1967 Jaguar E-Type 2+2 Competition - Road legal!
Highlights
• Built by renowned specialists with painstaking attention to detail
• A one off example with just 125 miles since completion
The Appeal
Anyone who has watched Martin Brundle pilot an E-Type around Goodwood will be fully sold on the idea of a racing version. After all, alongside Brundle there is a rich tradition of competition E-Types, including the gorgeous Lightweights.
This 1967 Series 1 2+2 evokes those experiences but has the added advantage of being road legal - so you can enjoy whatever the road or track ahead looks like. It’s not often that a competition-spec E-Type comes up on the open market, and even rarer that a road-registered, fully rebuilt and extensively upgraded example rears its head.
Its £130,000 restoration and transformation has been undertaken by a very high end classic car specialist - it was originally intended to be the owner's before he was tempted to sell it. It is only back on the market - with the original builders - because the seller has set his sights on another classic.
Offering the unique opportunity to buy a virtually brand-new E-Type 2+2 with numerous enhancements that both improve the performance and usability of the car, this gorgeous Volcano Orange example has been finished to the highest standards and has evidently been a true ‘passion project’ for the builders - an opportunity too good to miss, and likely one that will never be repeated.
The History
- Very high specification road-legal track car built by the vendor originally for personal use
- Conceived as the 'ultimate' road going, track-biased E-Type
- Based on a 1967 Series 1 2+2 coupe
- Has covered just 125 miles since the restoration
- Originally sold through Car & Classic in August 2023
- Returned to the vendor by the buyer in part exchange for comprehensive classic car restoration project
- Hence it is now available for sale again
- Restoration work exceeded £130,000 and is carefully documented
- Extensive build sheets and photographic records provided with car
Specification includes:
- De-seamed body for cleaner look
- Removal of front indicators and sidelight housing, relocated to headlight aperture
- Tailgate welded in to smooth off rear profile
- Signature Series 1 bumpers removed together with any trace they ever existed
- Monza fuel filler redesigned and relocated to centre to assist refuelling mid-race
- 4.2litre XK engine fully rebuilt
- Jaguar fast road cams
- Triple Weber carburettors
- Mahl pistons
- Oversized inlet valves
- Gas-flowed cylinder head
- Compression raised to 9.5:1
- New crankshaft, front pulley, lightened flywheel and clutch assembly and uprated race clutch
- Ignition system updated to 123 Ignition system
- Rebuilt engine dyno-tested and balanced
- Demand Engineering custom side-exit exhaust system fitted
- Standard transmission replaced with 5spd gearbox for improved long distance cruising
- Rear axle features rebuilt Jaguar 3.07:1 differential
- Adjustable GAZ shock absorbers and springs
- Uprated Series 3 E-Type calipers and discs
- Front axle refurbished with aluminium 4pot calipers, crossed and drilled discs and braided hoses
- Polybushed suspension all round
- Cooling system upgraded including aluminium radiator and electric fans
- All glass replaced with Perspex to reduce weight
- Triple X laminated windscreen and sliding side windows fitted
- Dunlop knock-on race wheels and tyres
- Standard seats replaced with competition-spec items and four point Sabelt harnesses
The Paperwork
The Interior
The Exterior
The Mechanicals
- Year 1967
- Make Jaguar
- Model E-Type 2+2
- Colour Orange
- Mileage 200 Miles
- Engine size 4200
- Seller Type Trade
- County Suffolk
- Country United Kingdom
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Auction ends
- 6sph•••• £75,000 20/08/21
- 6sph•••• £52,000 20/08/21
- Hamputo•••• £5,000 19/08/21
- ric@mas•••• £4,000 19/08/21
- Shovelh•••• £2,000 19/08/21
- ric@mas•••• £100 19/08/21
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