2024-04-30 10:24:19 | pauls writes:

Ebay item 4/30/24
www.ebay.com/itm/386969011020
Opening bid $74,625, 0 bids, reserve not met, buy it now price $99,500.00, 6 days left in auction, seller westcoastclassics, 45k miles

Seller's description:
West Coast Classics are proud to present a very rare all original matching #'s example of this mostly all stock and rust free coveted and highly desirable 1961 Jaguar XK 150SE Drophead Coupe with Left Hand Drive U.S. delivery in 'Carmen Red' with the optional 'SE' package' Special Equipment Package 220HP 3781cc 6 cylinder engine with dual SU HD6 carbs and four wheel disc brakes and an upgraded 5 speed transmission with electric Overdrive which was the beneficiary of an older no expense spared restoration as required when purchased by its most recent southern California owner.

All matching numbers original 3.8L 220HP SE engine and an upgraded 5 speed manual transmission with O/D! We recently acquired the car with the car sporting an excellent body with no signs of any previous damage history and no rust! The car boasts four chrome wire knock off wheels and its original matching numbers engine as verified by the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Certificate. This is a rare car; 1 of only 2,672 XK150 drophead (DHC) coupes in total and one of only 586 of the desirable 3.8 litre SE drop head coupes ever built.

The car drives exactly as it should with only very few miles should since its mechanical restoration and the odometer reads 45,500 miles which is believed to be original. The car was purchased by its most recent owner in the year 2000 with 40,580 original miles.

Recent mechanical work includes at 44,625 miles full tune up with all new gaskets, cooling hoses, freeze plugs, exhaust manifold gaskets, and carbs and timing adjusted. At 44,823 miles; new fuel sender & gasket, engine mounts, oil filter, sealing ring, all new exhaust stainless steel system, exhaust kit, add Sirius XM; at 45,025 miles: replace clutch master cylinder, aluminum flywheel, clutch disc & pressure plate, front brake calipers & pads, all new suspension & 4 shocks, leaf spring bushings, lower control arm bushings, steering rack mounts, sway bar bushings, universal joint, steering rack bushings, install cam gears, (Cost $21,767.44)

3,781 CC DOHC 220HO SE Inline 6-Cylinder Engine

Twin SU Carburetors
220 BHP at 5,500 RPM
5-Speed Manual Gearbox with Laycock Overdrive
4-Wheel Hydraulic Disc Brakes
Front Independent Torsion-Bar Suspension
Rear Live Axle with Semi-Elliptical Leaf Springs