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1956 JAGUAR XK140 FHC - H AND H AUCTIONS Pavillion Gardens Sale Buxton, Wednesday 24th July 2019

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Wednesday 24th July 2019

1956 JAGUAR XK140 FHC

Registration No: TOB 30

Chassis No:804620DN

MOT: Exempt

- 1 of just 842 examples, treated to a 10-year' long, 'chassis up' restoration since entering the current ownership in 1998

- Fitted with an uprated 'Special Equipment' XK140 engine block and C-Type head by marque specialist David Cunningham

- Upgraded with a disguised alternator, Guy Broad 6-blade engine-driven fan, 12-volt battery and Kenlowe electric fan

Vendor Condition Ratings:

Bodywork: 'Good'

Engine: 'Excellent'

Electrical Equipment: 'Very Good'

Paintwork: 'Good'

Gearbox: 'Very Good'

Interior Trim: 'Very Good'

H&H are indebted to the vendor for the following information:-

Bought from in 1998 from Larry Kinch, a well known Scottish businessman and car collector, as a stripped shell. Chassis up restoration over the next 10 years, latterly with Milford Vintage Engineering in Kirkmichael. Over £70k spent (including purchase).

Post restoration made two return trips to Le Mans in honour of the privately entered 1956 XK140 FHC that was raced by Roger Walshaw and Peter Bolton, but was (erroneously?) black-flagged while lying 11th.

Two concessions to modern motoring were made after the first trip to Le Mans - these cars were never designed to travel in the Paris rush hour! Added a Kenlowe electric fan and a Guy Broad designed 6 blade engine-driven fan to prevent overheating. Also, an alternator (in disguise) and a single 12V battery to improve efficiency.

Some years after restoration a C Type engine was installed, by renowned Aberdeen based Jaguar specialist David Cunningham. The engine had been sitting in the workshop under wraps for many years before I managed to persuade him to part with it as it would be better that it was used in an original XK. The unit is lightly race tuned. The overdrive gearbox was also overhauled at the time.

The car is now effectively uprated to SE spec- all that is missing are the spotlights, but as there are no bumpers that was not done. Bumpers were left off intentionally as they look very heavy compared to the 120, and this also is reminiscent of the Le Mans car.

Valuable registration comes with the car

Mileage is not relevant: inspection of old MOTs shows that the odometer was not working for many years, and when the speedo was overhauled it came back showing exactly 10,000 miles less! The C type engine has only done ~2000 miles since being installed in the car.

Only 839 RHD XH140 FHCs were ever made, and very few were SE spec with overdrive. According to the data database, only 12 SE overdrive cars are still around - this is a rare car!

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1973 FORD GRANADA 3.0GXL - H AND H AUCTIONS Pavillion Gardens Sale Buxton, Wednesday 24th July 2019

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1973 FORD GRANADA 3.0GXL

Registration No:PLF 10L

Chassis No:BAGFNP19349

MOT: July 2020

- Only 3 former keepers

- Only 49000 recorded credible miles

- Special Vehicle order in black paint which was not a factory option

- Factory sliding sunroof

- Supplying dealer sticker in the rear window

- History file

- Mot July 2020

Launched in March 1972, the Granada succeeded the British Ford Zephyr, and the German P7-series as Ford's European executive car offering, and completed the integration of Ford's British and German model ranges.

At first, lower models in the range were called the Ford Consul. This may have been because of a lawsuit by Granada Group a major British conglomerate of the time; however, their application for an injunction failed at appeal and they could not prevent Ford registering the name Granada as a trademark] thus from 1975 on they were all called Granadas. The car soon became popular for a taxi, fleet, and police use. It was also converted into limousine and hearse versions by the British companies Coleman Milne and Woodall Nicholson. Traditional four-door limousines were offered (both long and short versions) alongside an unusual four-door "coup£ limousine" (only 12 built), as well as hearses in either two- or four-door configurations.

Mechanically, the European Granada conformed to Ford convention, the initial range using the Ford Essex V4 unit in 2.0 L displacement, and the Essex V6 engine in 2.5 and 3.0 L capacities. German models employed a Ford Taunus V4 engine in 1.7 L displacement, or the 3.0L Essex V6, or, more commonly the Cologne V6 in 2.0, 2.3, or 2.6 L capacities. The V4 was later replaced by the Pinto unit. The car generally followed the mechanical layout of its predecessors Ford Zephyr/Zodiac, using a coil-spring independent rear end, although front MacPherson struts were replaced by double wishbones, introduced 18 months earlier in smaller TC Cortina and Taunus. However, the Granada - like Ford 17M/20M/26M - featured drum brakes at the rear, as opposed to the Zephyr/Zodiac rear disc brakes.

The car was available as a four-door saloon, a five-door estate (Turnier), and a two-door fastback coup£. The early (1972-73) coup£ had slightly different sheet metal - a more pronounced coke bottle styling. In 1974, the coup£ was revised, with straighter lines. A two-door saloon joined the range in May 1973,[8] reducing the entry-level advertised German price of the car by 415 Marks, but the two-door saloon version was never produced nor officially sold in the UK. The revised "straight-line rear wing" coup£ was sold only in 3.0 Ghia trim in the UK, but elsewhere in Europe it was sold with other trims and all engines were available. This was the reverse of the situation with the TC Cortina and Taunus, where the British model had the "coke-bottle" styling. In continental Europe, the 1976-1977 Granadas were also available with the fuel-injected Cologne V6, producing 150 PS (110 kW).