To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Paris event, 6 February
2019.
Estimate:
�100.000 - �130.000
- Original left-hand-drive example with desirable Laycock de
Normanville overdrive fitted Matching-numbers engine and body
- Fully restored in the last five years
Jaguar's XK 150 was developed from its predecessors to meet growing
U.S. demand for more comfortable and refined sports cars. This was
achieved by utilizing a wider body and floorplan and inserting a
four-inch-wide central section. Another welcome addition was Dunlop
disc brakes at all four wheels, making Jaguar the first
manufacturer to offer four-wheel disc brakes on a series-production
car.
Chassis no. S 837992 DN left the Browns Lane production line on 2
January 1959 and was delivered new to its first owner, Mr L. Mooney
of San Francisco. The car returned to Europe in 1988 when it was
imported and registered in France. By the early 2000s, this XK 150
had moved to Germany and was subject to a full body-off restoration
in 2004; a quantity of documentation records regular maintenance
and use from 1988 through to 2014 along with photos of the
restoration. The car was refinished in a period-correct colour
combination of dark green over tan, and the restoration has held up
very well with signs of only light use. Most importantly, the car
retains its original engine and body.
This beautifully presented XK 150 is one of the very best examples
of Jaguar's final and most developed XKs, incapsulating the best of
Jaguar: sporting, comfortable and refined. To view this car and
others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM
website at rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa19.
