Lot details Registration No: AUR 7N Chassis No: 1S2700BW Mot Expiry: April 2010
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 together with wider tracks front and rear, 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, it also benefited from vented disc brakes and a restyled interior.
Finished in Signal Red with black leather upholstery, this particular example is described by the vendor as "a solid car in very good, usable condition". First registered on 2nd September 1974, `AUR 7N' is understood to have had just "five former keepers" and to have covered circa 2,000 miles since being given a thorough engine overhaul costing £10,534 by specialists Axtell Ltd in April 2007 (at an indicated mileage of 70,076). While other recent work has apparently seen the Roadster treated to "a quality black replacement hood, set of new tyres and cosmetic repaint". Riding on chrome wire wheels and playing host to a CD / Radio and automatic transmission, this tempting two-seater is offered for sale with "a substantial history file including service / repair bills, old MOTs, previous owner records and engine overhaul photos etc".
PLEASE NOTE: This vehicle has an MOT until April 2010.
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