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Amazing Mille Miglia victory

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It was modified by the Jaguar Competition Dept with Malcolm Sayer’s very beautiful Low Drag bodywork

Jaguar XK 120 - The remarkable history of JWK 651 Author_Phillip Bingham which it did – inThe story of one of the six alloy bodied XK 120s that were prepared by Jaguar in 1950 for racing and rallying. This XK 120, known as JWK 651 because of the registration number it has carried since new, was owned by Leslie Johnson and raced by him in some of the most prestigious events of the time, including the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Mille Miglia (twice) and the Tourist Trophy at Dundrod. Beyond that, Johnson and up and coming Stirling Moss visited the