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| Car Of The Day: May 7, 2008; Matchbox '48 Jaguar XK120 | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 7 2008, 03:57 AM (559 Views) | |
| Swifty | May 7 2008, 03:57 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is Matchbox's '48 Jaguar XK120. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Jaguar XK120 ![]() This is a recent Superfast example of the Jaguar casting, which dates to the 1984. Good to see this casting is still in the lineup! ![]() British cars used to be well represented in diecast thanks to Matchbox, Corgi, Husky, Budgie, and others, but these days finding any contemporary castings of classic British cars is rather challenging. At least in 1/64...
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| craftymore | May 7 2008, 05:03 AM Post #2 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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Sweet looking RHD model Jag.
Still looks good for the age of the casting. Sir Crafty |
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| davidj94 | May 7 2008, 08:00 AM Post #3 |
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Out hunting for JL
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I actually like this car! But, my Dad would have LOVED it! |
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| ivantt | May 9 2008, 09:24 PM Post #4 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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I always admired this design. I remember as a child buiding an old plastic kit of a Jag like this (Airfix or Revell) and would sometimes sit and look at the finished model and admire it's looks and wonder if I would ever see one of these in real life. I didn't until well until being an adult at a car show. What a great British classic, and the diecast is very, very nice looking!!
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| james_autos | May 10 2008, 11:07 AM Post #5 |
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Definately a big improvement on the original release, but I'm puzzled as to why they have used green glazing on it? |
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| Swifty | May 6 2018, 10:14 PM Post #6 |
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This is definitely quite a coincidence. Ten years ago on May 7th I posted a Jaguar XK120, and the Wikipedia article even notes the Linden Airport NASCAR race. Ten years to the day later, and well, I'll share more details tomorrow. Suffice it to say this is an absolutely amazing coincidence. |
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| juantoo3 | May 6 2018, 10:46 PM Post #7 |
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This one would have gotten my vote! |
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| atombaum | May 7 2018, 05:17 AM Post #8 |
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The Quest Continues
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Nice Matchbox. |
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| Pegers | May 7 2018, 04:00 PM Post #9 |
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Pony Car
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a real beauty. |
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| 94cadillacfleetwood | May 7 2018, 04:01 PM Post #10 |
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Nothing good ever happens after midnight.
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I have the 1984 original with the famed NUB 120 number plate. |
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| Swifty | May 7 2018, 10:14 PM Post #11 |
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Now that the day has passed, I can share some details. In 1954, the Jaguar XK120 was raced in NASCAR's first ever road course race at Linden Airport in New Jersey. While the winner was also driving an XK120, today I met one of the other drivers who raced a Jaguar in that event - Hershel McGriff. Hershel's my birthday buddy, and at 90 years of age he's still competing occasionally in NASCAR K&N West Series races. Oh, and I also met Ricky Craven, Donnie Allison, Harry Gant, Kyle Petty, and the King himself, Richard Petty. Today was a good day. |
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| pjedsel | May 7 2018, 10:32 PM Post #12 |
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Nice kitty! One of those nice, classic Jag castings from Matchbox. So neat to hear Hershel McGriff's name - met him and watched him race back in the '70's on a track at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds. Remember when he drove the "Almost Heaven, West Virginia" stock car - even had a picture of it on the wall of my apartment in those days.
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| Swifty | May 8 2018, 10:57 PM Post #13 |
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Oh wow! I wish I'd known that - I would have asked if you wanted to send it out for an autograph! As it stands, I know of no small scale Hershel McGriff cars (or I'd already have them) so I picked a JL '50 Olds 88 for him to sign since he raced that in the first Southern 500 back in 1950. And oh yeah, won the first Carrera Panamericana in one of them too. It was the most appropriate car I could think of. I do hope that JL does a recolor of that one as a tribute to his Carrera Panamericana car.Of course I'd really love to see the Olympia Dodge in small scale, my favorite of Les Deux Monstres.
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| corvairjim | May 9 2018, 11:20 PM Post #14 |
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I have one of these XK120's in my collection in black with a cream interior. It was a part of a package deal on eBay about 10 years ago, and as I recall, one of the reasons I went for the package in the first place. Nice little car. I just wish I knew where it was... Didn't Racing Champions have a Hershel McGriff car in it's series of 1950's and 60's stock cars back in the 1990's? |
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| Swifty | May 10 2018, 10:22 PM Post #15 |
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If they did I've never seen one. I would love to acquire one if it exists! |
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Still looks good for the age of the casting.




Nice kitty! One of those nice, classic Jag castings from Matchbox. So neat to hear Hershel McGriff's name - met him and watched him race back in the '70's on a track at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds.
Remember when he drove the "Almost Heaven, West Virginia" stock car - even had a picture of it on the wall of my apartment in those days.

2:36 PM Jul 11