Descrizione
Having only covered a warranted 2, 554 miles from new, this time-warp Jaguar E-type Series 3 Roadster, is the lowest warranted mile car on the market and must be one of the lowest mileage examples left in existence.
This original right hand drive car, is a matching numbers example, which is finished in old English White, with a Russet red interior. These matching numbers are all confirmed by the cars Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate, which is included in the
history file:
Chassis number - 1S 1626
Engine number - 7S 8968 SB
Gearbox number - KL4192
The E-type was first registered on the 21st of August 1973 (almost a year after it was manufactured) and purchased new by its first owner Mr J. Rosenberg, from Hollingdrake Automobile, in Stockport, Cheshire. He owned the car for four and a half years, before selling it to Swanmore Garage in 1978, having covered 2, 015 sporadic miles (as confirmed by a letter in the file). The E-type was then purchased by Mr Trompetto on the 23rd February 1979, when the car had a recorded mileage of 2, 399 miles. I am in contact with Mr Trompetto via e-mail and he has recalled his experience with the E-type below:
“I spotted in the back of the garage a very filthy white E-type. If my memory serves me right, they had bought it from a doctor who had kept it in a farm building for several years. It was cosmetically in very poor condition, but had only done a couple of thousand miles. I put all my savings into buying it for around £9, 500, which at the time was the most anybody had paid for such a car. I drove it back to London, at which time it broke down twice. I set about cleaning it up.
Even though there was no damage to the bodywork the white paintwork had gone dull. I decided to have it completely resprayed the same colour white. I had all the chrome work taken off, treated and polished. I cleaned up the interior myself. From memory the interior was red. I also cleaned the engine bay. It took several weeks of hard work but at the end of the day it looked fabulous, much better than when it had left the factory. I needed to sell the car to invest in my new business, so I advertised it in the Sunday Times and I think I sold it for around £14, 800. That is why I only owned it for 3 months. When I sold the car it was perfect. I think the chap who bought the car was in the lorry repair business and he was intending to keep it as a show car.
I remember the car very well because I thought it was so special and a fantastic looking car”
A copy of the Sunday Times, which Mr Trompetto advertised the car in, can be found in the history file.
Following this, the car was purchased by the third owner, Mr Cooper, on the 6th May 1979. A copy of the contract between Mr Trompetto and Mr Cooper, states that the car had covered 2, 514 miles and still had an MOT lasting until June of that year.
In his ownership, Mr Cooper trailered the car for two MoT’s:
- 6th June 1979 - 2, 548 miles
- 31st December 1979 - 2, 548 miles
Before, he took the car off the road at the end of the year, having only done 34 miles in it. Mr Cooper’s son recounts that:
“My understanding is that the car was only driven by my Dad on a very few occasions and the mileage primarily arose as a result of driving the car back to Bromley from I believe Pimlico after Dad bought the car from Mr Trompetto and from driving the car across when we moved houses in 1979”.
Throughout the 43 years that the car had been off the road, it has been dry stored in a heated garage and has been incredibly well looked-after. Moreover, the car has been Ziebarted and thus, the car is rust free and structurally solid.
The car returned from over four decades of hibernation and sold from long-term ownership as a non-runner two years ago. During our ownership, we have got the car running and have serviced it in-house. Subsequently, it runs and drives well, with a current MoT, which runs out on the 15th of March 2024.
Please get in touch, if you have any questions, would like anymore photographs, or would like to view the car. Many thanks
