2006-01-02 18:20:14 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction in '94
www.practicalclassics.co.uk/auctionlot/by-id/1993739996/

Auction description:
Lot 139: Jaguar XK140 Fhc (1956)
Brooks (27th April 1994)
Lot Details
Auction Brooks, Olympia, London
Type Car
Lot Number 139
Estimate £28000-£35000
Hammer Price £24000
Hammer Price (inc premium) -
Year 1956
Condition rating 1
Registration number VYH 57
Mileage -
Chassis number 815737
Engine number G8414-8

2017-08-13 14:10:10 | Michael Scott writes:

This car was consigned to the auction in 1994 from the Jaguar collection of the ICS History of Jaguar motor museum.
It had been acquired for the museum in 1981 from owner Anthony Broom he owning the car from 1967. There is a fine photo of the car in the museum's official guide(p.24)
Originally the car was a L.H.D export model returning to the U.K after about six months when it was converted by the factory to R.H.D as is apparent in a photo in the auction catalogue.
An extensive restoration was carried out after the museum acquired the car and it was resprayed maroon and trimmed in grey leather. Subsequently it won many concours awards in the 1980s.