2019-10-11 16:43:09 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 10/19
online.handh.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/catalog/118/lot/45792/%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F118%2F

Auction description:
Lot 42
1968 Jaguar E-Type Coupe
Estimate: £34,000 - £38,000
Registration No:ANK963G
Chassis No:1R25040
MOT:July 2020

- Imported back to the UK in 1988
- Subject to an extensive restoration in the late 1990's
- Fitted with Jaguar 3.8 litre engine

This interesting Series 2 Coupe came off the line at Browns Lane on August 13, 1968, at which time it was finished in Primrose Yellow matched to Black interior trim. It was a lefthand drive export model that six weeks later departed the UK for Jaguar Cars New York and, according to the accompanying paperwork, remained in the USA before being repatriated in 1988. Sometime prior to that homecoming, the original Stromberg-fuelled 4.2-litre engine was replaced by the earlier 3.8-litre unit equipped with a 4.2-litre head and triple SUs that powers the car to this day. In the late 1990s `ANK 963G' was subjected to an extensive restoration, during which the body was finished in its current Dark Blue livery, the interior retrimmed in Dark Blue piped Light Blue hide and the steering converted to righthand drive. The Jaguar rides on painted wire wheels and its specification includes a Coopercraft front brake conversion kit and sunroof. It is now being sold complete with: photos of the restoration, parts catalogue, Heritage Certificate, a collection of old invoices and MOTs, plus one valid into July of next year.