Thursday
Dec092010
Gilded Moment of Zen
Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 6:31PM
Has anyone out there heard about the Jaguar Mk2 show car where every chrome part was gold-plated?
Well, it still exists and I have seen it with my own eyes.
Reader Comments (4)
Middle East-based?
Actually, no. It was built for the New York Auto Show in 1959, I think!
Not many Vietnamese were living in USA in 1950s, but my uncle lived in Queens, one of first I think. He was very crazy about cars and went to New York Automobile Show in 1953 or 1954. I was in Saigon 14 years old. He told me many years later about white XK-120M roadster in that show that had gold everywhere that chrome was normally even the wire wheels. It made a big impression on him. Hearing about this car made a big impression on me because I am car crazy too.
There was a similar Austin Healey show car built...let's see: http://www.healeydata.com/cars/detail/?car=BN62260 . A local fellow had a red Sunbeam Alpine which he had done the same thing to. Frankly, it's incredibly tacky, no matter what car it's seen on!