2006-06-08 07:21:13 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 5/24/06
www.classicauctions.co.uk/cars_results_index.html

Auction description:
1958 JAGUAR XK150 SE FIXED HEAD COUPE
RARE AUTOMATIC & MANY CONCOURS WINS
Lot 75
Status NOT SOLD
Estimate £24000 - 26000
Mileage 53200
Colour O.E.W.
Trim Colour RED
Chassis No S824196BW
Engine No V2642-8
Registration 150 XKP
CC 3400
M.O.T SEPT 2006
Last flowering of the separate chassis XK sportscar line, the XK150 was introduced in 1957. A more sophisticated and refined design than its forebears, it benefited from the adoption of four-wheel disc brakes and a more generously proportioned cabin. An effortlessly strong performer, the Jaguar could be had with a choice of 3.4 litre or 3.8 litre DOHC straight-six engines (in various states of tune) allied to either four-speed manual or three-speed automatic transmission. Credited with 210bhp, Special Equipment (SE) 3.4 litre models boasted a B-type cylinder head, wire wheels, front foglights and a twin exhaust system as standard. Only in production for four years, the total number of 'home market' fixed-head coupes has been estimated at just 1,205.
Finished in Old English White with red leather upholstery, this particular 'home market' RHD example is variously described by the vendor as being in "good" (paintwork, wheels / tyres) or "A1" (3442cc engine, three-speed automatic transmission, interior trim, electrical equipment, chassis, bodywork) condition. Believed but not warranted to have covered a mere 53,200 miles from new, '150 XKP' is further understood to have had but "two owners", one of whom registered it twice. Sporting a stainless steel exhaust, boot-mounted luggage rack and sunroof by Wilsons of Epsom, this well presented XK150 is said to have won awards at assorted Biggin Hill Air Shows, Brighton & Hove Club meetings (Mermaid Trophy twice) and the Bromley Pageant of Motoring as well as being "featured in the local and national press". A rare car - especially in automatic guise - '150 XKP' is offered for sale with history file (including "lots of old MOTs etc") and MOT certificate valid until September 2006.

2006-08-23 08:19:56 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 9/06
www.motorbase.com/auctionlot/by-id/1338622652/

Auction description:
Reputedly a factory show car taken to the USA before returning to the UK where it was first registered, this right-hand drive XK150 Coupé has enjoyed only two owners from new although - we are advised - the first registered the car in various company names. Kept in climate controlled conditions as part of a large private collection, it has covered only 5,000 miles in the course of the past 40 years and only a genuine 53,000-or-so in total from new. Described as ‘on the button’, the car recently returned from a 1,000-mile, trouble-free touring trip and required only minimal work to pass its recent MoT test – overhaul of the steering rack and rear brake calipers, plus two exhaust brackets being all that was necessary. A full set of original tools is housed within the engine compartment, while noteworthy additional features include a full-length, leather covered sunroof by Wilsons of Epsom (fitted in the 1970s), chromium plated luggage rack on boot lid, electric radiator fan, single 12-volt battery, air horn and battery isolator switch. One of 674 XK150 fixed-head coupés manufactured with automatic transmission, this unmolested example is finished in Old English White with original red leather interior and offered with assorted expired MoTs, current road fund licence, MoT to July 2007 and Swansea V5 registration document

Sale 14261 - A Sale of Important Sports, Competition and Collectors' Motor Cars and Fine Automobilia, 1 Sep 2006
Goodwood Revival, Chichester, Sussex
Lot No: 230
1958 Jaguar XK150SE 3.4-Litre Coupé
Chassis no. S824196BW
Engine no. V2642-8
Estimate: £22,000 - 25,000

2006-08-23 19:03:28 | Len writes:

Looks nice. How about some decent/bigger photos?