Description
Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire
9th April 2025 - 9:00AM
1971 Jaguar E-Type V12 Coupe
Desirable UK-supplied, RHD, manual gearbox example
Estimate
£30, 000 - £35, 000
Registration No: FTE 871J
Chassis No: 1S50171
MOT: Exempt
1 of just 2, 116 right-hand drive examples and a desirable manual gearbox car
Matching chassis and engine numbers
Current ownership since 2016 and 62, 600 recorded miles
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 sports car 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. Benefitting 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 ‘1S50171’ was manufactured on the 20th of April 1971, being supplied new via Henlys of Manchester to the department store Littlewoods Ltd. Finished from the factory in Light Blue paintwork with Dark Blue leather interior upholstery, this is pleasingly the colour scheme in which the E-Type remains presented in today. Desirable for being both a manual gearbox car and a matching numbers example, ‘FTE 871J’ is known to have spent a period of time in the car friendly climate of the continent, including in Belgium and the Netherlands. Repatriated to the United Kingdom in 2015, the 2+2 was purchased by the vendor in 2016, remaining in his ownership ever since. Lavished with some £9, 500 worth of expenditure with Jaguar Classic in 2017, the work completed included a new windscreen; new suspension bushes; rectification of several oil leaks; attention to the cooling system; and extensive smaller jobs.
Offered with a credible recorded mileage of 62, 600 miles on the odometer, the E-Type is accompanied by a history file comprising the JHT Heritage Certificate, a collection of invoices including the invoice for works completed by Jaguar Classic, and a current V5C document. Residing in storage for several years, the Jaguar is due to be supplied with a re-commissioning service in time for sale. UK-supplied, manual gearbox, matching numbers examples are highly desirable E-Types and with this V12 Coupe being all of these, and presented in its original colour scheme, is certainly one to consider.
