2010-02-01 22:53:43 | pauls writes:

The following auction sighting info provided courtesy of XK Gazette:

Brightwells Auction Leominster UK December 12 2009
804613DN 1956 January 140 Fixed Head O E White and Red interior Engine G 6794-8 G/box JLE 34507 match. Although 843 of this model were built only 371 are known to survive including this newly emerged example. Sold to C H Nicholson of Bracknell in April 1956 with registration XPP 615 which it wears to this day. Acquired as an unfinished project it was subject to a nut & bolt over the last year or so to the superb condition offered now Lot 90 Estimate £40 – 45,000 A Discovery Sold £46,500

2010-03-18 10:27:38 | pauls writes:

Link for above auction:

www.brightwells.com/3rdparty/orphanspress/classiccars/viewdetails.php

Lot number 90

Hammer value £46,500

Description Jaguar XK140 FHC

Registration XPP 615

Year 1956

Colour Old English White

Chassis No. 804613DN

Engine No. G6794-8

The second of the Jaguar XK140 models in our sale today, this is one of just 843 fixed-head coupes made in right-hand drive. As the Heritage Certificate confirms, it was dispatched from the factory in January 1956 and was sold by Peerless Motors of Slough to a CH Nicholson of Bracknell in April 1956 with the registration number XPP 615 which it wears to this day. A manual overdrive-equipped car, it is said to retain its original engine (G6794-8) and gearbox (JLE34507) but has been converted to disc brakes all round.

The current vendor acquired the car as an unfinished restoration project and, over the last year or so, has subjected it to a total nut-and-bolt rebuild that resulted in the superb example you see today. Every single part has been refurbished or renewed as necessary including a full body restoration and bare metal respray; new chrome; new suspension, brakes, fuel lines and wiring loom; rebuilt engine; full interior retrim with new red leather upholstery, new carpets and headlining and refurbished woodwork; new chrome wire wheels and Avon tyres and a new stainless steel exhaust system.

The car has just sailed through its MOT and is said to drive perfectly – it certainly fired up readily and performed beautifully when we were treated to a short test drive on the occasion of our visit to take these pictures. As good underneath as it is up top, this is a superbly restored matching numbers car that must surely be as good an example as you could ever hope to find. It comes with a large file of bills for the works carried out, a Heritage Certificate, green continuation log book from 1968 and a modern V5C.