2016-10-13 04:11:09 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 10/16
www.handh.co.uk/buy/1956-jaguar-xk140-fixed-head-coupe/13166

Auction description:
Lot No 119
Date 12/10/2016
Location Imperial War Museum Duxford
Lot No TBC
Jaguar XK140 Fixed Head Coupe
Year 1956
Vehicle Registration NBL 232
Chassis Number 804750DN
Engine Number G7937-8
Body Colour Dark Blue
Trim Colour Grey
MOT Expiry Exempt
Estimate £55000 - 65000

According to its accompanying Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Certificate, chassis 804750DN was supplied new via Henlys of London. Road registered as `NBL 232' on 6th September 1956 by Berkshire County Council, a photocopied logbook on file indicates that the Jaguar had relocated to Buckinghamshire some six years later. Belonging to Barry A. Tanner Esq at the time, the XK140 subsequently passed to long-term custodian Martin Sambrook Esq. who treated it to an extensive, photographically documented `chassis up' restoration during the early 1990s. Purchased by the late C.J. Trigwell Esq from John Parker Esq of Fordingbridge on 14th May 2007 for £50,000, the Fixed Head Coupe appears to have been well looked after ever since and shows just two former keepers on its V5C Registration Document. More than twenty years after its refurbishment was completed the Jaguar now has some cosmetic flaws. However, the overall impression is of a presentable motor car that the late Mr Trigwell's executors variously rate as being in `very good' (engine, paintwork) or `excellent' (bodywork, electrics, four-speed manual plus overdrive gearbox, interior trim) condition. Invoices on file from marque specialist Twyford Moors show that Mr Trigwell had the XK140 fitted with EZ electric power steering and seatbelts to enhance its usability in modern traffic. One of just 843 right-hand drive examples made, this desirable `home market' Fixed Head Coupe also looks to pleasingly retain its original engine.