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XKD519

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 Open Two Seater 
 Right Hand Drive 
   Hornburg, LA
 XKD519 
 E2009-9 
  Bellflower
  CA
  United States
 
 1956 
  
  
  
  
  
 
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Record Creation: Entered on 25 October 2008.

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Car History

Supplied to Hornburg, USA; sold to A.R. Krause (Bellflower, California); modified by owner and raced quite successfully by son Bill; 3.8 engine fitted; 1958 Sports Car GP, Riverside, Bill Krause, 3rd; Chevrolet engine fitted later; 1960 Riverside, with V8, ret'd; sold to Jim La Guardia; 1974 sold to John Bailey; work done by Lynx, including fitting original-spec engine and painting in pale yellow; John Bailey (Birmingham, UK).

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Action Photos (3)

Uploaded November 2008:

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2009-04-14 17:50:06 | pauls writes:

According to "Jaguar D Type & XKSS" by Graham Robson car was dispatched Nov. 9, 1955. Exported to USA.

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