Description
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
9th October, 2024 13:00
1971 Jaguar E-Type V12 Coupe
Desirable RHD, manual gearbox example
Estimate
£36, 000 - £40, 000
Registration No: JLO 110K
Chassis No: 1S50350
MOT: Exempt
1 of just 2, 116 right-hand drive examples and fitted with the desirable manual gearbox
Matching chassis and engine numbers
Subject of a full professional restoration in 2010 in its original colour combination
Offered with a history file including the Jaguar Heritage Certificate
Last of the line, the Jaguar E-type Series III was introduced in 1971. Longer, wider and more comfortable than its predecessors, the newcomer blurred the lines between sportscar and grand tourer. Powered by a turbine-smooth all-alloy SOHC 5343cc V12 engine allied to either Jaguar four-speed manual or Borg Warner three-speed automatic transmission, the refined manner in which it performed (contemporary road tests spoke of 0-60mph in 6. 4 seconds and 150mph) simply blew road testers away. Benefiting from a broader track, ventilated disc brakes, power-assisted rack and pinion steering and Lucas transistorised ignition, the Series III was visually distinguished by its 'egg-crate' grille, flared wheel arches and purposeful quad-exhaust pipes. Available in fixed-head coupe (2+2-seater) or roadster (2-seater) guises, it remained in volume production until 1974 (though, a special commemorative run of forty-nine black-painted roadsters was released the following year).
Chassis number ‘1S50350’ was dispatched new on the 17th of September 1971 to the supplying dealer, Charles Follett, London W1, and thereafter was sold to the first owner, a Mrs K. Gaze. Finished from new in Light Blue paintwork with a Dark Blue interior upholstery, pleasingly the colour scheme in which it is still presented today. Desirable for being both a manual gearbox car and a matching numbers example, ‘JLO 110K’ was lavished with a comprehensive restoration in 2010 including a full bodywork renovation with the bodywork stripped and restored with a focus upon saving as much of the original metal work as possible. More recently benefitting from a fuel system refresh in 2017, and full servicing with new spark plugs as well as rear exhaust box and tailpipes in 2022.
Starting readily and both running and driving very well during the recent photography session, the Jaguar is offered with a credible recorded mileage of 81, 500 miles on the odometer. Accompanied by a history file comprising the JHT Heritage Certificate, a collection of invoices and previous MOTs, a maintenance chart, operating, maintenance and service handbook, ownership history, and a current V5C document. UK-supplied, manual gearbox, matching numbers examples are highly desirable E-Type’s and with this V12 Coupe being all of these and having been provided a full restoration in its original colour scheme is certainly one to consider.
