Description
HIGHLIGHTS:
SPECTACULAR, NO-EXPENSE-SPARED, ROTISSERIE-STYLE SHOW-QUALITY RESTORATION PERFORMED BY MARQUE EXPERTS IN THE UK
OVER 3, 000 HOURS OF LABOR ALONE (EST. $450, 000)
JUST RELEASED FROM A WORLD-CLASS COLLECTION
DRIVEN LESS THAN 500 MILES SINCE COMPLETION
HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE, EARLY PRODUCTION FIRST SERIES ROADSTER
RETAINS MATCHING NUMBERS ENGINE PER JAGUAR HERITAGE CERTIFICATE
DESIRABLY EQUIPPED WITH WELDED LOUVERS & FLAT FLOOR
ONE OF ONLY 2, 086 PRODUCED
ACCOMPANIED WITH ITS OWNER'S MANUAL, TOOLS, JAGUAR HERITAGE CERTIFICATE, AND AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF ITS RESTORATION
ONE OF THE EARLIEST EXAMPLES OF THE ICONIC JAGUAR E-TYPE!
ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!
TREMENDOUS INVESTMENT POTENTIAL
A DREAM FOR THE JAGUAR COLLECTOR
FEATURES INCLUDE:
3. 8L INLINE-6
FOUR-SPEED MANUAL
FOUR-WHEEL POWER DISC BRAKES
CHROME WIRE WHEELS
LEATHER BUCKET SEATS
WOOD-RIMMED STEERING WHEEL
After Jaguar’s utter dominance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans throughout the 1950s, engineers set about developing a production version of their champion racecars. The new car borrowed heavily from the venerated D-Type — Le Mans winner from 1955–57 — including its monocoque construction. Revolutionary in its day, the aeronautically inspired design consisted of a front subframe—carrying the engine, front suspension, and steering assembly—bolted directly to the body tub. This new design not only lightened the car but also lowered its center of gravity for excellent cornering.
Also helping with its handling, the rear suspension was fully independent, using jointed axles as upper links and tubular lower links, with twin coil springs and shocks on each side. Four-wheel Dunlop disc brakes were standard, with the aft rotors being mounted inboard, astride the rear differential, for superior weight distribution. Power came from the race-proven Jaguar XK engine, here displacing 3. 8 liters and fed by a trio of SU carburetors. The jaw-dropping body by decorated aerospace engineer Malcom Sayer featured a stunningly long bonnet, covered headlights, and svelte rear haunches and immediately became a worldwide sensation as the E-Type stole the show upon its reveal at the 1961 Geneva Auto Salon. To this day, it is one of only a handful of automobiles whose significance has been recognized with a permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
The sensational 1961 Jaguar E-Type Series I 3. 8 'Flat Floor' Roadster featured here is finished in its gorgeous, factory correct livery of Carmen Red over a Black leather interior with a matching folding convertible top. This extremely early production 'flat floor' example also features the desirable welded bonnet louvers, making this the perfect Series I Roadster to add to any premier collection. Driven just 500 miles since a complete, no-expense-spared show-quality restoration by marque experts in England spanning three years and 3, 000 hours of labor, this E-Type is arguably one of the best examples in the world. We are proud to offer this exquisite, extremely rare 1961 Jaguar E-Type Series I Roadster to the most demanding collector, investor, or enthusiast who desires to own one of the very best!
