JAGUAR XK 120 PARRAVANO - 1950

[Carsie]

First time I've come across this one - now I know where Morgan got their idea from.


JAGUAR XK 120 PARRAVANO - 1950 by marvin 345, on Flickr

[stuarte]

I like that. Any more info Carsie?

[Roy C]

Tony Parravano was a Ferrari "collector" in late 50's California.

AFAIK the "heavily-modified" XK120 was a one-off.

Oldtimer's Corner - Tony Parravano

[Carsie]

Roy C seems to have answered it quite well Stuarte. I too had to Google to find out; I came up on the Maserati site.

Certainly a colourful character.

What I thought of was the discussions we had last year regarding a modified 120 that also had faired in headlamps and was now in Monaco; seems to have been a popular mod across in California.

[stuarte]

Thanks gents. Yes, I too googled but there is little info about the 120 itself.
I remember the previous thread, vaguely, about the Monaco car too. Similarly, I spotted this in the Revival car park this year:



Not sure if there is a story behind it.