5th Jun, 2018 15:00

Woodcote Park

 
  Lot 18
 

1972 Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster

Sold for £81,562

(including buyers premium)


Lot details
Registration No: SCK104K
Chassis No: 1S1268BW

- Comprehensive Professional Restoration

- Current ownership 17 years

- Matching numbers car

- Mot 1st May 2019

This effectively 'as new' Series 3 E-Type is finished in Silver and trimmed in contrasting Red leather and has been in its current ownership for the last 17 years. It emanated from the vendor's search for a matching numbers home market Series 3 Convertible and when he discovered this car in 2001 it was the subject of a failed restoration project. The body had been part dismantled, the running gear and drivetrain had been removed and many of the parts had been confined to cardboard boxes. By June 2002 the body had been completely stripped, all rot cut out, parts replaced where necessary and the shell leaded and repainted in the original colour. Between then and August 2003 all the mechanical components were either completely refurbished (engine and gearbox) or renewed (differential, hubs etc). In line with the vendor's stated aim of restoring the car to 'better than new condition', such items as the road wheels, electrics etc where replaced as required.

The only departures from original were replacing the original automatic gearbox with an overdrive manual one, changing the colour of the interior trim from Black to the aforementioned Red, and replacing the Black hood with a Blue one. The finished ensemble rides on chrome wire wheels and is as immaculate underneath and under the bonnet as it is elsewhere. All it needs now is a new home, and it's hard to imagine that being a problem.

Production of the Series 3 E-Type Roadster continued until the entire model range was superseded by the XJS in 1975; by which time some 15,000 V12-engined cars had been produced - most of which were exported to North America. These cars are readily identified from their smaller-engined predecessors by the large cross-slatted radiator grille, flared wheel arches and V12 badge on the rear.
 

All successful bids must be paid in full by midday the day after the auction at the latest.

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Auction: Woodcote Park, 5th Jun, 2018

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