Gregor Wenner
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LOT 168
1960 Jaguar XK 150 3.8-Litre Coupé Chassis no. S836817 Engine no. VA1853-9 (see text)
Estimate: €50,000 - €70,000Lot to be sold without reserve
Lot 168
1960 Jaguar XK 150 3.8-Litre Coupé
1960 Jaguar XK 150 3.8-Litre Coupé
Chassis no. S836817
Engine no. VA1853-9 (see text)
Chassis no. S836817
Engine no. VA1853-9 (see text)
• Present ownership since circa 1995
• Matching numbers chassis and engine
• Professionally fully restored
• Only 3,000 miles since restoration
• Matching numbers chassis and engine
• Professionally fully restored
• Only 3,000 miles since restoration
Footnotes
'The Jaguar XK150 is undeniably one of the world's fastest and safest cars. It is quiet and exceptionally refined mechanically, docile and comfortable... we do not know of any more outstanding example of value for money.' - The Autocar.
What would turn out to be the final glorious incarnation of Jaguar's fabulous 'XK' series of sports cars arrived in 1957. As its nomenclature suggests, the XK150 was a progressive development of the XK120 and XK140, retaining the same basic chassis, 3.4-litre engine, and four-speed Moss transmission of its predecessors while benefiting from a new, wider body that provided increased interior space and improved visibility courtesy of a single-piece wraparound windscreen. A higher front wing line and broader radiator grille were other obvious differences, but the new model's main talking point was its Dunlop disc brakes: at last the XK had stopping power to match its straight-line speed.
Introduced in the spring of 1957, the XK150 was available at first only in fixed and drophead coupé forms, the open roadster version not appearing until the following year. At 190bhp, the standard 3.4-litre engine's maximum power output was identical to that of the XK140 so performance was little changed. Overdrive and a Borg-Warner automatic gearbox were the transmission options, the latter becoming an increasingly popular choice. For 1960 the XK150 became available with the 3.8-litre, 220bhp engine first seen in the Jaguar Mark IX saloon. 'Standard' (220bhp) or 'S' (265bhp) states of tune were offered (the latter featuring overdrive as standard) and in either form the XK150's increased weight was more than offset by the power of the larger engine, the car regularly recording in excess of 130mph in magazine road tests.
Our vendor purchased this automatic transmission XK150 around 1995 and had it fully restored at Classic Car Service in Wijnegem (Mr De Block). This was an extensive 'bare metal' restoration extending to sandblasting the chassis frame, galvanizing it and repainting with epoxy paint. The whole car was restored in this way (some bills available). Having enquired at the Jaguar Archives, the vendor chose the special colour combination of dark blue with red leather interior, which had been specified by only two customers in period. Only 3,000 miles have been covered since the rebuild, and this beautifully presented Jaguar sports car represents a wonderful opportunity to own and enjoy one of these charismatic last-of-the-line XKs. It should be noted that the accompanying Jaguar Heritage Trust document erroneously records the engine number as 'VA185-9'.
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