28th Nov, 2018 13:00

The Pavilion Gardens

 
  Lot 90
 

1961 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 'Flat Floor' Roadster

Sold for £112,500

(including buyers premium)


Lot details
Registration No: 597 NYB
Chassis No: 850290
Mot Expiry: Exempt

- Desirable 'Flat Floor' example and the 290th righthand drive Roadster

- Restored over a 10 year period and family owned since 1992

- Presented in its original livery of Carmen Red with Red leather trim


Further info:

A desirable 'Flat Floor' example, this gorgeous E-Type was in fact the 290th righthand Roadster to vacate the Browns Lane factory, which it did on November 27, 1961 bound for Henlys London. It boasted Carmen Red bodywork and Red leather trim, as it still does to this today. It has remained in the same family ownership since 1992 and was restored over a 10 year period; work that included the installation of a new interior supplied by Aldridge Trimming of Wolverhampton and a fresh Black mohair hood. More recently '597 NYB' has been treated to a new clutch and exhaust gaskets, and attention paid to the cooling system. The vendor presently views its bodywork, paintwork, upholstery, original straight-six engine and four-speed manual transmission as all being in a 'very good' state and is now making this apparently very original, home market, matching chassis and engine numbers Jaguar available complete with Heritage Certificate, photographs of the restoration, an original E-Type service manual and operating handbook, and large collection of invoices, tax discs and old MOT certificates plus the original welded in louvered bonnet is included in the sale and can be collected from our head office.

The E-Type made its debut at the 1961 Geneva Motorshow. In common with the XK120, the new Jaguar was the fastest production car of its time. The car was available either as a Fixed Head Coupe or a two-seat Roadster and initially sported the same 3.8-litre version of the ubiquitous XK engine that powered the last of the XK150Ss. This was mated to a manual four-speed Moss box, with synchromesh on the top three gears. The suspension was independent all round and the newcomer featured power-assisted disc brakes - inboard at the rear. Up to 1963, E-Types were fitted with leather-upholstered bucket seats, while the console and centre section of the instrument panel were finished in aluminium. A total of 15,496 3.8-litre E-types are said to have been built, 7,827 of which were Roadsters.
 

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

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Auction: The Pavilion Gardens, 28th Nov, 2018

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