2018-04-23 11:22:14 | pauls writes:

Ebay item 4/23/18
www.ebay.co.uk/i/162997555314
Current bid £16,010, 11 bids, 1 day left in auction, seller chricollin_818, 71k miles.

Sellers description:
Regretfully I have to sell my late fathers Jaguar XK150 3.4 litre manual with overdrive, it was first registered in October 1959 and had two previous owners before my father bought it in 1967. He then used it sparingly before taking off the road, I can't remember him mentioning any problems with it so I'm assuming that it probably ran out of MOT. At this point the odometer showed 71,371 miles, I'm fairly sure this was and still is genuine. As sometimes happens the car sat in the garage. And sat in the garage. And sat in the garage. About twenty years ago my father took off the rear wings and fuel tank as he was worried that the damp was causing problems,I think that at this time he also took off the door cards. The log book shows that it was last taxed in 1967.
So, as far as I know there where no big problems 50 years ago, Dad said that the gearbox was a bit slow but I believe that is normal for these cars.
After fifty years in storage things aren't quite as rosy, and despite Dad's best efforts the bodywork has deteriorated quite badly, in particular the rear wings, spare wheel tray and door bottoms require extensive work / replacement.
Superficially the chassis doesn't look too bad, there is one small obvious hole but a good inspection may show more.
Dad had a set of adaptors made so that he could fit the Bristol steel wheels that the car is now sitting on, the original wires, hubs and spinners are with the car.
The truth is that the car is good honest basis for a full rebuild,all parts including trim seem to be there, and it is an original r.h.d British car, but, realistically it is beyond being a"rolling restoration". It hasn't got any glitter to hide the nasties behind and whilst it's not for the faint hearted it could be a very rewarding project for the right person.