2015-01-26 12:32:29 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

2008-11-21 07:59:00 | pauls writes:

Ebay item 11/21/08
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Current bid $10,000 reserve not met, 3 bids, 6 days left in auction. Buy it now price $59,900.

Sellers description:
1956 Jaguar XK140 Roadster
Fresh low mile Fallbrook, California Barn Find!
Here is the nicest original solid un-restored Jaguar roadster we have seen in a long time remaining in mostly original condition with matching number body, chassis and engine block. Showing about 75,000 miles on the odometer and having no signs of any accidents or rust issues we see make this a real nice surviving example. Most the chrome is in real good shape and shines, the body is straight and solid with nice smooth quality paint that has been on the car for many years and the interior, dash and top remain very presentable. These cars don’t survive the elements well but this one was properly stored and put away for safe keeping leaving a nice original car in preservation condition. Optioned with the C-type head and valve covers, factory side curtains, wire wheels and fog lamps that remain below the original headlamps along with the cockpit cover the car is well out fitted and will make a wonderful car for its next guardian. This car was purchased in North San Diego County were it had been resting since 1984 with all the fluids drained. There is a receipt in the documentation for a complete rebuild on the motor from a Jaguar restoration shop in 1983 and 300 miles less then what is currently on the odometer. We picked it up with our trailer and brought back for a fresh battery, fluids, and some adjustments and she runs excellent.

2018-01-15 09:55:52 | Paul Whitfield writes:

There is a fascinating history behind the first owner. Barone Enrico di Portanova bought this car in January 1955 as a Personal Export via Fattori & Montani, the Rome distributor. He was the grandson of a famous Houston oil baron, Hugh Roy Cullen. When Cullen died in 1957, Enrico inherited the fortune (after a battle for his inheritence), eventually becoming one of the richest men in the USA. He once listed the best things in life as ''sun, sex and spaghetti''. His villa in Acapulco was used as the backdrop for the James Bond Film License To Kill. Presumably, he took the car with him when he moved to California, where it was found in 2008. He died in March 2000.