Lot Ended
Description
Highly
appealing LHD XK150 Coupe with wonderful Oxblood leather interior with plenty of
useful recent expenditure
Dating from
November 1959 this attractive XK150 SE FHC is a LHD example and is finished in
Grand Prix Green with traditional brown leather bonnet strap and centre knock on
wire wheels, also finished in dark green which really sets the car
apart.
Under the bonnet,
we find the 3.8 litre straight-six-cylinder engine with twin SU carbs suggesting
the car to be an SE variant which developed 220Bhp when new, driving the rear
wheels via manual transmission with overdrive.
Inside, we find a wonderful recently re-trimmed Oxblood red leather
interior with matching red carpets and grey central instrument cluster
trim.
The car started and
ran as it should on site while moving it around for these images, holding good
oil pressure as shown in the images, looking very sleek and
attractive.
The history file
includes a note from the vendor of works undertaken during and prior to his
ownership. This included a re-condition for the engine and gearbox in 2009, a
new steering rack and ball joints, new discs with new calipers all round, new
shocks, new rear leaf springs, new hand brake cable and assembly, new exhaust,
new alternator and battery as well as the beautifully re-trimmed interior
including new rubber seals for the doors and windows – much of which is recent,
and documented within the history file.
The mileage to date
from the 1st MOT in the UK looks to be just over 3,000. The car has come in from
Europe with time spent in Italy with its then English owner after some earlier
time during the 90s spent in Virginia, USA.
The file includes
copies of the Virginia US Certificate of Title along with a host of
correspondence relating to purchase and subsequent theft (including trailer and
tow vehicle) in Italy in 2014 before being recovered in Germany in 2019 by the
British owner who’s determination to find his car paid
off.
The V5C on file
shows five UK owners. The car has been with our vendor since purchase in
September 2022 (the sale a reluctant one due to arthritis). The copy of the old
buff log book shows the car to have been UK registered as 727 BNG during the
1970s. Also present are the aforementioned US Titles, current MOT (although of
course exempt) valid until May 2025 recording no advisories and a rack of bills
for works undertaken.
A lovely, and very
smart example of this slick and powerful Coupe, on offer at an attractive
estimate.
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