2006-11-21 22:09:29 | Lofty writes:

Mentioned in the XK Gazette, October 2006.

2009-04-21 17:49:55 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 3/09

www.motorbase.com/auctionlot/by-id/1056206165/

classiccars.brightwells.com/viewdetails.php

Auction description:

This particular car is one of those few survivors, a genuine right-hand drive drop-head coupe that was first registered in Cambridgeshire in March 1956 and had just one owner from 1980 to 2009. One of just 87 SE models with correct chassis stampings to prove, it benefits from an overdrive gearbox and may once have had a C-Type head (although not all SE models did). The engine currently fitted is not the original though it is a 3.4 XK unit that is correct for the period. Uprated to disc brakes all round, it also has an uprated high-torque starter motor fitted. Off the road between 1993 and 2006, the car is said to run and drive but has only done a couple of hundred miles in the last three years and may need some recommissioning before it can be pressed into more regular use. The chassis is said to be exceptionally sound, original and rot-free, but the bodywork would now benefit from some improvement. Due to have a fresh MOT before the sale (the last one expired in October 2008), this is a running restoration that should amply reward the sympathetic restoration that is now required.

Lot Details

Auction Classic Cars and Bikes

Brightwells Auctioneers and Valuers, Leominster, Herefordshire

Type Car

Lot Number 73

Estimate £39000-£42000

Outcome NOT SOLD

Hammer Price -

Hammer Price (inc premium) -

Year 1956

Condition rating

Registration number OVE 811

Mileage -

Chassis number S807361DN

Engine number

Engine capacity (cc) 3442

2016-08-09 04:19:24 | pauls writes:

A considerable history of the car is provided in the August 2016 edition of the XK Gazette.

2017-12-19 17:54:10 | pauls writes:

And again in the December 2017 issue.

2023-06-05 10:50:27 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:

jagxk.com/showroom/jaguar-xk140/jaguar-xk140-dhc-rhd-se-1956-for-sale

Seller's description:

Original UK car

Original right-hand drive

Original special equipment (SE) car

3.4 litre engine

Five-speed gearbox

Extensively upgraded

Fully restored

Upgrades

Five-speed gearbox

Disc brakes

Alternator

Electric cooling fan

Electronic ignition

Electric power steering

Upgraded wiper system

Hidden radio

Bucket seats

Inertia seat belts

Trim

Paint: Red (originally Birch Grey)

Interior: Biscuit (Originally Red)

Hood: Black (Originally French Grey)

Wheels: Chrome wire wheels

Identification numbers

Registration no: OVE 811

Chassis no: S807361DN

Body: P4681

Engine No: V6654-8 (originally G6954-8S)

This Jaguar XK140 drophead coupe is an original UK, right-hand drive car. Being a genuine SE (special equipment) model, it is one of very few XK which would have had wire wheels and spotlights from new. The car was sold by A Robinson of Cambridge to a Dr John S H Wilson of Hertfordshire and was originally finished in Birch Grey with a French Grey hood. The car's history file includes the very rare original logbook which records the history of the car up to 1974. The previous owner went to great lengths to research the car's history and had a wonderful article about it published in XK Gazette in 2017.

The excellent history file records all nine keepers of the car from the past six and a half decades and details the car's rich history. Charmingly the history file has much detail on the car's fourth owner, Michael Stockbridge, who is responsible for saving the car from being scrapped in 1968. He refurbished the car on a budget and swapped the engine for a MK VII unit.

Between 2009 and 2011 the car was restored here at Twyford Moors. There is a photographic record of this restoration which shows it as a full body off chassis restoration. At this time the car was extensively upgraded including a five-speed gearbox, disc brakes, alternator, electric cooling fan and much more. For comfort, the car also features bucket seats (the originals are available) and colour-matched inertia seat belts with chrome buckles.

In recent years the car has become well known on the club scene. It has taken part in several tours and events including XK70 and the 2019 Round Britain Coastal Drive. 

If you are looking for an exceptionally well-presented and well-appointed classic car then look no further. The upgrades this car features make it an effortless pleasure to drive and ideally suited to long-distance touring as well as fun on B roads. The exceptional paint job and deep red colour of this car make it a real head turner. This XK really is very hard to fault.

£115,000