2026-04-13 14:37:48 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:

www.fenderbroad.com/car/jaguar-xk150-3-8-fhc/

Seller's description:

Jaguar XK150 3.8 FHC

Exterior Colour: Carmen Red

Interior Colour: Red Leather

Registration: 127 XUH

Transmission: 4-Speed manual with Overdrive

Year of Manufacture: 1959

Mileage: 90,743

Chassis Number: S824847DN

Engine Size: 3.8 Litre

£69,995

Our XK150fhc is an original 3.8litre manual with overdrive version that is presented in fantastic original order with matching numbers. A great starting position. However that does not remotely cover how truly remarkable this car is.

Accompanying this sensational driving car is the most thorough comprehensive almost forensic documented history the like of which you are unlikely to see again for any XK150. Amongst those who have owned and improved this car are British racing royalty in the form of John Coombs and Rob Walker

If you want to read the enormous history file covering every mile and penny spent on this car you will need a few hours and at least one cup of tea and a few Hob Nob biscuits. To summarise. Manufactured in early 1959 as a right hand drive 3.8 litre car with manual transmission and tunnel mounted overdrive (I love that) in red with red trim and wire wheels. The same specification and mechanical numbered components are with the car today some 90,000 miles later. The exhaustive service history supports this being the correct mileage which is virtually impossible to do on any other car that doesn’t have such a massive documented history file

The car was sent new to Jersey and the first owner Gladys Cochrane took deliver of J6465 on the 27th April 1959. The original maintenance voucher booklet is with the car and reports Jaguar Dealer St Helier Garages supplied the car and serviced on the 8th January 1960 at 2651 miles. The car came back to London Jaguar dealer Simpson motors in October of 1960 and was registered 7241ME being sold to J K Scott of Swansea with 4000 miles on the odometer. The car stayed in Wales through to 22000 to June 1967 when racing superstar Rob Walker took ownership of the car for a short while before the car was purchased for the princely sum £720 by the most recent owner in August of 1967.

Richard Woodley has been the fastidious owner of this outstanding XK for nearly 50years. What an outstanding custodian he has been. Not fit enough to drive the car now we are seeking a new owner to carry on enjoying what is a super car. The only major change to the car comes in November of 1969 when Mr Woodley contracted probably the most revered Jaguar dealer of the period John Coombs Garage of Guilford to improve the car. To any Jaguar racing man John Coombs is about as famous as you can get. Coombs, Walker and Mike Hawthorn are Jaguar royalty. Coombs reconditioned the engine improving the cylinder head and adding 2×2” SU carburretors to make the car a flying machine with improved induction and exhaust mated to the balanced 3.8 litre engine. The invoice on file to Richard Woodley in the sum of £450-2 shillings and 4 pence doesn’t seem a lot of money today but when you remember Mr Woodley bought the car for £720 you can imagine this was a major investment in performance and the same engine and 2” carburretor configuration is enjoyed today. That upgrade at 32600 miles sees the car still running and sounding strong at 90000 miles today. The reason the car runs and drives as well as it does is documented in an exhaustive account of every penny invested in this car. Every invoice and documented mileage by Jaguar dealers and specialists. Every maintenance voucher, service invoice etc is with this car. It is a massive file with a detailed accounting log summarising everything.

The huge history file is stored in bespoke 2 piece leather luggage to finish of what is an outstanding car. You will go a long long way to find better