2023-08-01 15:17:37 | pauls writes:

Car to return to auction 8/23

www.mecum.com/lots/1095155/1970-jaguar-e-type-series-ii-roadster/

Auction description:

Lot S58 // Monterey 2023

Estimate: $125,000 - $150,000

Odometer reads 15,994 miles

VIN / Serial P1R10343

Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance winner in 2010

Best of Show winner at the Lake Oswego show in 2010

Sold new at British Motor Cars in Portland, Oregon

Mileage verification and ownership history included

4.2L Inline 6-cylinder engine with dual carburetion

4-speed manual transmission

Regency Red exterior

Original Black vinyl soft convertible top

Dove Gray leather interior

Rare factory air conditioning

This 1970 SII roadster, you can add its notably modest 15,994 mileage, which is backed up by its documented ownership history, starting with its acquisition when new from British Motor Cars in Portland, Oregon. Its modest usage is also evidenced in its original black vinyl convertible top, which is something one will rarely encounter among other survivors of the 8,630 SII roadsters produced through 1970.

Other distinguishers include the rare factory air-conditioning, which was a costly $482 option, and the wire wheels that added $165 to the inventory. The deep Regency Red paintwork is a deal more subtle and less in-your-face than the far more commonly encountered and obvious-to-the-point-of-cliché Guards Red. So too, the distinctive Dove Gray leather and carpeted interior specified in preference to regulation black. Such features no doubt were among those which have earned this 1970 SII multiple awards over the course of its caring and prideful ownership, including a win at the Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance and a Best of Show win at the Lake Oswego show, both in 2010.

2023-08-01 15:25:57 | pauls writes:

Regarding the below practicalclassics '99 auction entry, without proof we cannot say its an error but the 8/23 DVLA entry for BHY 263H below highly suggests that auction entry was an error, note that there is no export marker and the car is still registered as SORN:

DVLA 2023-08-01

Vehicle make JAGUAR

Date of first registration June 1999

Year of manufacture 1969

Cylinder capacity 4236 cc

Euro status Not available

Real Driving Emissions (RDE) Not available

Export marker No

Vehicle status SORN

Vehicle colour BEIGE

Vehicle type approval Not available

Wheelplan 2 AXLE RIGID BODY

Revenue weight Not available

Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 3 August 2004

Car was "said to be" at auction in '99

www.practicalclassics.co.uk/auctionlot/by-id/717820613/

Auction description:

Lot 040: Jaguar E-Type SII (1969)

Vintage, Classic and Collector's Motor Vehicles, BCA (6th December 1999)

Lot Details

Auction Vintage, Classic and Collector's Motor Vehicles

BCA, Head Office & Auction Centre, Camberley

Type Car

Lot Number 040

Estimate £14000-£15000

Hammer Price -

Hammer Price (inc premium) -

Year 1969

Condition rating

Registration number BHY 263H

Mileage -

Chassis number 1R10343

Engine number

Engine capacity (cc) 4235

Engine - cylinders 6