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At auction tomorrow in Monaco - Mint / Rare series 1.5 1967 XKE.

See: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23591/lot/136/

& it's history: http://www.xkedata.com/cars/detail/?car=1E15099

Well it does have the vary rare ladies foot rest

mgcjag wrote:Well it does have the vary rare ladies foot rest

It's the expired 2014 MOT certificate that excites me.

I could send you some of my old ones........one at a time mind you so you dont get too carried away

According to xke data it popped up on eBay numerous times in the $35k to $60k range up to 2013 and then suddenly sold at RM auctions for over $200k!!!!

Interesting. That car is 111 cars after mine and I noticed a couple of "upgrades" that wouldn't be concours correct for a car that is asking for a high concours price. First, the headlights would have been uncovered when this car was delivered. Second, the head should not be painted gold, but left in bare unpolished aluminum. I'm not sure on a third point, but I believe that U.S. delivered cars of that date had white rather than amber turn signals. Mine has the white indicators while a friend who has a car a couple of hundred cars earlier than mine (also U.S. delivered) has amber indicators which he, like I, believes are original.

Seemingly not....don't think it sold :D

and what is the "ladies footrest"? Never come across that before.

Footrest was standard in all but the early cars. It reduced the depth of the passenger foot well. More info: viewtopic.php?t=3254&highlight=foot+rest

I just knew David would have the answer! Thank you. Had never come across this before.

just for info, the link you posted, in that topic you posted the following, the "more info" link in this post is broken.

Passenger toe-board to fit in footwell. Allows those with s"horter legs to brace themselves better because of your driving!
More info: http://etypeuk.com/forum/viewtopic.php? ... t=footwell

Was the foot rest (toe board) standard with series 1 cars or ony series 2 cars?

The photo I posted was from our S1 4,2 Factory Fit thread from a very original car. It was fitted to all S1 4.2 cars and could obviously be fitted to earlier cars as well. There were LHD and RHD versions. Stan Swann of GB Trimming told me his first job as an apprentice at Jaguar was making the toeboards for which he was paid 1/- (shilling) each on piece work. Stan started at Jaguar in 1965.

Great information. As everyone in my family is quite tall, I have little need for a toe board but, if I ever find one in the correct color (red), I may not be able to pass it up as it is a pretty neat accessory.

djw61 wrote:Great information. As everyone in my family is quite tall, I have little need for a toe board but, if I ever find one in the correct color (red), I may not be able to pass it up as it is a pretty neat accessory.

Hi, what's your name? Any chance you could put it and your car details in your signature or profile or something?

I've got an as-new red footboard. If you live in the UK I could bring it in July. PM me to arrange if interested.

Pete

Apologies. My name is David. I live in New York City and have a black 1966 (born September, 1965) coupe with a red interior. I will try to figure out how to change my signature so that I will no longer forget to sign my name.

DId it sell? I could not find the results.

Correct link is: viewtopic.php?t=2641&highlight=footwell

Maybe I was brought up on the wrong side of the tracks (in this cast the Northern Line) but I always conjure a different vision of a "ladies footrest"

oo err Missus