2013-11-13 16:25:58 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

2015-07-07 16:54:11 | XK Data writes:

The record was updated:

2013-11-08 20:40:21 | pauls writes:

Owner provides an update in the November 2013 issue of the XK Gazette.

2015-07-06 01:23:48 | pauls writes:

Another update and photo in the July 2015 edition of the XK Gazette.

2026-06-18 10:07:07 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at auction:

angliacarauctions.co.uk/auctions/2763-20-Jun-2026/14964~1-1956-jaguar-xk140-fhc

Sat 20th & Sun 21st June

1956 JAGUAR XK140 FHC

Estimate:  £35,000 - £40,000

V5 present

Chassis number: 804813

Engine size: 3442cc

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.