2025-12-26 02:35:05 | Reno writes:

car is on the Paris Auction by Bonhams cars on 30 January 2026

cars.bonhams.com/auction/31696/preview-lot/6102493/1956-jaguar-xk140-coupe-chass ...

Auction description:

• One of only 843 XK140 fixed-head coupés made with right-hand drive

• Delivered new to Switzerland

• Strinati family ownership from new

• Believed genuine 3,150 kilometres from new

• Requires recommissioning

An original right-hand drive model, this XK140 coupé was despatched from the factory on 6th March 1956 to Jaguar agent Garage Claparède in Geneva, Switzerland, and on 6th April 1959 was sold by them to Madame Jeane Strinati, Pierre Strinati's mother, who is listed on the accompanying JDHT Certificate as first owner. The aforementioned heritage certificate records the original colour scheme as Cream with red interior, but Claparède's invoice states that the car was Grey (the colour it is today). A note written by Mr Strinati himself mentions that the car was Cream when imported (as attested by the swiss customs documents), so it must have been repainted upon its arrival in Geneva.

The odometer reading is 3,150 kilometres, which could very well be the distance covered from new given the car's remarkable state of preservation (it still has its fully original interior and exhaust manifold coating). Close inspection is recommended.

The car comes with instruction manuals; a wealth of Jaguar Drivers' Club correspondence (Mr Strinati was a life member having owned several examples including, among others, an SS100, an XK150S and an E-Type, the last two bought new. As with all the other cars in the collection, the Jaguar has been stored on axle stands for many years and will require recommissioning.