Beschrijving
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Classic Sale at Wheeler Dealer Live 2025 on Sunday the 1st of June, Bicester Motion, OX26 5HA.
The XK150 was the final incarnation of the XK Series when it appeared in May 1957, offered as either a Fixed or Drop-Head Coupé. The 'Special Equipment' (SE) package included enhancements like disc brakes, a more powerful engine with twin SU carburettors and a modified cylinder head with larger exhaust valves
The 150 retained much of the mechanical layout of the 140, sharing the same 180bhp 3. 4-litre DOHC Jaguar straight-six, however differed with a higher scuttle and door line, whilst the radiator grille reverted to the thinner slats of the XK120 but was altogether wider. The bumpers were deeper and wrapped around, a curved windscreen replaced the divided one on the XK120 and 140 and much needed servo-assisted Dunlop disc brakes were fitted at each corner
First registered as WXM 318 via Henlys on 1st January 1959, exported to Victoria, Australia in the late 1960s with known history/ provenance whilst there, including a 1999 report by Brookland Classic Cars of Victoria, saying that the car was 'totally rust-free with a sound original engine and gearbox'
Our vendor imported the car to the UK in 2017 and it has been in the safe hands of Historit in Bicester Heritage since. It was completely checked/ overhauled mechanically by Classic Performance Engineering (June 2021/£3, 034), serviced by Dwornik Engineering (September 2024/£1, 370) and treated to four new tyres from Vintage Tyre Supplies Ltd (June 2024). It still retaining its status as a matching numbers car
