Vehicle Description
Chequered Flag International is pleased to offer thie 1971 Jaguar E-type Series II Roadster in Primrose Yellow with Black leather seats. 83,000 miles. Longtime & last owner Sid Colberg of San Francisco, a well known member of the classic car community who founded the Hillsborough Concours d' Elegance in the 50's, one of the oldest in the country. Also Palo Alto Concours for SCAA, plus many other affiliations with the classic car world. He owned many serious collector cars, including a Jaguar XKSS, Maserati Birdcage, etc. This E-type was his daily driver for many years until 2009 when it was stored in his Nob Hill garage until we purchased it recently. This is a matching numbers car as per Jaguar Heritage Certificae (see below) Car number 2R13700, Engine number 7R12761-9, Body number 4R8441, Gearbox number KE14015. Very straight and solid example with a very good body. paint is very good with a few tiny chips. Lovely original interior. New Soft top fitted. Mechanically delightful - lots of power, no noise or smoke. Great gearbox with good syncros. Nice brakes and steering - a real pleasure to drive. Have just serviced it, gone through the brakes, wheel bearings, etc. Also just fitted four new wire wheels and four new tires. This is a remarkably honest, original and good example of a very late Series II Roadster with great provenance - one very empathetic famous California owner from new! Inspections encouraged. All sales AS-IS. Sales tax and license fees due if delivered in California
