Description
This is lot number 508 in the Bonhams Beaulieu Sale on September 14th, please see the Bonhams website for full details.
Present family ownership since 1974
Used as a weekend car until around 1979
Kept in dry storage since then
Offered for total restoration
Introduced at the Geneva Salon in March 1961 to universal acclaim, the Jaguar E-Type was built in 'Series 1' form until 1968. It was at the time, and still is, the most iconic British sports car ever made. Series 1 cars were powered initially by the legendary 3. 8-litre XK straight-six engine producing around 265bhp, which was good enough for a top speed of 150mph with the 0-60mph dash achieved in just 6. 4 seconds: performance figures that were simply astonishing at the time. The Jaguar E-Type represents the perfect harmony of design, technological innovation and superlative performance, and will forever live on as one of Britain's finest contributions to automobile design.
First registered on 1st May 1962, this 'barn find' E-Type roadster comes with an old-style continuation logbook (issued 29th November 1965) listing eight owners, its late custodian, who purchased the car in 1974, being the last recorded therein. Owners prior to November 1965 are not known. We are advised that the original colour was Opalescent Grey, and that the car was resprayed Opalescent Maroon and then back to grey again in 1972. The E-Type was used briefly as a weekend car and then stored in the family garage at Gravesend from around 1979 until it was moved to barn storage circa two years ago. Offered for restoration and sold strictly as viewed, the car is offered with an old-style V5 and the aforementioned logbook. The registration '130 GDA' is on the HPI database. The engine block is stamped R4523-9, but the head stamping is obscured.
