Lot details Registration No: XKZ 545 Chassis No: 72 Mot Expiry: May 2018
- Unique Autotune Aristocat which has been further enhanced by the vendor
- Recently treated to a quality re-spray
- 4.2-litre Jaguar XK engine mated to a four-speed manual gearbox
'XK2 545' is a unique Jaguar XK140 Evocation based on Autotune's Aristocat kit and further enhanced by the vendor. Finished in Red allied to a sumptuous Red-piped Black interior, the car was originally built by a Captain Jim Roberts and correctly registered by Autotune. Roberts regularly used the car open-topped until removing it from the road to recondition the engine, change the transmission from automatic to manual, install twin alloy fuel tanks etc. However, in the middle of the process his job took him abroad and the Jaguar lay untouched for some five years until rescued by the vendor.
He subsequently invested two years extensively modifying and generally improving the car. He treated it to a quality respray after modifying every bodywork panel; fitted a curved windscreen, quarter-lights and wind-up windows; and installed a bespoke interior, new lights, rechromed bumpers, and custom-made copper exhaust system. In common with the original keeper, he took a 'no-expense-spared' approach to the project, as the intention was to keep it indefinitely. However, his circumstances changed and somebody else will now benefit from the time and money that have been lavished on the car - the bodywork, paintwork, interior trim, 4.2-litre XK engine, and four-speed manual gearbox of which he now regards as all being in 'excellent' condition.
Designed by Autotune of Rishton, Lancs., the Aristocat was an Evocation 'within the spirit of' the Jaguar XK140, and employed the running gear from a donor XJ6 or XJS housed within a purpose-designed steel spaceframe chassis. Created to suit a range of budgets, it could be built using as much as 80 percent of the donor car components, even including the seats and dashboard. Utilising unmodified XJ suspension resulted in the Evocation being a more practical five inches wider than an XK120 or 140, but only and inch more than the XK150.
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