Solved - MJW #180 - Jaguar XK120 modified in Singapore

[woodinsight]

My last puzzle for 2010

What is this car based on and which country was it converted in?
One point for the correct answer.
By the way I don't know who built it or when.

Happy New Year!

[72Must]

Much modified / uglified , Jaguar xk 120 roadster , done in Singapore ?

[woodinsight]

Congratulations!

I expected this one to last longer.
Another point for you

[660851]

chassis no 660912
despatched to cycle & carriage Co Singapore 29-10-1951
after this it was rebuilt back to standard and resold to the people who did this terrible conversion car is now in Western Australia
Full history of this car is on page 307 of "the Jaguar XK120 in the Southern Hemisphere" elmgreen and mcgrath