It was introduced this week that Jaguar has produced its final F-Sort, thus ending the corporate’s run of sports activities automobiles. At present’s Good Value of No Cube XK150 goes again nearly to the start of that run. Let’s see if it’s priced to maintain on working.
The vendor of yesterday’s 2003 BMW 540i M Sport claimed it to be the “Bimmer to purchase,” a sentiment with which lots of you agreed. Much less accord was discovered within the E39’s $16,500 asking worth, nevertheless. Excessive miles and a sure sense of curmudgeonly responsibility made that untenable for many of you, the outcome being a 63 % No Cube loss.
As twilight fell on the chilly night of February 12, 1957, a fireplace broke out at Jaguar’s Browns Lane manufacturing unit in Coventry, England. The conflagration consumed a 3rd of the meeting space earlier than being utterly extinguished, destroying lots of of manufacturing fashions and a clutch of firm automobiles being prepped for the monitor. It was thought on the time that such a setback would take Jaguar months to beat, however per a newsreel of the time, manufacturing was again in enterprise on the Allesey plant only a quick two weeks after the smoke had cleared.
Out of the ashes got here a brand new mannequin, the three.4-litre, which the corporate touted because the “quickest four-seater saloon on this planet. That was adopted simply three months later by the XK150, the third and final within the sequence of sports activities automobiles kicked off by the XK120 simply shy of a decade earlier.
The household resemblance between the 150 and its 140 and 120 predecessors is plain; nevertheless, of the three, the numerically advantaged automobile is probably the most completely different. It sports activities a one-piece windscreen rather than the break up design on the sooner automobiles, a wider, higher-waisted physique that enables extra elbow room within the cabin, and a four-inch push ahead of the A-pillars to make the automobile simpler to get out and in of. The bumpers are additionally notably greater than on the prior fashions.
This 1959 Jaguar XK150 embodies all of these options and is considered one of 4,445 Fastened Head Coupes (FHC) constructed throughout the mannequin’s 1957 to 1960 run. This was the final within the sequence, with the virtually all-new XKE debuting as its alternative in 1961.
Being a U.S. market automobile means our automobile is spec’d with Dunlop discs on the entrance and the extra highly effective (210 horse) 3.4 DOHC straight six. This one comes with the optionally available Borg-Warner three-speed computerized, which on the time was provided completely in export markets.
The vendor lays out the automobile’s bona fides, stating within the advert:
This 1959 XK-150 fixed-head coupe was restored in 2015, with over $25,000 invested by earlier proprietor. It drives as new, with full engine rebuild with in depth receipts, upgraded mechanicals with interval appropriate retro-alternator, speedy spin starter and Diehard for reliable ignition. The metallic silver paint and luxurious pink leather-based inside and carpet are as new. All chrome has been re-chromed, no pitting or uninteresting end—simply sparkles.
A Heritage Certificates from Jaguar is supplied within the advert, and that, if correct, proves the metallic silver paint is a respray over the automobile’s manufacturing unit cream. The unique coloration is obvious below the bonnet. The pink inside is the manufacturing unit coloration, though not the fabric.
Every thing on the automobile is claimed to work, except for the horn. It’s additionally boasted to put on model new Vredestein Dash basic tires and to be “OEM appropriate.” Aesthetically, it appears unbelievable though not concours high quality. It additionally has a newish chrome steel exhaust that may get dinged by the judges ought to the automobile be proven competitively.
On the plus facet, it’s described as a strong, reliable driver and an attention-getter. The explanation given for the sale is a again subject suffered by the current proprietor. It comes with a clear title and fashionable license plates for simple title switch. The value tag for this basic cat is $60,000.
What do you consider this cruiser and that price ticket? Does that appear like a good deal for a turn-key basic? Or, for that a lot, ought to or not it’s cleaner and have three pedals?
You resolve!
Denver, Colorado, Craigslist, or go right here if the advert disappears.
H/T to Don R. for the hookup!
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