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Blue Baron
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Blue Baron
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easy e
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Location: 1 hr north of Santa Barbara
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Mr. OGPaint
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| That's an interesting one, I wonder if it's Portuguese since it was the upper vents |
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easy e
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MattBulliBus
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Location: Sunny Berkshire, UK
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1954 9-window
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That looks like a 1952 to me as it has piano hinge vents.
Also it could be the December 52 I owned after BBT restored it.
The Dove Blue Barndoor with the two windows grafted in and the westfalia museum campingbox interior.
Now owned by Marcus in Germany.
I'll try and find a pic of it.
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Brian_1952
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I'm guessing later looks like it has a lower mirror arm and rear bumper I think is just hard to tell on the wing window
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easy e
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mandraks
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did not see much in the "einzelgenehmigungsbescheid". These are issued when a vehicle is imported to austria. (wikipedia)
says built in 54, issued in 63
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Scotty
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| Brian_Mccue wrote: |
| I'm guessing later looks like it has a lower mirror arm and rear bumper I think is just hard to tell on the wing window |
The quarter light looks like 53 onwards type. You can just make out that it has a radius in the bottom left corner
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jjjjack
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mandraks
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wow, 172mph is quick even for a XK120. almost 3 times the speed of the BD 
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ambu55
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...I think this was posted a while ago, or maybe it was on FB.... here's the same belgian Bus, also in a car rallye, the Monte Carlo 1954, on a control post in Brussels, 1954... Bus was from a sports newspaper.
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andre b
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| looks like the roof rack is smaller,,and logos are different,its a different bus!! |
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henk
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Came across this while watching an interview with Norman Dewis, test driver for Jaguar. He set a speed record in the XK120 in 1953 at Jabbeke Belgium.
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great picture that road lays about 10km from where i live.
henk!!! |
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79SuperVert
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Is that an illusion or does the XK120 have a bubble top?
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mandraks
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| Is that an illusion or does the XK120 have a bubble top? |
it absolutely had a bubble top, and it has been restored recently with bubble top. nice write up about it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Dewis#Jabbeke_XK120_record
look on youtube for more
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Blue Baron
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Blue Baron
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Blue Baron
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