2017-10-30 16:45:09 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 12/17
www.silverstoneauctions.com/1974-jaguar-e-type-series-3--roadster-Manual

Auction description:
NEC Classic Motor Show Sale 2017
1974 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 Roadster Manual
Lot No.: 644
Registration: DWA 580N
Chassis Number: 1S2725
Engine Number: 7S15846SA
Number of cylinders: 12
CC: 5400
Year of Manufacture: 1974
RHD/LHD: Right Hand Drive
Estimate (£): 80,000 - 90,000

According to the accompanying Jaguar Heritage Certificate, this manual roadster was dispatched to Ernest W. Hatfield of Sheffield for the car's first owner Trafford Thermoplastics Ltd on the 13th March 1974. It was one of the last 150 right-hand drive, E-Type Roadsters and left the factory finished in Jaguar Dark Blue with a Russet Red interior, and black hood, colours it still wears today. To this consignor's eye, the car appears to still have its original interior and the 'mouse fur' brushed nylon carpeting shows a little wear in the usual places. Recent works to the interior by the vendor includes attending to the foam in the headrests with new inserts. The original radio is included in the sale, and we are informed the CD changer offers a good balance between music and the V12 burble.

Bought by our vendor on the 3rd May 2003 after an exhaustive search, this matching numbers example is now showing a shade under 50,000 miles. Offered to auction to fund a new business project following retirement, the car, although not Concours is the next best thing - the perfect driver's car. After a recent trip to Le Mans, a new alternator and fuel pump were fitted, and the car's history file shows regular maintenance. Included with the sale is a photographic record, bound in an album, of the bare metal re-spray that took place in the early 1990s under the previous owner's custodianship. Our vendor has never driven the E-Type in the wet, so the few tiny tears at the edge of the soft top have never bothered him, especially when hidden by the tonneau.

The MOT is valid until April 2018 and this car offers the lucky new buyer an opportunity to cosmetically fettle over the dark winter months. To conclude, a good, matching numbers, manual roadster in great factory colours is a rare sight on the UK roads, and with some careful detailing this final version of the wonderful E-Type will no doubt offer many more years of top-down motoring.

2018-01-20 23:09:29 | Peter Ingram writes:

Sold £81,563 presumably inc prem