2022-12-26 10:17:54 | pauls writes:

Car on BAT

bringatrailer.com/listing/1955-jaguar-xk140-fixed-head-coupe-8/

Auction description:

Seller: kpelowitz

Location: San Diego, California 92115

Chassis: 814262

63k Miles Shown

3.4L Inline-Six

Dual SU Carburetors

4-Speed Manual Transmission

Dark Green Paintwork

Red Leather Upholstery

Push-Button AM Radio

Removable Rear Fender Skirts

16" Wheels

Production Record Trace Certificate

Private Party or Dealer: Private Party

Lot #94862

This 1955 Jaguar XK140 is a fixed head coupe that was completed on May 20, 1955 and distributed through RM Overseas of Frankfurt, Germany. It reportedly spent around 40 years in storage before being recommissioned in 2011 by the seller, who later acquired the car in 2019. Power is from a 3.4-liter inline-six mated to a four-speed manual transmission, and the car is finished in dark green over red leather upholstery. Features include a push-button AM radio, dual SU carburetors, Lucas front fog lamps, and removable rear fender skirts. This XK140 is being offered with a Jaguar Production Record Trace certificate, a tool kit, and a clean California title in the seller’s name.

Finished from the factory in Battleship Grey, the car was repainted its current shade of dark green some time in the 1960s. Exterior features include removable rear fender skirts, Lucas front fog lamps, and fender-mounted side mirrors. The rear window seal was replaced around 2011. The windshield washers are said to be inoperable, and the seller notes rust on the passenger-side inner rocker panel. Areas of paint cracking and flaking are present on the rear decklid, hood, and fenders along with other imperfections around the body.

Body-color steel wheels wear chrome trim rings and hubcaps and are mounted with Coker Classic whitewall tires that were installed in 2011. Additional work that year reportedly included refreshing the four-wheel drum brakes with a replacement master cylinder, shoes, wheel cylinders, and hoses, along with replacement of the steering rack boots and mounts.

The seats and door panels were reupholstered in red leather in 2011 and replacement red carpets were installed at that time. Details include wood trim, a locking glovebox, a push-button AM radio, and a dash-mounted rear-view mirror. The wood veneer finish shows signs of cracking.

A four-spoke steering wheel sits ahead of centrally-mounted Smiths instrumentation that includes a reverse-sweep tachometer with an inset clock, a 140-mph speedometer, and auxiliary gauges. The five-digit odometer shows approximately 63k miles, around 200 of which have been added during current ownership. The tachometer is inoperable.

The 3.4-liter inline-six is equipped with dual SU carburetors that were reportedly rebuilt in 2011. Additional work that year is said to have consisted of rebuilding the fuel pump, re-coring the radiator, performing a tune up, cleaning and painting the oil pan, installing Lucas helmet-type battery cables, and replacing the timing cover seal, oil pressure gauge hose, condenser, spark plugs, points, and fuel inlet sock and sending unit. The engine block core plugs were reportedly replaced in 2019, and a coolant flush and oil change were performed at that time.

Power is sent to the rear wheels via a four-speed manual transmission. A Bell exhaust system with a stainless-steel silencer was installed in 2011.

The Production Record Trace certificate shows the factory colors and identification numbers along with a completion date of May 20, 1955.

2023-01-02 15:07:10 | Captain RD writes:

Sold for $64,000 on 1/2/23

Car on BAT