Lot details Registration No: VLL623M Chassis No: 1S2361BW Mot Expiry: May 2018
- Original UK RHD manual example
- Interior re-trimmed, bare metal repaint, new front wings / doors / bootlid, engine overhauled, etc.
- Receipts on file for over £90,000
The E-Type or XK-E as it was known in the USA, made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show of 1961. From birth, the car was available either as a Fixed Head Coupe or a two-seat Roadster. The engine size was increased from 3.8 to 4.2-litres in October 1964. With the change came a sweeter all-synchromesh gearbox, better brakes and more comfortable seats. For 1966, a 2+2 version of the Coupe was added to the range. It was 9in longer and featured a more vertical windscreen.
What are known as the Series 3 cars were introduced in 1971. With the exception of a handful of now very rare examples, they were all fitted with a new 5.3-litre V12 engine. The original (short) wheelbase was discontinued and the revised car offered only as Roadster (now based on the longer 2+2 floorpan) or 2+2 Coupe. Production of the Series 3 cars continued until the entire model range was superseded by the XJS in 1975; by which time some 15,000 V12-engined cars had been produced - most of which were exported to North America. The Series 3 cars are readily identified from their predecessors by the large cross-slatted radiator grille, flared wheel arches and V12 badge on the rear.
This very impressively-presented righthand drive home market Roadster has been the subject of a £90,000 refurbishment which included the front wings, doors and bootlid being replaced and the whole car treated to a bare metal respray in Black. The interior was completely retrimmed in Biscuit-coloured hide, the engine overhauled with new timing chains and a refurbished manual gearbox installed. The instruments were also overhauled and the original wiring replaced. First registered in London in 1973, 'VLL 623M' currently displays a mere (though unwarranted) 14,358 miles and is now seeking a new owner in time for some wind-in-the-hair spring motoring.
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