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United KingdomHRW488

 

Record Creation: Entered on 17 February 2009.

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HRW 488

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2009-02-16 22:57:48 | Rob Reilly writes:

Car was fitted by the factory with an XK120 engine for testing, Brit. Reg. HRW 488, first reg. 25 OCT 1948, car may have been broken up after testing and the registration possibly transferred to 623173, last registration 5-62.
info from T. McGrath

2014-04-26 20:49:07 | John Elmgreen writes:

Jaguar "Mark VI": June 2005, Jaguar Enthusiast, UK club magazine, p 71: letter from Harry Parkinson: "In the April 2005 edition of Jaguar Enthusiast ... p 80, Steve Myers posed questions about the "Mark VI" Jaguar. On a trip to Coventry and the JDHT last year, I researched the records for the only two Mark VIs known. A friend of mine owns the only existing Mark VI. He has the JDHT certificate for the car which I obtained for him while I was researching his car. The first car, chassis number 623173, renumbered by the Experimental Department from 620004, was produced in 1950. The earlier car, 623173, was sold to JE Bird Autos Ltd in June of 1954 some three years after the Mark VII went into production." The second car was 623053. "Almost certainly the earlier car, 623173, remained in the UK and was scrapped, but no proof positive exists of that." Editor: "I am pleased to say that erstwhile journalist Paul Skilleter has prepared an interesting article for us on the Jaguar Mark VI saloon fortuitously to appear in this issue of the magazine."

2017-03-20 10:32:10 | John Elmgreen writes:

28 September 1949: Jaguar internal memo recorded that this car HRW488 had consumed petrol on a trip to Bude at the rate of 15 1/2 mpg, using the XK enegine. Now, you really needed to know that!

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