2025-07-12 17:06:48 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 7/25

www.historics.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-154---1958-jaguar-xk150-fixedhead-coup/

Auction description:

19th Jul, 2025 The Summer Serenade; Windsorview Lakes

1958 Jaguar XK150 Fixedhead Coupé

Interesting provenance - Matching numbers

Estimate £37,000 - £43,000

Registration: 8000 NO

Chassis No: S824516DN

Odometer: 64,519

Heritage certificate confirming matching numbers

Originally owned by Ruby Chapman, wife of Ralph Chapman, owner of Britvic drinks

Interesting factory specification of steel wheels

Overdrive

This is a very nice example which was interestingly ordered from new with black steel wheels, not wire wheels like most would usually associate with XK150’s, the original owner clearly wanted to go for a more understated look. The car was originally owned by Mrs Ruby Chapman, the wife of Mr Ralph Chapman who owned Britvic drinks. Our vendor is a Jaguar specialist who looked after the car for many years before being offered it by the long term previous owner. He knew the car well and agreed to buy it based on its originality, known history and impressive history file, which contains history from new including a buff logbook, handwritten notes from previous owners and a heritage certificate confirming this as a matching numbers example. When our vendor purchased the car, the paint was likely to be all original and in need of tidying up, it was unfortunately a bit past ‘patina’, it had began to really crack in places and let the car down, so a full respray was carried out and finished to an excellent standard. Our vendor also went right through the car and replaced virtually every perishable items, so new bushes, fuel lines, rubber seals and so on. The car is reported to drive very well and is a welcome change from a lot of the overly restored examples we often see today. Consigned by Fraser Smith