2023-07-13 13:35:01 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 7/23

www.bonhams.com/auction/27997/lot/259/1962-jaguar-e-type-series-1-lightweight-fi ...

Auction description:

Goodwood Festival of Speed, 14 July 2023, Chichester, Goodwood

Lot 259

£200,000 - £250,000

1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 'Lightweight' FIA Competition Roadster

Registration no. 647 XVP

Chassis no. 877501

• Built to the highest standards, completed in 2021

• Completely new all-alloy body hand built by Classic Jaguar Racing

• Rob Beere hand built 3.8-litre race engine (circa 335bhp)

• Eligible for FIA Historic Racing in the Appendix K GTS 12 classes

• Road registered with UK V5C

Finished in Silver with black interior, this example has been the subject of a no-expense-spared five-year rebuild project that was finished in 2021. This was a complete restoration with every part either refurbished , rebuilt or reconstructed. We are advised by the vendor that the car has been finished to the highest standards, with obsessive attention to detail: the panel gaps are excellent, the paint is immaculate, and the whole drivetrain is balanced with smooth delivery all the way through the rev range.

The interior is beautifully finished with the finest quality hides and luxurious carpeting.

This car was built to emulate the Jaguar continuation lightweight E-Type specification. It is fully road registered with UK V5C registration document and period registration number '647 XVP'. Standout features are as follows:

• FIA Historic Technical Passport, Class: Competition GT Car, valid for 10 years

• Jaguar Heritage Production Record Trace Certificate #34011

• Completely new all alloy body hand built by Classic Jaguar Racing

• Rob Beere hand built 3.8-litre race engine

• RBR/Cosworth full race pistons

• Forged crankshaft, fully balanced

• RBR light steel flywheel, fully balanced

• Staenz steel con-rods

• RBR electronic distributor

• Straight-port big-valve cylinder head

• Circa 335bhp

• Dynamometer tested

• Rolling-road tuned

• Denis Welsh Racing peg-drive magnesium alloy wheels

• Leather bonnet straps and external handles

• Cartek solid state kill switches: bulkhead and dash mounted

• Corbeau race harness x2

• Leather interior and seats, trimmed by retired Bentley craftsman

• Bentley style diamond-stitched black leather on the doors and transmission tunnel, trimmed by retired Bentley craftsman

• Woollen carpets

• Long range foam-filled alloy fuel tank, 120 litres

• Electrically heated front windscreen

• Only 1,250 development miles – never raced

• Monza style quick filler fuel system

• Built by Jaguar in June 1962

• Rolling-road tuned by Tom Barclay racing in May 2023

• Glasurit oven-baked paint system

• Stainless twin-pipe exhausts

Offered with FIA Historic papers, this an immaculate and stylishly finished 'Gentleman's Racer', built and finished to the highest standards and eligible for FIA Historic Racing in the Appendix K GTS 12 classes.