1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster
Entered from The Loch Lomond Collection

Registration No: PCY 169M
Chassis No: 1S2298
MOT: Exempt

• Previous multiple Concours d’Elegance winning example
• Purchased into the collection in 2019 from Aston Martin specialist Nicholas Mee for £125,000
• One of just 1,872 RHD examples made and fitted with the more desirable four-speed manual gearbox
• Matching numbers example and just 64,300 miles
• Entered from The Loch Lomond Collection, a collection made up of excellent examples of predominantly 1950s, '60s, and '70s classics

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 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. Only 1,872 right-hand drive E-type V12 Roadsters are thought to have been made.

Chassis 1S2298 was manufactured in 1973, being despatched to distributors Fletchers of Swansea through whom it was supplied new to the first owners M/S Country Tyre Services of Bedminster. Finished from the factory in the attractive colour combination of Primrose Yellow paintwork with a special order Dark Blue leather interior upholstery and Black hood, the E-Type was specified from the factory with the desirable manual transmission and wire wheels. Purchased into the previous long-term ownership in 1985, shortly after the acquisition (in 1989), the owner entrusted the Jaguar to restoration specialists Southern Classics of Cheshire to embark upon a full comprehensive restoration with a focus on retaining as much originality as possible and keeping the car to original specification. The restoration invoices on file confirm a total expense of some £17,500; the equivalent of some £55,500 with inflation today and likely massively beyond if completed at today's labour rates!

Following the completion of the restoration, the E-Type was a regular attendee of Concours d’Elegance events with the Jaguar Drivers Club, being awarded 1^st Class awards in E-Type Classes at the 1990, 1993, and 1996 events, as well as a 2^nd Class in 2000. Retained by the restorer and family until 2019, when purchased into The Loch Lomond Collection via Aston Martin specialist dealer Nicholas Mee for £125,000; the Loch Lomond Collection is one made up of fully restored examples of predominantly 1950s, '60s, and '70s classics. Used sparingly since the completion of the restoration at c.60,000 miles, just c.4,500 post-restoration miles having been covered in the following thirty-six years! Benefiting from attention to the brakes, engine tuning, re-chroming, and servicing since 2010, the E-Type has only completed very local excursions while in the collection and therefore a degree of recommissioning might be required before pressing into road use.

Offered with two ring-binder folders of paperwork, the extensive history file contains the JDHT Heritage Certificate, the previous Concours certificates, MOT certificates dating back to 1979 (at 53,859 miles) which support the mileage of 64,300 miles as being genuine, vast quantities of invoices dating back to 1981, sales literature and a copy of the service handbook, previous valuation certificates, and a current V5C document which shows just four former keepers. Pleasingly, this home market, manual V12 Roadster also boasts matching chassis, engine and gearbox numbers.

PLEASE NOTE: The registration number shown in the images is not included in the sale; 'PCY 169M' is the allocated registration number for the car.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452