2013-07-23 17:15:01 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 7/13
Sold for £11,200 at Brightwells' 17 July Leominster sale.

Auction description:
Lot number 75
Hammer value £11,200
Description Jaguar E-Type S1.5 2+2 Automatic
Registration ETE 568F
Year 1967
Colour Red
Engine size 4,235 cc
Chassis No. 1E51065BW
Engine No. 7E53801-9

As its accompanying Heritage Certificate confirms, this particular Series One 2+2 Automatic is a UK market car that was supplied new by Henly's of Manchester in December 1967 and was originally Opalescent Silver Blue. (Unofficially speaking the car would nowadays be referred to as a Series 1.5 as it has certain upgrades that were added to the late Series One models before the Series Two was launched in 1968 - such as open headlights, reclining seats and a revised dash layout).

According to the vendor the first owner was in the oil business and took the car out to the Middle East shortly after buying it. He brought it back to the UK in August 1979 and eventually sold it to a gentleman in Wales in 1981, from whom the current owner acquired it in 1984. During the second owner's tenure the car was restored by Ken Hall Vintage of Stoke-on-Trent as a brass plaque by the gear stick indicates. During the restoration the car was repainted red and fitted with flared wheel-arches front and rear so it looks somewhat like a Series Three V12.

When the vendor acquired the car it had some 58,600 miles on the clock as an old MOT confirms, a total which has now risen to some 72,200 miles which is said to be the total distance covered from new. The vendor used the car regularly throughout the 1990s, including several trips to the Le Mans 24-Hour race, and he reports that the car always performed faultlessly.

In the last few years the car has been much more sparingly used but has been MOTd every year and has always been maintained by the same garage, Meredith Motors of Devauden, Monmouthshire. The car is said to drive very well and certainly performed nicely when we were treated to a test drive on the occasion of our visit with a notably good ride, precise steering and a smooth-changing gearbox.

Cosmetically the car is now somewhat scruffy and would benefit from some TLC to the bodywork and the interior. The chrome surround for the rear windscreen is not fitted in the pictures but will be supplied with the car. MOTd until October (with no advisories recorded) and taxed until June 2014, it is perfectly usable as it is but could be improved over time if desired.

It is only reluctantly being sold due to the advancing years of the vendor who finds he can no longer hop in and out of the car as nimbly as he once did! He now feels that it is time for a fourth owner to give it the care and attention that it deserves.

2013-09-05 08:13:14 | pauls writes:

Car now on ebay:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1967-JAGUAR-E-TYPE-S2-FHE-4-2-AUTO-/221272505109
Classified ad price: £19,750.

Sellers description:
2 Registered Keepers, FINISHED IN GLEAMING RED, COMPLIMENTED WITH CONTRASTING BLUE BLACK PERIOD INTERIOR. As its accompanying Heritage Certificate confirms, this particular Series One 2+2 Automatic is a UK market car that was supplied new by Henly's of Manchester in December 1967 (Unofficially speaking the car would nowadays be referred to as a Series 1.5 . the first owner was in the oil business and took the car out to the Middle East shortly after buying it. He brought it back to the UK in August 1979 and eventually sold it to a gentleman in Wales in 1981, from whom the current owner acquired it in 1984. . the car was restored by Ken Hall Vintage of StokeonTrent as a brass plaque by the gear stick indicates. When the last keeper acquired the car it had some 58,600 miles on the clock as an old MOT confirms, a total which has now risen to some 72,200 miles which is said to be the total distance covered from new. The prior keeper used the car regularly throughout the 1990s, including several trips to the Le Mans 24Hour race, and he reports that the car always performed faultlessly. In the last few years the car has been much more sparingly used but has been MOTd every year and has always been maintained by the same garage, Meredith Motors of Devauden, Monmouthshire. The car drives very well and performed nicely when i drove it to bournemoth the other day, a notably good ride, precise steering and a smoothchanging gearbox. a good entry level etype that is usable .