2015-05-19 21:05:18 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 6/15

russoandsteele.com/vehicle-details/

Auction description:

NEWPORT BEACH 2015 CONSIGNMENTS

1969 Jaguar XKSS Roadster "Recreation"

Consignment # 3042

VIN # 1L2200BW

The vehicle offered here is an outstanding XKSS recreation, originally one of 12 built by Revival Motorsports as a D-type race car for a racing series in Britain. Components were supplied by Realm Engineering. The chassis is a Reynard competition unit, utilizing a Jaguar double-wishbone setup with torsion bars up front, a Jaguar independent rear suspension with disc brakes all around, inboard at the rear. Restored in 2011 from the ground up, the car was fitted with a new Tremec 5-speed transmission and a 1969-vintage 4.2-litre motor, fully balanced and equipped with a forged crankshaft, lightweight steel connecting rods, and forged high-compression pistons. The new cylinder head was machined to accept larger valves, updated springs, and lighter cam buckets. True to form with its triple Weber 45DCOE carbs and running with relatively mild 9:1 compression, the engine is docile enough for road use while retaining its competition heritage with 305 horsepower on tap. Bodywork is cutting-edge Kevlar composite and fiberglass, with panels supplied by Realm Engineering.

This outstanding XKSS is understood to drive exactly like the original car; however it is now also a great car for fast and enjoyable road trips as well. Since the restoration was finished, the car has logged approximately 1,250 miles, including its shakedown run from Los Angeles to Pebble Beach in 2013. As expected, the car performed flawlessly on the road. Following completion, the car was inspected by Adrian Cocking of Realm Motorsports, who was very impressed with the car in all respects. Today, original examples of the XKSS rarely appear at public auction. If and when they do, they easily command multi-million dollar bids. Accordingly, this excellent 1957 XKSS recreation provides an exceptional and highly authentic alternative to enjoy as intended.

Sold at $150,000.

2025-03-18 21:43:48 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:

www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1957-jaguar-xkss-gladstone-nj-2821313

Seller's description:

Vehicle Location Gladstone, New Jersey 07934

Condition Excellent

Transmission Manual

Body Style / Trim Tribute

Exterior Color British Racing Green

Interior Saddle

1957 JAGUAR XKSS (RE-CREATION). #1L2200BW. (Stock #4371.) Only 16 of the original XKSS Roadsters were built by the Jaguar factory during the period after the original D-Type race cars were built (67 units). 25 of the original D-Type race cars were left unsold, so Jaguar converted 16 of those cars with lightly disguised street equipment and they became the now famous XKSS. The remaining 9 cars remained at the unfinished factory and were destroyed by a huge fire. Decades later, after the 16 original cars became enormously popular, and valuable of course, Jaguar completed the remaining 9 cars as "factory cars" which were sold for over $1 million each and trade today at multiple 7 figure prices. All of those 25 cars, even though built at different times, are in fact genuine Jaguar factory XKSS Roadsters. As is common, many replicas, tributes and continuations of important cars were recreated many decades later. This particular re-creation was one of a series created in the early 90's to encourage participation in "vintage racing of historically important race cars with a hope by the promoter, John Arnold of Revival Motorsport, to attract multiple participants for a long-running Jaguar racing series. Although those cars sold well, they did not generate a full field often enough, and thus the series lasted only 3 years. They were built to be a close and faithful representation of the original D-Types. Powered by a Jaguar XK straight-6 4.2L engine with 450 COE Weber Carbs and driving through a 5-speed manual gearbox to an LSD rear differential. Unlike the original cars these have an IRS rear axle to improve handling, and disc brakes all around. The cars were built on the Reynard racing chassis and were built for racing; few had creature comforts so when the series closed down, this chassis was treated to a full restoration and the modifications for it to become the XKSS it is today. The Race Series ran at all Major Race Circuits in the UK in the early nineties. This car is Fully Road Legal. So, with a little British racing history, and very good bones, this marvelous example allows it to be driven with gusto on the street or on the track without fear of damaging an eight-figure supercar. This car was one of a batch of cars with the full knowledge of Jaguar. Price $165,000.