Highlights

FIA Historic Technical Passport valid to December 2028, classified GTS12 Period F
Engine built by Classic Autos in 2025 with Motorsport UK seals and certificates, dyno tested at 350 bhp
Developed to semi-lightweight pre-66 specification by Denis Welch Motorsport, with further work by Valley Motorsport
Eligible for a wide array of prestigious historic racing series and events including Le Mans Classic, Goodwood Members Meeting, Tour Auto, and Modena Cento Ore
UK road registered ('GBD907B')
Two Jaguar Heritage Trust Production Record Trace Certificates

The Appeal

Built to challenge the dominant Ferrari 250 GTO and Aston Martin DB4 GT, the Lightweight and Semi-lightweight Jaguar E-Types were campaigned by works and privateer teams respectively, proving highly effective in GT sports car racing. Today, these remain some of the most competitive cars in historic motorsport, and a well-prepared example to semi-lightweight specification is among the most versatile and sought-after race cars available. Eligible across a vast swathe of the historic racing calendar, from the Silverstone Festival and Goodwood Members Meeting to Le Mans Classic, Tour Auto, and Modena Cento Ore, a car like this opens doors that few others can.

This car started life as a left-hand-drive 1964 Series 1 3.8-litre FHC, chassis 890355, and was converted to FIA semi-lightweight pre-66 Period F GTS12 specification by Denis Welch Motorsport in 2018, with subsequent development by Valley Motorsport encompassing a rebuilt differential, new suspension components, and comprehensive set-up work. Invoices on file for this preparation total approximately £68,500. The car proved its competitiveness at the 2019 Donington Historic Festival, where it finished 3rd in class.

In 2025, a brand new engine was commissioned from Nick Finberg and his team at Classic Autos, featuring a steel Crosthwaite & Gardner crankshaft and dyno tested at 350 bhp. It carried the mandatory Motorsport UK seals and certificates required for the 2026 season under the new historic racing regulations. The bonnet and bodywork were also refurbished in 2025.

With its FIA HTP valid to December 2028, UK road registration, and a recently rebuilt competition engine, this E-Type is a competitive historic race car that is equally suited to road-based rallying events.

History and Paperwork

Originally built 23 March 1964 as a Series 1 3.8-litre Fixed-Head Coupé in Carmen Red with red trim, dispatched 27 May 1964 as a Personal Export Delivery
Originally left-hand drive, sold via CAMAV (Anglo-Venezuelana), Caracas, Venezuela, to Mrs G Tomassone, Turin, Italy
Later imported and UK registered circa 2009 under current plate 'GBD 907B'
Two Jaguar Heritage Trust Production Record Trace Certificates on file (issued 2009 and 2017)
FIA Historic Technical Passport (Form GB12056, dated 1 June 2018) valid to 31 December 2028, FIA class GTS12, Period F, identity no. 44211
Converted to semi-lightweight specification by Denis Welch Motorsport in 2018, with invoices on file totalling approximately £48,500
Further development by Valley Motorsport including differential, suspension, and ancillaries, with invoices on file totalling approximately £20,000
Raced at Donington Historic Festival in May 2019, finishing 3rd in class
Dyno sheets on file from 2022 (previous engine) showing 323.7 bhp at 6,355 rpm after tuning
Exempt from MOT and registration
V5C present

The Condition

Bonnet and bodywork refurbished in 2025
The vendor states the bodywork presents in very good order
Some minor stone chips noted on the rear guards

The car is finished in dark gunmetal and has the iconic semi-lightweight look: a bare tub, a short roof, no bumpers and an open, grille-less nose, with a small bonnet vent behind the intake. It carries #44 on the doors and the bonnet roundel. Its earlier paperwork and 2019 Donington flyer show #28, so the number has been campaigned under several numbers. It runs silver-painted steel wheels with Jaguar-badged centre caps and Dunlop Racing tyres.

Inside, the cabin is stripped to bare silver-painted metal, with a roll cage, a carbon-fibre bucket seat and a leather-trimmed transmission tunnel cover. The original black dash has been reworked into a race panel of labelled switches, with a red master cut-off and original Smiths gauges.

The Mechanics

3.8-litre (3,781cc) DOHC XK straight-six engine
Four-speed manual gearbox, rebuilt by Denis Welch Motorsport with new internals and bell housing
Brand new engine built by Classic Autos (Nick Finberg) in 2025 with a steel Crosthwaite & Gardner crankshaft
Engine dyno tested at 350 bhp with zero hours and zero track miles since build
Motorsport UK seals and certificates fitted to the engine
Fed by 3 × 45 SP Weber carburettors
3.7 CWP and limited-slip differential, rebuilt with oil cooler fitted
Anti-roll bars, bottom arms, and torsion bars, fuel tank and brake ducting, and exhaust system all noted to have been recently replaced

The Jag carries a Historic Technical Passport valid to the end of 2028. It runs a brand-new 3.8-litre (3,781cc) DOHC XK straight-six, built by Nick Finberg at Classic Autos in 2025 around a steel Crosthwaite & Gardner crankshaft. It is fed by three 45 SP Weber carburettors and has been dyno tested at 350 bhp. This new unit replaces the earlier Phil Perryman engine, which made 323.7 bhp on the 2022 dyno sheets. The four-speed manual gearbox has been rebuilt by Denis Welch Motorsport with new internals and a new bell housing. It drives through a 3.7 CWP and limited-slip differential, which has also been rebuilt and now has an oil cooler fitted. The chassis and running gear have had a lot of recent work too, with the anti-roll bars, bottom arms, torsion bars, fuel tank, brake ducting and exhaust system all recently replaced.

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