Originally Posted by BertL
How did it come to this?...
Appearance would suggest it spent the past 63 years
abandoned, vandalized and totally unprotected from the elements.
Stolen presumably...
https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1957-jaguar-xk-astoria-ny-2935792

One always wonders about true production year 1957 XK140's as to whether they were caught up in the fire in February '57. Over the decades I've seen more rotten '57 XK140's ni pretty poor state of repair even in the 70's than the other XK models. The fire basically saw the end of the XK140 production run and the start of the XK150 production in the May, if memory serves me correctly. Surely the restoration costs would exceed it's final value.

Last edited by JohnHarris; 12/04/26 09:08 AM.
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