Vehicle Description
The Jaguar E-Type was ten years old and needed a new lease of life.
History repeated itself and it was a huge success when Jaguar
debuted its robust V12 engine in a sports car instead of the saloon
for which it was designed. Despite its sports-car heritage, Jaguar
depended on saloon vehicles for its survival and had developed the
twelve-cylinder engine to power them with sufficient torque and
refinement. Larger and softer in nature with weight redistributed
53/47, the Series III had lost the wilds of its youth but gained
the long legged touring profile to which it was arguably better
suited. Robert Bell in Motor was quoted as saying at the time that
"all we expected to try was a new engine, but what in fact we drove
was a new car. Not a yowling, aggressive Ferrari-like machine with
which, perhaps, most people associate a V12 engine, but a very
smooth, quiet and refined grand touring sports car". This genuine
UK righthand drive Jaguar E-Type was originally registered on 9th
May 1973 and was used until 1992 when she was put into storage.
This one owner Jaguar has only covered a warranted 45,888 miles
from new and should not be too difficult to re-commission. We are
aware the engine was fired up regularly and after removing the car
from the barn where she was stored for 25 years, MYH 628L was
transferred to another storage facility. After turning the engine
by hand a few times and replacing the fuel together with the
battery she fired up instantly. Although in need of
re-commissioning the huge attraction of this Series III E-Type is
the single ownership and low mileage. Appearing to be pretty sound
although requiring some paintwork, this Jaguar would be transformed
with a little time and investment. Supplied with an original
factory hardtop, registration document and some invoices, this barn
find Jaguar justifies being returned to her former glory. For sale
by auction on Saturday 23 September 2017 with Historics at
Brooklands, Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit, Weybridge, Surrey,
Call 01753 639170
