1958 Jaguar XK 150 S 3.4 Roadster

S 830794 DNroadUnited Kingdom

Engine: 3.4L inline-six with three SU carburetors, straight-port head, revised cams, ~250 bhp
Colour: Black over red leather interior

A top-specification 1958 Jaguar XK 150 S 3.4 Roadster, completed at Coventry on 26 June 1958 and delivered new to California. Finished in original black over red leather, the car retains its matching-numbers engine, cylinder head, and body as confirmed by a Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust certificate. A comprehensive restoration costing over $127,000 was completed around 2010, and the car has been upgraded with a Tremec five-speed gearbox while the original transmission is retained.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold US$224,000
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1958 →Factory delivery
Original California delivery recipient
partial documentation
Car was built in late June 1958 and dispatched new to California; original black-over-red color scheme survives to the present day.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

2009
Bodywork
Bodywork restored by an unnamed specialist shop, completed in August 2009 ahead of the broader mechanical restoration.
Work was carried out separately from and prior to the mechanical rebuild commissioned in 2010.
2010Restoration
XK's Unlimited
Comprehensive mechanical restoration and reassembly covering the engine, gearbox, brakes, and rear axle; total expenditure exceeded $127,000. Invoices on file document the scope. A Tremec five-speed manual gearbox was also fitted as a modernisation, with the original matching-numbers transmission retained.
Workshop located in San Luis Obispo, California. Photographic documentation of the strip-down and rebuild process is on file.
2020Service
Scottsdale specialty shop
Additional servicing and maintenance carried out in spring 2020, totalling $3,148 as evidenced by two invoices.
Workshop located in Scottsdale, Arizona; identity not named in the prose.

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