1974 Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster
Entered from The Merlin Collection - Two owners and 19,800 miles

Registration No: SGB 222N
Chassis No: 1S2411
MOT: July 2025

• Reputedly one of only 2 RHD examples to emerge from Browns Lane in Turquoise with Terracotta leather upholstery
• Supplied new to Professor Angell complete with the original order form, book pack, pre-delivery inspection sheet and Passport to Service etc
• Sympathetically rejuvenated since joining The Merlin Collection and driving exceptionally well
• If ever there was a Series III Roadster to own, this is it!

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." (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 wheel arches, re-profiled wings and larger grille, the model also boasted vented disc brakes and a restyled interior.

A unique proposition, chassis 1S2411 is not only one of just two right-hand drive Series III Roadsters to have been reputedly finished in Turquoise with Terracotta leather upholstery but has also covered a warranted 19,800 miles from new. Supplied by Ritchie’s Ltd of Glasgow and first registered as ‘SGB 222N’ on September 5^th 1974, the Jaguar is accompanied by its original order form (in the amount of £3,966.14), green logbook, Pre-Delivery Inspection Sheet and Passport to Service. Other early paperwork on file includes a letter from the factory with regards to a workshop repair manual supplement and a certificate issued by the Industrial Bank of Scotland to confirm that they no longer had a financial interest in the car. Retained by its first owner, Professor W.R. Angell for four decades and stabled alongside the even lower mileage 1937 Bentley 3½ Litre Drophead Coupe entered into this same sale, the E-Type was similarly mollycoddled and self-maintained. Professionally recommissioned to MOT standard by Stewart Roden Motors of Winchburgh in December 2013 at a cost of £4,700.22, ‘SGB 222N’ entered the current (second) ownership the following month.

Part of The Merlin Collection since 2014, chassis 1S2411 is quite simply the best driving Series III Roadster that the consignor, Damian Jones, has encountered in almost thirty years. Matching numbers throughout and pleasingly retaining the vast majority of its factory paintwork not to mention its original interior upholstery and Black vinyl roof, the Jaguar has been gone through stem to stern. The fuel, ignition, coolant and brake systems have all been fettled as have the steering and suspension. Indeed, the seller considers ‘SGB 222N’ to the best driving car in his collection which includes far newer and more rarified machinery. It is no exaggeration to say that the two-seater has been (a) looked after to aircraft standards and (b) significantly improved over the course of the 1,000 miles that the vendor has added to its odometer. For those who prize originality but do not wish to compromise on condition we humbly submit that ‘SGB 222N’ most likely answers the brief like no other E-Type out there. Highly recommended.

For more information, please contact:
Damian Jones
damian.jones@handh.co.uk
07855 493737