Equipment
Jaguar XK 140 chassis, 3.8 liter engine, disc brakes, wheel discs, dash-mounted chronometer and stopwatch, Lucas headlights, small Marchal fog lights as front markers, skirts.
Condition
Cylinder head and block numbers are identical. Very good paint and chrome but the leather on the driver's seat cushion is badly stretched and wrinkled. Orderly engine compartment with the usual exhaust manifold porcelain loss. An attractive one-off design.
Market commentary
It's an imaginative way to make a Jaguar look like a Delahaye or Talbot-Lago and the bidders more than appreciated it with this result double the pre-sale low estimate. It's bragging rights and singular style, a creative and thoughfully executed custom car.