2023-08-13 10:39:41 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 8/23
carsonline.bonhams.com/en/listings/jaguar/e-type-restomod/3ad4deb9-ea02-4d81-b24 ...

Auction description:
2021 Jaguar E-Type Restomod
VIN 1S72086BW
6.00 Liters
6100 miles
manual
California Sage Green
"Whisky" Full Leather
Right-hand drive
Petrol
Vehicle location Coventry, United Kingdom
Powered by a Mighty 6.1-litre Tera V12

2024-06-22 06:40:16 | pauls writes:

Car returns to market 8/24

www.iconicauctioneers.com/2021-jaguar-e-type-series-3-tera-v12-rec13644-1-silver ...

Auction description:

The Iconic Sale at Silverstone Festival 2024 - Collectors' Car Sale

2021 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 Bespoke 'Tera V12' Coupé

BODY COLOUR California Sage Green

DRIVE RHD

REG NUMBER GAM 612J

Engine Number 7532975A

Transmission Manual

GUIDE PRICE: £200,000 - £240,000

Jaguar's legendary E-Type re-imagined by 'Building the Legend' of Coventry and powered by their unique, Quad-Cam, 6.1-litre, 450bhp V12. Shown at the London Concours, Salon Privé, Dubai and Monaco - the sculptural appearance of this unique motor car clearly turns heads wherever it goes whilst offering supercar performance.

Building the Legend (BTL) now offer their so-called ‘1966 Le Mans Prototype’ and ‘E-Type Reimagined’ models, powered by their version of the lost Jaguar V-12, known as the ‘Tera.’ Neville’s discovery of the one and only surviving complete Jaguar V-12 Quad Cam that powered the original XJ-13 and his painstaking recreation of an XJ-13 is a fascinating story too long to tell here but suffice to say that his unique Tera V12 is at the heart of everything they do.

Swailes and his engineers took the quad-cam V12 concept and developed it further. Much further. Available in 6.1 and 6.8-litre capacities with a choice of Lucas mechanical or electronic fuel injection, the Tera now produces between 350 and 650bhp far more than Jaguar could ever have imagined. It not only powers their 1966 Le Mans Prototype, inspired by the XJ13, but is installed in BTL’s bespoke E-Types, of which just 24 are planned to be built.

Designed to “recapture and enhance the excitement of a bygone age” each is tailored to the buyer’s specific desires, with a wide range of modern features available, such as speed-sensitive power steering, air conditioning, electric windows, electric parking brake and even parking sensors, USB sockets and satellite navigation. The chassis is uprated with modern suspension and brakes, bigger 16-inch wheels are fitted and there’s a choice of bodywork, whilst the interior is, of course, totally personalised. Finally, there’s a choice of roadster, coupé or low-drag bodies in hand-formed Aluminium or steel. It takes eight to 12 months to build each one and costs in the region of £500,000, depending on the donor car and specification.

The fabulous example on offer today started life as a left-hand drive, Series 3 FHC before being acquired by BTL and converted to one of their first ‘Reimagined E-Types’. Its current owner, our vendor, lives in the Isle of Man and sadly is experiencing some health issues meaning he has decided to sell this exciting Jaguar. Viewing is difficult in the IOM so he has entrusted the car to its original builders, BTL, who naturally know it intimately.

As each BTL E-Type is different, they have kindly let us have the build details for GAM 612J, although the complete specification is too long to list here.

Series 3 bodywork mostly removed and the car converted to right-hand drive

Bespoke steel bodywork expertly hand-wheeled by artisans in Coventry

Comprehensively stiffened monocoque and re-engineered independent rear suspension located by solid ‘race-spec’ rose-jointed trailing arms

Larger-than-standard vented discs (rotors) front and rear; large front & rear brakes (6-pot calipers on front; 4-pot on rear and separate custom hand/parking-brake caliper)

Rear seating (S3) removed enabling a lengthened flat load area with a ‘Shooting-Brake’ feel

Fitted with BTL’s unique ‘Tera’ 6.1-litre, quad-cam V12 offering 450bhp and 450ft.lbs. Distributor-less with a custom ECU controlling fuel and cooling

Top Speed 180 mph (est); 0-60mph 4.0 seconds (est)

5-speed manual gearbox

Full custom Connolly-quality interior in Tan (Whisky) with contrast piping on seats. Engine-turned central dashboard as a nod to the Series 1

Superbly presented in numerous coats of California Sage, a colour normally associated with DB Astons but perfect for this bespoke Jaguar

16” hand-made custom stainless multi-spoke wire wheels by Turrino of England; custom CNC-machined-from-solid eared spinners (angled differently front-to-back to line up perfectly front to rear; Goodyear 215/60 front & 235/60 rear tyres

Modern touches include speed-sensitive power-steering, central-locking, electric windows, proximity sensors, combined heater/air-con, USB/Bluetooth/Sat-Nav

And much more.

With recent showcase appearances in the UK at The London Concours and Salon Privé as well as invitations to Dubai and Monaco, the sculptural appearance of this unique motor car clearly turns heads wherever it goes but also delivers what is effectively 'supercar' performance. Attractively estimated today at a level that is about half of what it would cost to replicate, your early inspection is welcomed and encouraged to fully digest the unique opportunity that's on offer.