Coys Auction - Spring Classics
Royal Horticultural Halls
Elverton St
Westminster
London SW1
Thursday 11 March 2010
Registration Number: VXL 655 Chassis Number: S827158DN
This lovely drophead XK150 was despatched from Jaguar in July 1958 as a 3.4-litre SE model finished in Carmen Red and fitted with manual overdrive transmission. According to the original buff log book that accompanies this car’s extensive history file it was first registered on 11th September 1958 and is therefore an original U.K market car, having been delivered to one Aledulla Bayezid in Goodge Street, London W1. In July of 1964, it was passed onto its second owner, the noted Jaguar enthusiast and racing driver, Derek Bovet-White and father of the vendor. Bovet-White campaigned an ex-competition SS100 before the war and subsequently bought an XK120 roadster in 1950 with which to continue his racing exploits. Success followed this keen competitor when Bovet-White won the oversubscribed Johore Grand Prix in