Graber Sportgarage AG is offering this Jaguar D-Type XKD 551 for sale.
Exterior Color: Green
Interior Color: Green
Engine: 6 cylinder – 3’442 cc
Transmission: 4-speed manual
A very rare an authentic Jaguar D-Type (XKD 551) with continuous history. The revised matching number engine comes with the car. A rare opportunity to acquire an original D-Type with “no stories”
On 12 July 1956, the car was dispatched on loan to Henlys, Piccadilly in London, where it was presumably used for display. By 21 November 1956, it was back at Jaguar where it was part of the stock of unsold D-types (Robson Jaguar D-type p.130). It was subsequently sold to Coombs of Guildford and invoiced on the 22 May 1957. In October 1957, Coombs sold it to G Sportoletti Baduel of London who used it as a road car.
It was modified by removing the central member between the seats, fitting a passenger door, a full-width windscreen which Andrew Whyte thought was most likely a rear screen from a saloon car, and a passenger headrest fairing (Whyte Jaguar … from 1954 pp.569-70). It was registered ULU 336 (issued in London in 1957) and Baduel kept it until at least 1961.
In July 1963, the car was bought by the Hon James Dawnay (Autocar, June 1979) and in 1966 it was advertised for sale by Paul Hawkins. Later owners included Colin Crabbe whose dealership Antique Automobiles Ltd advertised it in Motor Sport, August 1968. In 1969, David Hoskison and his brother bought the car from Paul Vestey. They used it at various events, including the 1970 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, where Pedro Rodriguez rode in the car, and the celebrations for 21 years of the XK engine, as shown by a plaque on the dashboard.
In 1971, the car was advertised in Autosport without much response. Dentist Rupert Glydon bought it and a Ford GT40 for £16,000 (letter from MH Hoskinson in Jaguar World, March/April 1993, p.18). Coopers Metals owned the car which at some time they re-registered 77 EWV, an age-related mark issued in Wiltshire in approximately 1975 (Autocar, June 1979). The car was advertised in Jaguar Journal, Winter 1976, p.48, and a sale was negotiated through Nigel Clarkson Ltd. Peter Agg owned the car in 1979 (Autocar, June 1979). During the 1970s, the car had been returned to its original D-type shape with a tail fin.
In 1984, it was sold to Klaus Werner (D) via Coys auction, and in 1991 sold to Mr. R. Pferdmenges (D). It was then advertised for sale by Klaus Werner of “Klassische Automobile GmbH” in 1994 and sold to the actual Swiss collector who owns the car since over 30 years.
Swiss tax paid – swiss registration.
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