chas Parker fields and old garagesThe third title in the Porter Press Profiles series tells the incredible Ripping Yarn of a well travelled Jaguar XK 120. Chassis 660725 was ordered new by Singaporean businessman and amateur racing driver Chan Lye Choon, but soon after its arrival it was acquired by Malayan based Scotsman Bob Henderson, a young rubber trader who would keep the car for more than 60 years. During its time in the Far East, 660725 was shot at by Communist Terrorists