2022-11-04 15:39:50 | Harry Stevens writes:

Sold by The Classic Motor Hub of Bibury in October 2022. Seller's description below.
www.classicmotorhub.com/showroom/1964-jaguar-e-type-fhc-series-1-3-8/

Offered for sale at The Classic Motor Hub, this beautiful E Type FHC was built on 16 January 1964 and is therefore a late example of the 3.8 litre Series 1. Chassis number 861472 was a UK market right hand drive FHC fitted with engine number RA5016-9 and finished in Opalescent Gunmetal with Dark Blue interior. It was given Coventry registration number 7248WK and dispatched via Jaguar's export division to its first owner, Captain E A Ramsey. From the Heritage Certificate, Captain Ramsey was, at that time, serving in Aden with the Royal Scots Greys, but home was the Berwickshire military town of Coldstream. The E Type stayed with him until14 November 1966, when it made the long trip to its second owner, R A Cridland of East Budleigh in Devon

It would stay in South West England for a number of years, passing then to D F Mannell of Kingsbridge, later to M S Fortnam of Drewsteighton and finally to Mr Dawney of Exeter in 1979. A significant amount of work was undertaken in 2011, all fully documented in the extensive history file. The gearbox was rebuilt, the engine rebuilt with Mahle pistons, an alternator conversion was carried out, a high torque stater motor fitted, and the cooling system and brakes uprated. The pristine interior retrimmed in Black has three point static belts and the Motorola radio has been converted to FM. It runs on Michelin tyres and pleasing details include the period Triplex sticker on the windscreen and December 1964 tax disc. This is a matching numbers example finished in its original exterior colour.