Lot Ended
Description
Smart LHD
XK150 Coupe with wonderful Oxblood leather interior; only 3,300 miles on rebuilt
engine and gearbox; advisory-free MOT; much recent expenditure; lots to
like!
Dating from
November 1959 this attractive XK150 SE FHC is a LHD example and is finished in
Grand Prix Green with traditional brown leather bonnet strap and wire wheels,
also finished in dark green which suits the car nicely.
Under
the bonnet, we find the 3.8 litre straight-six-cylinder engine with twin SU
carbs which developed 220Bhp when new, driving the rear wheels via manual
transmission with overdrive.
Inside, we find a
wonderful recently retrimmed Oxblood red leather interior with matching red
carpets and grey central instrument cluster trim. The car started and
ran as it should while moving it around for these images, holding good 60psi oil
pressure.
The history file
includes notes from the vendor listing works undertaken during and prior to
his ownership. This included a reconditioned engine and gearbox in 2009;
new steering rack and ball joints; new discs and calipers all round; new
shocks; new rear leaf springs; new hand brake cable and assembly; new exhaust;
new alternator and battery; retrimmed interior including new rubber seals for
the doors and windows plus various other jobs.
Imported to the UK in 2009, it has only covered around 3,300 miles
since. The car has come in from Europe with time spent in Italy with its
then English owner after some earlier time during the 90s spent in Virginia,
USA. A copy of the old buff log book shows the car was previously UK
registered as 727 BNG during the 1970s. Also present are the US Cerificate of
Title, current MOT (although of course exempt) valid until May 2025 recording no
advisories and a rack of bills for works undertaken.
Our vendor acquired
the car in September 2022 and is only reluctantly selling it due to health
issues. Altogether a
very smart example of this sleek and powerful Coupe, on offer at an
attractive estimate.
For more
information contact - will.daniels@brightwells.com