Lot details Registration No: VVW 34 Chassis No: 1S1162 Mot Expiry: March 2020
- 1 of just 1,872 RHD cars made
- Current ownership since 1988, original engine and desirable manual gearbox
- Recently recommissioned following fifteen years' hibernation
By 1971, Jaguar's jaw-dropping E-Type had been in production for a decade. Despite continual improvements, new emissions legislation in the all-important American market threatened to strangle the big cat's performance. Jaguar responded by giving its revered sportscar fresh claws in the shape of a 5343cc V12 developed from the stillborn XJ13 Le Mans project car. The new engine was both effortlessly powerful and eerily refined. "The turbine-like smoothness with which the engine provides a sustained shove in the back is almost uncanny, the more so when one accelerates hard in top gear without even a gearchange to interrupt one's headlong dash into the distance" (Autocar 5th July 1973). With some 272bhp and 304lbft of torque on tap, the Series III E-Type once again had 150mph in its sights. A revised wheelbase yielded better cabin space and in conjunction with wider front / rear tracks, new anti-dive front suspension geometry and fatter tyres gave improved road holding. Imbued with a more muscular stance thanks to its flared wheelarches, re-profiled wings and larger grille, the model also boasted vented disc brakes and a restyled interior. Only 1,872 right-hand drive E-type V12 Roadsters are thought to have been made.
First registered as `CTO 919K' by Nottingham Council on 20th March 1972, chassis 1S1162 has been in the current ownership for thirty-one years. Self-evidently the subject of much past restoration work, the Jaguar has recently been brought up to MOT standard following a decade and a half of dry storage (though, further recommissioning would be advisable prior to any sustained road use). A desirable manual transmission example that retains its original factory-fitted engine, this tempting home market E-Type V12 Roadster is worthy of close inspection. Showing an unwarranted 66,500 miles to its odometer, the two-seater is offered for sale with V5C Registration Document and MOT certificate valid until March 2020.
PLEASE NOTE: This lot comes with the cherished registration number 'VVW 34'
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