Lot details
Registration No: 6905 WK
Chassis No: 889506

- 1 of just 5,871 series I LHD fixed head coupes and recently imported from California

- Pleasingly retaining its original Coventry registration

- 70,612 recorded miles and offered with heritage certificate


Further info:

Unrestored E-Types are becoming rarer by the minute, which makes '6905 WK' (the car's original Coventry registration) a particularly interesting proposition being fully matching numbers including the gearbox. A lefthand drive Series 1 export example, it came off line in November 26, 1963 originally finished opalescent golden sand and was then shipped to Jaguar Cars New York, who were responsible for delivering it to its first owner, an M Lubin. The Jaguar then clocked up 70,612 before being placed in storage in 1979, where it remained until recently repatriated. At some stage the engine was removed with the intention of having it overhauled, and while now reinstalled, its condition is currently unknown. It's fair to say that the whole car will need a degree of recommissioning after all these years. However, the attraction of a relatively low mileage Series one E-Type that's so far only dwelt in the rust-free environment of California is self-evident. Finished in Maroon and trimmed in Red leather, the E-Type is presently gauged by the vendor to have 'very good' bodywork, 'average' interior trim, and 'poor' paintwork. One of just 5,871 lefthand drive Series 1 Coupes made, '6905 WK' is being sold complete with Heritage Certificate.

The Jaguar E-Type was the sports car that put the swinging into the 'swinging sixties', that no lesser a man than Enzo Ferrari dubbed 'the most beautiful car in the world', and the sexy feline that transported a galaxy of stars from Brigitte Bardot to George Best, Tony Curtis to Donald Campbell and Roy Orbison to Steve McQueen. In 1996 the New York City Museum of Modern Art recognised the model's design significance by a adding a blue Roadster to its collection. In 2004, Sports Car International magazine voted it the best sports car of the '60s, while four years later it topped the Daily Telegraph's list of the '100 most beautiful cars of all time'.