2026-09-01 18:59:54 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 9/26

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23rd Sep, 2026 Kelham Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire

1960 Jaguar XK150 SE 3.8 Litre Fixed Head Coupé

1 of just 1,367 home-market examples

Estimate £48,000 - £55,000

Originally registered as ’44 TTW’

A home-market ‘Special Equipment’ car with 3.8-litre engine

Subject to a comprehensive restoration by the vendor and his father in the 2010s and kept on static display since

Offered with original paperwork including the buff logbook and original owners’ handbook

Understood to have been in the possession of just one keeper from new

Recently put into a running condition in preparation for sale

Seemingly a two-owner car from new, this handsome XK150 SE is a very fortunate survivor, having been restored to its present attractive condition in quite recent years after roughly 45 years of abandonment. The original buff logbook confirms that chassis S825246DN was issued with the Essex registration ‘44 TTW’, painted green, and carried engine number VA1801-8. It was first registered on June 2nd, 1960, to Sydney Ronald Harrison of Tilbury, Essex. Mr. Harrison led something of a nomadic life, and the Jaguar travelled with him as he moved first to Thundersley in 1962, then crossed the Thames to Kent to reside at the Bull’s Head Hotel in Dartford in 1966, Rochester in 1970, and ultimately Sevenoaks in 1971. The Jaguar’s last tax, however, expired in 1967.

Subsequent history is not recorded, but upon its discovery it was purchased by our vendor and his father, to be restored for the father’s private collection during the 2010s. As may be seen, it has not been over-restored, but retains a very pleasing patina. After a period of static display, it has recently been brought up to running order, and while some further recommissioning may be required, we see no reason why it should not be returned to the road 60 years after it fell out of use. The Jaguar was allowed to disappear from the DVLA’s records when the database was computerised, hence it is currently in need of registration, but the survival of the buff logbook should greatly aid the process of reregistering it, and being reallocated the ‘44 TTW’ number. Besides the logbook, documents include an original Operating, Maintenance and Service Handbook, an original Price List, a lubrication chart, a Lucas Service booklet, and a late 1970s Jaguar Drivers’ Club pamphlet.