2025-06-23 21:55:06 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 6/25

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Auction description:

1960 Jaguar XK 150 SE FHC

Estimate £38,000 - £42,000

Charterhouse - Classic Cars, Sparkford, UK

26 June, 2025

Lot 47

Estimate £38,000 - £42,000

Registration number 728 GBJ

Chassis number S825263DN

Engine number VA1848-8

Sherwood green with suede green interior

Unrestored and largely original

One of the final 135 FHC's to leave the factory

Part of a vehicle collection barn stored 1991-2013, hence its originality

Owned since 2014

Switchable EZ electric power steering fitted by XK specialists Twyford Moors

Extensive history file

On the button and ready to be enjoyed

HPI clear

From the owner:

JAGUAR XK150 SE COUPE 3.8

Mileage (not warranted) 87838

An increasingly rare, unrestored and largely original example of the last of the famous Jaguar XK line. Built in May 1960, it is one of the final 135 fixed-head coupes to leave the factory. It is an SE spec model with 3.8 litre engine and manual gearbox, finished in Sherwood Green with Suede Green interior.

The car’s originality owes much to having spent the period 1991-2013 in a barn as part of a hoard of interesting old cars. It had apparently been parked up after the brakes failed and then forgotten. In 2013 the new owner set out to put it back on the road while seeking to preserve as much of the original car as possible. The majority of surviving XKs have been extensively and expensively restored, to often better than new condition, but he was a firm believer in the mantra ‘it’s only original once’. It was soon running again but sadly the owner died before he could complete the project.

The current owner purchased the car in 2014 and put it into regular use. A new set of MWS tubeless wire wheels was fitted shod with Avon Turbosteel radial tyres. A new, correct, alloy fuel tank was also fitted along with new front and rear exhaust manifolds The only concession to modernity was the fitting of switchable EZ electric power steering by XK specialists Twyford Moors. This provides easy low speed manoeuvrability with the option of normal weighting on the open road. It is also completely reversible. Apart from a recent fuel pump overhaul it has needed just routine servicing. It will have a new MOT prior to the sale.

The car is on the button and ready to use. It has the patina and character that only 65 years can give. It comes with an extensive history file, including the previous owner’s notes and photographs of the recommissioning process and handbook.