2023-04-19 22:38:10 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 5/23

www.silverstoneauctions.com/1956-jaguar-xk140-roadster-rec12344-1-sywell-0523

Auction description:

JAGUAR XK140 ROADSTER

Registration Number UVS 147

MOT Expiry Exempt

Chassis Number S812174DN

Engine Number G6953-8S

Transmission Manual

Body Colour Cotswold Blue

DRIVE RHD

Registration Number UVS 147

ODOMETER READING 18000 Miles

Top of the range, Special Equipment XK140 Roadster in a lovely colour combination from 29-years long-term ownership.

This lovely example is indeed a 210bhp SE ‘MC’ and dates from 1956. It’s finished in a delightful colour combination of Cotswold Blue over light grey leather and sits on silver-painted wire wheels. Purchased from Porters in Kensington in 1996, purchase receipt in the file, it has been with our vendors for the last 29 years and appears to have been fully enjoyed on rallies both nationally and internationally, on Drive-It days within the UK and excursions in France, Greece and even Australia!

It remains ‘matching numbers’ but, unusually it appears it was converted from left to right-hand drive in 1956, the year it was built. It was restored in 1993/4 by Alscot Garage in Warwickshire with invoices on file and a handwritten summary sheet of all the work undertaken at the time. The history file makes for pleasant reading with plenty of invoices for maintenance and servicing, handwritten correspondence, an original operating manual and old MOTs. Recent history includes a mechanical refresh by Bell Classics along with older significant bills from Cambridge Motorsport and Classic Autos of Hertfordshire.

The XK appears largely standard with its smooth revving and glorious sounding 3.4-litre Jaguar inline-six attached to its original 4-speed gearbox and Laycock de Normanville overdrive with the necessary addition of a Kenlowe fan. The condition of the car is lovely, with a gently patinated interior and paintwork that’s good, but not perfect, totally in keeping with an older restoration and 29 years of fun.

It’s so nice to come across a mechanically sound, much-loved 1950s classic Jaguar that you could just jump in and go anywhere.