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2015-03-19 11:54:10 | pauls writes:

Ebay item 3/19/15
www.ebay.com/itm/Jaguar-XK-S-/201311123473
Current bid US $24,100 reserve not met 13 bids 9 days left in auction.

Sellers description:
This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire a genuine, matching number, Jaguar XK150 S roadster restoration project. This car is virtually complete, and by no means as rusty as many other projects we see. The convertible top frame is missing at least one bow, and as with any project that is partly disassembled, you can assume that other sundry items will be missing. Having said that, we do not believe this car is missing any significant components.

This particular car was built on July 8, 1958 (see Heritage certificate), but is titled as a 1959 model. It still has the engine and overdrive transmission with which it left the factory, making it a fully matching number car.

You are welcome to inspect the car at Classic Jaguar in Austin, Texas prior to the auction closing.

2017-01-23 17:46:41 | Lofty writes:

Vehicle currently being restored to original factory spec and to concours standard

2019-03-10 18:23:42 | Lofty writes:

Car is an original S model, matching numbers, having undergone a nut and bolt concours restoration, and retaining all of its originality, having started as a very solid, ex-dry state USA car

2019-12-17 14:14:42 | Anonymous writes:

Car is running and driving with only minor finishing to complete it. Now awaiting trimming at Suffolk & Turley

2021-06-07 14:13:21 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 7/21

www.silverstoneauctions.com/sa076-lot-16576-1958-jaguar-xk150-s-3-4-ots&pn=1&pp=100

Auction description:

JAGUAR XK150S ROADSTER

Registration Number 873 UYN

Chassis Number S830910DN

Body Colour Red

This, simply remarkable, Jaguar XK150S began life on the 8th of July 1958 finished in Carmen Red with red leather and a black soft top. The Heritage Certificate confirms it was a left-hand drive, manual/overdrive gearbox car that had been built for the US market and was duly dispatched there on August the 28th that year arriving at Jaguar Cars, New York a couple of weeks later prior to being delivered to its first proud owner. Cars from the United States tend to have very little history and that’s certainly the case here but we do have a letter from its last American owner and a record of its earlier long-term ownership in Oklahoma from the State Licensing Authority.

The Jaguar returned to the UK in 2015 to begin the next chapter of its long life and was purchased by our vendor as a restoration project. He had a clear idea of what he was trying to achieve and the car fitted the criteria as it was a very solid ‘S’ Roadster that had spent its life in a dry US state allowing it to retain the vast majority of its original and rust-free sheet metal and chassis. It’s one of only 844 LHD ‘S’ Roadsters built, and dates from the first three months of production, bearing the early ‘S’ chassis-prefix, whilst being only a dozen or so of cars away from the change (confusingly) to a ‘T’ chassis-prefix. Consequently, it retains all of the rare early features such as the centre-mounted heater and nearside-bulkhead-located chassis plate.

Whilst upgrades to classic Jaguars are common these days and generally advantageous (early E-Type brakes), our vendor intended to return 873 UYN to exactly as it rolled out of Browns Lane in July 1958, not approximately but non-negotiably, ‘exactly’ as it left the factory. This attention to detail could be regarded as obsessive but it’s probably more polite to regard it as ‘fastidious’.

In his own words;

“The Jaguar underwent a total nut and bolt restoration with every single detail scrutinised to be absolutely correct and original, spending hours on refurbing, honing, and tuning many of its original parts, whilst also sourcing better original parts due both to authenticity and the quality of fit comparative to many reproduction items.

Examples of the lengths undertaken include sourcing the correct pumpkin orange cylinder head paint, spending 120 hours alone to obtain a chassis finish as perfect as the body finish, with every interior material replicating the correct original shade, texture and contour, whilst every nut, bolt, and washer has been orientated to match and line up. Fitting up the vehicle employed a selection process of ranking and rejecting each individual component and sub-component until an optimum fitting and functioning condition was eventually reached.

This has ensured that the ‘S’ has been painstakingly hand-crafted to Concours standard throughout with over 2,800 hours invested across British Midlands XK marque specialists including Suffolk & Turley (trim), DT Classics (panel work), MRC (body and chassis paintwork), and Paul Burden of Corley Ash Garage (fitting out and shakedown). The original complete engine was fully stripped, with every component overhauled or replaced, then perfectly painted and plated, re-assembled, and tested by David Williams, formerly of Rob Beere Racing and Jaguar Classic Works. David also rebuilt the close-ratio transmission, and the overdrive unit was fully reconditioned by Overdrive Spares. The ‘Power-Lok’ limited-slip differential was checked and overhauled with new bearings. Significantly, Martin Collins of MRC also painted the earlier Concours-winning XK150 Drophead that sold for a record of over £420,000 in 2015.

Martin appointed Paul Burden of Status Cars to finally re-assemble the XK at their premises at Corley Ash Garage. Paul has been rebuilding and restoring classic Jaguars for over 50 years and had a number of significant, Concours-winning cars to his name. The final process took two and a half years, extensively photo recorded, and the spectacular result is plain to see. Unlike many Concours examples, however, this ‘S’ drives and performs equally as well as it looks due to the fastidious level of build carried out over five years.”

As mentioned before, our vendor insisted on every aspect of the specification being precisely as the Roadster left Browns Lane without any upgrades or enhancements that weren’t fitted from new. He often delayed the build to double-check detail and had parts of the build forensically repeated until perfect. The only deviation has been to fit a 12-volt battery, but for authenticity, a dummy 6-volt battery, correct clamps and battery cable have been fitted in the other battery cavity, just as it would have looked in 1958.

The deep and luscious Carmen Red finish, the twin-cam straight-port cylinder head, the triple SU carburettors, every shut-line both in and out of view, every profile, the red hide interior, the hood, tonneau, carpets, the original chassis and underside, and every single aspect of this car is simply stunning and has been recreated as precisely original having been diligently researched with marque experts and then executed perfectly throughout. A complete photographic record from pre-purchase, through the whole process to completion of 600 photos is provided in the car’s history file alongside a detailed breakdown of the restoration costs compiled with the same diligence evident in every other aspect of this remarkable motor car.

This XK150S looks, drives, and represents the very pinnacle of a period XK in, what many believe is, the optimal form of the model having the cleaner and uncluttered lines of the OTS Roadster and class-leading performance with 250bhp and 136mph. Indeed, Norman Dewis, the famous Jaguar Test Driver was quoted as stating that the 150S was his favourite Jaguar, being the “best balanced” model he worked on during his long tenure from XK120 to XJ40.

It would not be appropriate for us at Silverstone Auctions to say that this, matching-numbers, passionately-restored XK150S is the best in the world but, if it’s not, we would certainly love to see a better one. It’s ready now as either a fabulous driving example, or to roll out at Salon Privé or similar for show competition, or even both if the lucky new owner so chooses! Viewing is highly recommended and encouraged to appreciate the quality of finish that’s been achieved

2022-05-22 18:55:24 | Captain RD writes:

Now Car Jaguar XK150 3.4 'S' Roadster for sale - PostWarClassic

2022-05-25 13:32:44 | pauls writes:

5/22 Car now offered at

rmsothebys.com/en/home/private-sales/r5428-1958-jaguar-xk150-34-s-roadster/12446 ...?&utm_source=rmsothebys.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PS00&utm_term=PS00_NowAvailable_ ...

Seller's description:

1958 Jaguar XK150 3.4 'S' Roadster

£200,000 GBP | Asking

Chobham, United Kingdom

Rare early Roadster with “S”-prefix chassis number

Desirable 250 horsepower “S” variant with triple carburettors and a straight-port cylinder head

Matching-numbers body, chassis, cylinder head, and engine block

Finished in factory-correct Carmen Red over red interior and black soft-top

Subject of an exhaustive concours-quality restoration documented by a comprehensive file of corresponding invoices and photographs

Accompanied by a jack and tools, Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust certificate, and spare wire wheel

This ultra-desirable performance variant numbers only in hundreds, of which chassis 830910 is one, having been completed at Jaguar’s Brown’s Lane facility on 8 July 1958, less than three months after the introduction of the “S” with Roadster body style. As such, this example features an “S”-prefix chassis number, and rare early features including centrally mounted heater, and original chassis plate affixed to the nearside bulkhead. Specified in left-hand drive, with a close-ratio Moss overdrive gearbox, limited slip differential, and finished in Carmen Red over a matching red interior and contrasting black soft-top, this XK 150 S was dispatched to Jaguar’s U.S. distributor in New York on 28 August 1958, after which it began its new life in the United States.

Correspondence with the car’s most recent North American owner details his discovery of the Jaguar in Oklahoma City, where it is thought to have resided for some time, having reportedly been laid up for more than two decades. After negotiating its purchase in 2014, its U.S. owner later decided to sell the car, and it quickly made its way back to the United Kingdom via a Miami-based dealer. Shortly after its repatriation, the dry-state, near corrosion-free project was bought by the vendor with a view to carrying out a full concours-standard restoration.

Leading specialists were duly commissioned, with former Jaguar Classic Works engineer David Williams charged with overhauling the original engine, along with the rare four-speed close-ratio Moss gearbox. Panel repairs amounting to £11,525 were tasked to Midlands-based DT Classics, while painting of the chassis and body was trusted to Martin Collins at MRC at a cost of more than £20,000. Marque specialist Suffolk & Turley, meanwhile, was charged with retrimming the Jaguar, completing the work in late 2020 and issuing an invoice for £13,791.60. Final fit, finish, and shakedown was spearheaded by Paul Burden of Corley Ash Garage in Corley, Warwickshire, who carried out more than £55,000 of a work between 2017 and 2020, detailed in a sheaf of more than 20 invoices. In addition to the catalogue of receipts, the Jaguar is accompanied by a digital file comprising some 600 restoration photographs, and intimately detailing each stage of the rebuild.

Resplendent in its factory-correct Carmen Red and fully refurbished in every respect, with an underside to match its exterior finish, chassis 830910 today presents in immaculate condition and to its precise delivery specification, reflecting its owner’s meticulous eye for detail, passion for the marque, and irrepressible desire to strive for a concours-quality finish.

Every once in a while, a car comes along that can lay justifiable claim to being one of the best of its type. Chassis 830910 is one such machine; an exemplary Jaguar for the discerning few who demand only the finest example. Wanting for nothing more than to be driven and enjoyed, this beautifully restored Jaguar XK 150 S will be equally at home on the concours field as it is the open road, or simply serving as a remarkable exemplar of one of the most coveted, usable, and engaging British sports cars of the 1950s.

2023-07-04 08:16:44 | Anonymous writes:

Overall winner at Jaguar combined-Clubs Concours at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, August 2022.

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