2007-08-08 20:21:09 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 8/07
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Auction description:
Exceptional Motor Cars At The Monterey Jet Center
Location Monterey, Jet Center Sale Date Aug 16, 2007
Lot Number 0049
Sale Number 1864
Lot Title 1954 JAGUAR XK140 ROADSTER
Estimate 60,000 - 120,000 U.S. dollars
Special Notice This lot is offered without reserve.

Chassis No. 810376
Engine No. G 1574-8
Black with red leather interior
This left hand drive roadster was delivered new to California, to Walter Jones of Pacific Palisades, having been sold through local agents Hornburg of Los Angeles. Its original date of dispatch is recorded with the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust as being 14th December 1954, and their official certificate which comes with the car records the engine to match this chassis number as well as noting its original color as being Pastel Green with a trim of tan piped in biscuit, its top corresponded in sand color. This original scheme has at some stage been refurbished and changed, its equally attractive current livery of sporting black and red interior sets the car off well.

The car presently wears 'C' Type cylinder head rocker covers, but this specification is not denoted on the JDHT record, so these may have been a later addition or purely for aesthetic purposes.

The subsequent life of the Jaguar is not known at present, but it is thought to have come into the present European collection ownership in the late 1980s and is most likely to have been acquired from America at that time.

Museum stored for a number of years, the car would benefit from some freshening as we noted a few minor scrapes to the paintwork as well as details such the fact that rear view mirrors have been removed, yet the holes remain unfilled or attended to. Also, there are no tools present, nor side curtains for when the top is up and the rear plate light is currently loose. None of these are major aspects and we imagine that the enthusiasm which new ownership brings could quickly see such faults remedied. It does however have a top, jack and spare tire.

As with other cars in this group, it is anticipated that the roadster will be running at the time of sale, but the sensible precaution of a thorough re-commissioning prior to proper use is advised.
WITHOUT RESERVE

2007-09-26 21:14:36 | pauls writes:

Car offered at:
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