2011-04-04 12:25:41 | pauls writes:

Car offered at:
www.zwakmanmotors.com/jaguar-cars.php
Note; a econd survivor of the three Bertone bodied cars S824439DN is known to survive.

Sellers description:
1958 Jaguar XK150 Coupe by Bertone

One out of 3 special build XK150 based Bertone cars and the only one
based at XK150 3.8S techniques and as far as we know the only left out of the 3 cars.

Fantastic body lines and pure Bertone, combinated with the brutally
power of the 3.8S engine it been a lot quicker as their period Italian
competitors.

Overhaul in good condition and road use ready.

Price estimation Sterling 400.000,-

2022-09-27 14:22:49 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 10/22

Lot 156

The Turin Auto Show

1957 Jaguar XK150 3.8-Litre Coupé

The Zoute Sale

9 October 2022, 13:00 CEST

Knokke-Heist, Place Albert de Knokke Le Zoute

€800,000 - €1,000,000

Coachwork by Carrozzeria Bertone

Chassis no. S 834365

Engine no. LB4053-8 (see text)

• One of only nine coach-built Jaguar XK150s

• One of only three bodied by Bertone

• Formerly displayed in the Blackhawk Museum in California

• Professionally restored in 2020

• Shown at Pebble Beach

"The Jaguar XK150 is undeniably one of the world's fastest and safest cars. It is quiet and exceptionally refined mechanically, docile and comfortable... we do not know of any more outstanding example of value for money." - The Autocar.

Of the 9,395 Jaguar XK150s built, 1,466 of which were to 'S' specification, only nine were supplied in rolling chassis form for bodying by independent coachbuilders, '834365' being one of this select band. According to the highly respected motoring historian, and Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Archivist, Anders Ditlev Clausager, '834365 is the second of three XK150s bodied by Bertone. The car's accompanying Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate shows that it was supplied in left-hand drive configuration, without a body, to the distributor Compagnia Generale Auto in Milan, Italy and sold to its first owner, Fratelli Ingegnoli (Ingegnoli Brothers), also in Milan. It is recorded as fitted with a Bertone body. '834365' is distinguished from the other coach built XK150s by virtue of its Mercedes-Benz 300 SL-style front wing vents, making it stand out from the crowd.

The Jaguar Heritage Certificate records the original engine as a 3.4 litre unit ('V 1382-8'). Research by previous owners on file suggest that the current 3.8 engine, ('LB 4053-8') was fitted prior to delivery by Bertone. Despite the LB prefix suggesting a MK2 engine, inspection of the part number ('C 17523') suggest that this engine was never used on a production car. This evidence combined with the car being recorded as a 3.8 from the earliest days of its history leave us with a credible hypothesis suggesting that the engine was fitted in the car's earliest days, perhaps prior to delivery. The part number on the unstamped head show that it is an 'S' type head.

Originally finished in metallic green, the XK subsequently belonged to Ettore Mariano of the Lido, Venice for many years. According to Clausager: "It then turned up in the Behring collection at the Blackhawk museum in California and was at the Pebble Beach concours in 1992, by which time it was red. A copy of Blackhawk's facts sheet on file states that the XK was designed and built for the Turin Auto Show and had seen little use over the years apart from a few appearances at Italian concours events. The car was said to have been completely restored to prize winning condition by Mike Fennel Restoration in Saugas, California and exhibited at Pebble Beach in 1998.

In 2000 it was bought by the Dutch Jaguar collector Tom Zwakman, before being purchased by its current owner in 2013. In 2019-2020 the car was subject of a full restoration to the highest standards which culminated with the car being displayed at the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace in 2020.

Presented in beautiful condition throughout, '834365' represents a wonderful opportunity for the serious Jaguar collector to acquire an ultra-rare coach built example of one of the most powerful limited-production XKs manufactured by Jaguar Cars.