Description
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Classic Sale at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show 2025 on Saturday the 22nd of March - Sunday the 23rd of March, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT.
This, highly important E-Type, was first shown to the world at the 1964 Earls Court Motor Show. It then went onto the experimental department at Jaguar's famed Browns Lane factory and was used extensively for emissions testing for USA regulations. Spending some time in California, it returned to the UK in the early 1970s, and during its early years was used as a works hack by Lofty England as his personal transport
Purchased by the late vendor Jim Graham from Jaguar in 1972 – Jim worked in Jaguar’s Experimental Department and had known and worked on the car from new
In his 50 years of ownership, the Jaguar was raced and hillclimbed extensively. Restored in 1995 to its current specification with fibreglass bonnet, many spares including the original interior and bumpers, plus many other parts accompany the car but will need collecting post sale from Southam, Warwickshire
Last used in anger in 2019 at Shelsley Walsh, the Jaguar has been in storage since. A check-over has been carried out, new battery fitted and the car is now running and driving. Further recommissioning will be required before seeing active use once more
This is a wonderful Classic Jaguar with many a story to tell, an important part of Jaguar development history, and owned by two of motor racing's great characters.
