THE FIRST owner of this 1956 XK 140 drophead coupe owned the car for 62 years. To put that into perspective, when he first took delivery of the car, Sir Anthony Eden was still prime minister. When he sold it in 2018, 12 premierships had come and gone and Theresa May was half-way through her three-year term.
But after seeing the car for myself, it’s easy to understand this extended ownership. Elegant and graceful yet offering all the performance the XK range was famed for, I can imagine when that first owner ordered it in the mid-Fifties it was their ultimate car yet despite how often the country would change its prime minister over
