2024-09-11 00:52:18 | pauls writes:

Car at auction 9/24

www.brightwells.com/timed-sale/5532/lot/732109

Auction description:

1964 Jaguar E-Type S1 3.8 FHC

Estimate: £55,000-58,000

Registration Number BAK587B

Engine Size 3781cc

Engine Number LB41338

Chassis Number 861666

Gearbox Manual

Documents V5C; green logbook; MOT Aug 2025; 2 old MOTs; photographs; recent invoices

Tax and MOT status Tax and MOT exempt

Original UK car with just three owners from new; nut-and-bolt restoration in the eighties and kept in superb order since; a wonderful example of Britain’s most beautiful sportscar

First registered in June 1964, this wonderful Series One E-Type has had just three owners from new, our vendor acquiring the car in March last year from a gentleman who had owned it for the previous 35 years.

We are told that the car was treated to a total nut-and-bolt restoration in the late eighties including a bare-metal respray, complete engine and gearbox rebuild and uprated brakes with four-piston calipers. Although there are no invoices to state exactly what was done, photos on file show the Jaguar stripped down to a bare shell prior to being repainted.

As you can see in the photos, the car still looks great some 35 years on, with excellent panel gaps, a nice paint finish, smart engine bay and a nicely mellowed interior.

The history file includes the original green logbook and some more recent invoices, including one for some minor paintwork however this does not specify exactly what area required attention. There is also an invoice for two new rear wheel bearings in October 2022, along with some workshop manuals and parts catalogues.

Our vendor (a former British Leyland mechanic) has set about some minor fettling in his ownership to keep his E-Type in tip top order, including giving the engine bay and underside a good clean up.

Although it no longer needs one, it has an MOT until August 2025 with just one minor advisory for slight play in the n/s/f upper suspension arm ball joint. It also passed an MOT in April 2023 and it has only covered around 200 miles since.

Starting promptly and running very nicely on site, this gorgeous E-Type looks mighty tempting at the sensible guide price suggested.