1956 JAGUAR XK140 FHC
This beautiful Jaguar XK140 FHC has been owned by the vendor since 2007. He purchased it as a project from an owner on Jersey and embarked on a six-year, nut-and-bolt restoration, with involvement from many specialists. This included a professional leather re-trim, new rear springs and gaiters, high-torque starter motor, XK150 front discs, all-new burr walnut veneer a twin stainless exhaust system, and a respray in the car's original shade of Birch Grey. Since then the car has remained in the vendor's collection of XKs and seen little use.
Ongoing refurbishments have included a new steering rack (2019), carburettor rebuilding (2021) and a gearbox rebuild by Klassik Transmission. Within the last 300 miles it has also received new piston rings, and the cylinder head has been rebuilt with C-type big valves. The car was driven to our sale, but the vendor advises that the engine is still running in, and it is smoking slightly due to the inlet valve oil seals not being fitted.
The car comes with a huge stack of receipts from the vendor's tenure, a few photos showing its condition pre-restoration, and its green Guernsey logbook from when it was exported to the island in 1974. The file also includes a Heritage Certificate, which confirms that this is an original RHD car, manufactured in October 1956 and dispatched to Henlys of London, finished in Birch Grey with a red interior and manual transmission.
The V5C indicates no former keepers (and no re-registration), although the HPI records the last change of keeper being in 2014, which is when the restoration was completed. The odometer shows 53,135 miles.
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