{"id":30790,"date":"2018-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/jaguar-xk-140-michelotti-at-bonhams\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T12:59:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T12:59:57","slug":"jaguar-xk-140-michelotti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/jaguar-xk-140-michelotti\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguar XK 140 Michelotti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jaguar showed the XK140 as successor of the XK120 in 1954. It got the suspension and chassis of its predecessor nearly unmodified but the SE kit of XK120 as standard for the 3.4 litre six cylinder engine to get 190 PS from it. Optional offer was the S kit with red painted cylinder head of the racecar C-Type and a power output of 210 PS. A four speed manual gearbox with overdrive transfers the power to the rear wheels.

In July 1955 Mr Jeanne Gaymard from Paris received his new XK140 FHC (Fixed Head Coup\u00e9) in cream paint and dual-blue leather interior. It was equipped with C-Type cylinder head and dual sidepipes in front of the left rear wheel. Although he lived in the French capital the car was registered in D\u00e9partment 87 (Haute Vienne) on license plate ‘576DU87’. Two years later it suffered an accident with heavy bodywork damage. How Mr Gaymard got in contact with coachbuilder Michelotti in Torino is unknown. The Italian company only ever built new bodies for two or three Jaguar XK140. The car came back to France in late 1960 or early 1961. Further history of the car is partly unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n

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