1956 Jaguar XK140

The Palm Event 2024 // 1956 Jaguar XK140

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Vehicle Info

Category | Celebrity Cars & Cars with Interesting Histories / Stories
Year | 1956
Make | Jaguar
Model | XK140MC
Exterior Color | Indigo Blue
Interior Color | Red
Engine | 3.4L Type C
Transmission | 4 Speed w/ Laycock de Normanville overdrive
Horsepower | 201 hp
0 – 60 | 7.9

Vehicle Modifications

  • 140MC Roadster also carries a celebrity connection, having been formerly owned by Hollywood star Michael Douglas, as confirmed by a copy of the old title. This Jaguar is one of 1,134 Open-Two-Seater examples that delivered in left-hand-drive form from the factory for 1956. It would be treated to a full comprehensive, concours level restoration completed in 2003 with results that would earn 99/100 points earning three 1st Place honors at multiple JCNA judging events!

    Numbers matching 1956 Jaguar XK140 Open-Two-Seater. Finished in Indigo Blue over Red Leather interior, this exceptionally well restored roadster was fitted with Jaguar's M-equipment package and C-Type performance option during restoration. Cars equipped with both options are commonly referred to as MC-equipped.

    Additional appointments on this 1956 XK140 Roadster include Tan soft top with matching side curtains, 4-speed manual gearbox with factory Laycock de Normanville overdrive, Smiths instrumentation, telescopic steering column, dual fender-mounted rearview mirrors, 60-spoke 16" chrome wire wheels, and Firestone Deluxe Champion 6.00-16 wide whitewall tires!

    Date plate details- VIN: 810504DN

    Engine stamp #: G1480-8

    Head stamp #: G1480-8S

    Body #: F10512

    Transmission #: JLN25692

  • Link to auction history of the car since 2003

  • The M-option (or Modified) included the special equipment engine carried over from the XK120 with true dual exhaust system, wire wheels, along with heavier torsion bar suspension and Lucas fog lamps. A new C-type performance option for the XK140 included a high compression head with larger exhaust valves with inlet and exhaust porting mated to the factory 3442cc DOHC Straight 6 giving the engine 20 additional horsepower for a total of 210hp.

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  • Link to auction history of the car since 2003- http://xk.collectordata.com/cars/detail/?car=810504DN&datahistory=yes