Highlights
- Bare metal restoration in 2019
- Has a rare optional hard-top
- Believed two-keeper car from new
- Well preserved car with original interior
- In good structural and mechanical order
- Part of a high end classic car collection
- UK registered - EU taxes not paid
The Appeal
Jaguar chose the E-Type as the production test bed for its new V12. And let's be very glad it did. The decision extended the life of one of Britain’s best-loved sports cars and turned it into the GT it was always meant to be.
The smooth, sinuous engine is a perfect match for the Series III, whose extra cabin space makes these later cars popular with enthusiasts. This early LHD OTS car dials up the relaxation with its automatic gearbox, creating an effortless long-distance cruiser.
It appears to be a very low-mileage car. It was acquired by the current keeper - a high-end classic car collector - from its elderly first USA owner in 2019 and returned to the UK. Since then it has received a high-end respray in the original stand-out red. The rest of the car was highly preserved and has been wisely kept original.
In very good running order and smartly presented, this is a great example of Jaguar’s iconic GT.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered in 1972
- VIN records show this is car 249 of the run of LHD OTS Series 3 cars
- 85th LHD OTS car built in 1972 of 1,519 built that year
- Reported to have had one registered keeper in USA before vendor acquired it
- Imported to the UK in November 2019
- One registered keeper since returning to the UK
- Part of a high end classic car collection
- High quality respray in red soon after arrival in the UK
- Showing 50,468 miles which is believed to be correct
The Condition
- Full bare metal respray in red completed since 2019
- Remains in very good condition across paintwork with few signs of use
- Very minor marks to note such as chip to front valance under grille
- Bodywork presents very well with very good, flush panel fit particularly to doors
- Sills, arches, panel edges and under-bonnet metalwork all in very good order
- Chromework complete and with bright finish and remote-operation door mirror
- Retains its Federal light specification with side marker lights to each corner
- Sits on chrome wire wheels with ‘classic’ specification tyres, all well kept #
- Black vinyl roof in generally presentable and serviceable condition
- There are light creases to the roof and some deterioration to screen stitching to note
- Roof headlining has light staining but not unsightly
- Underside in good order with evidence of undersealing and only light paint flake visible
- Classic fluted exhaust tailpipe fitted
- Beige leather interior in what appears to be original, unrestored condition
- Cabin presents very well with light patina of age such as to seat bases
- Fitted with air conditioning and period radio cassette player
- Switchgear and trim well presented with good decals and clear dials
- Three-spoke leather-rimmed factory steering wheel
The current keeper - a high-end collector - acquired this car in the USA from its first keeper in 2019. He has sympathetically retained the originality whilst rectifying the paintwork condition with a full professional respray. The result is a car that is in very good structural condition but with the gentle patina of its low-owner history.
It retains the early Series III features like the fluted exhaust tailpipe. Inside there is USA-specification and air conditioning and a period radio cassette. This is a lovely, characterful car that is ready to enjoy.
The Mechanics
- 5,344cc V12 Jaguar engine developing around 285bhp
- Four SU carburettors as per factory specification
- 3spd automatic gearbox
- Tidy engine bay
- No reported running or driving issues
- Part of a high end classic car collection and maintained accordingly
The combination of Jaguar’s super-smooth V12 and an automatic gearbox delivers a car that leans into the relaxing, unruffled theme associated with the marque. This car appears to be a low mileage car and is supplied with no known running or driving issues. As part of a classic car collection it has been maintained and serviced accordingly, the photographs of the engine bay indicating this attention.
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