2005-03-20 15:22:02 | Lofty writes:

Q writes: seen at stoneleigh 20 March '05 for sale at £12,000.
Bit scruffy and could do with work.

2006-06-16 09:14:18 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 5/06

www.motorbase.com/auctionlot/by-id/657733011/

Auction description:

Auction Lot: 1968 Jaguar E-Type 4.2-Litre Series II Coupé

Best of British Festival, Bonhams (28th May 2006) Bonhams, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire

Lot Number 09

Estimate £12000-£14000

Hammer Price £11500

Hammer Price (inc premium) £12650

Condition rating 0

Registration number RFU 979G

Mileage -

Chassis number 1R20001

Engine number 7R10109

The first right-hand drive Series II Coupé produced, chassis number ‘1R20001’ benefits from a recent (April 2006) comprehensive cosmetic refurbishment that involved a total bodywork strip down, re-spray in original pale blue and rebuild with new rubber seals throughout. Reported as driving superbly on a recently completed lengthy outing, the car is offered compete with tool kit, restoration invoices, current road fund licence, Swansea V5 document, fresh MoT and Heritage Certificate confirming all matching numbers.

2022-04-12 05:00:43 | Anonymous writes:

Its currently MOT and Taxed 2022

2026-09-19 07:16:58 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 9/26

www.iconicauctioneers.com/1968-jaguar-e-type-rec17493-1-nec-1126

The Iconic Sale at the NEC Classic Motor Show 2026

1968 Jaguar E-Type Series 2 4.2-Litre Coupé - Chassis #1R20001

Confirmed by the accompanying Heritage Certificate as the first right-hand drive, Series 2 Coupé supplied, chassis #1R20001 is offered from long-term family ownership with room for cosmetic and mechanical improvement.

ESTIMATE: £30,000 - £35,000

Registration Number RFU 979G

MOT Expiry Exempt

Chassis Number 1R20001

Engine Number 7R10109

Transmission Manual

Body Colour Light Blue

It is incredibly rare to find any classic motorcar that has a chassis number ending in '01', mainly due to the fact that early production examples were factory prototypes that were either used for crash-testing, destroyed as a matter of policy, or later suffered, in the case of most sporting British heritage cars, race damage. Far thinking manufacturers with deep pockets often kept first production examples or sold them to good customers, with these cars moving from one important collection to another, and therefore seldom available on the open market. By 1968 Jaguar had perfected the E-Type to such an extent that the first right-hand drive fixed head coupé was supplied, no doubt to an important customer, as chassis number #1R20001 and finished in Light Blue with Grey leather.

Distributed by W. L. Thompson of Hull on 25th October 1968, the Jaguar was later sold at auction on 28th May 2006 to our vendor’s late father. The car was described as having a then, "recent (April 2006) comprehensive cosmetic refurbishment that involved a total bodywork strip down, re-spray in original pale blue and rebuild with new rubber seals throughout.” Some 5,000 miles later the car would benefit from an element of recommissioning having been largely unused since the last MOT was issued in November 2022 (without advisories). With an odometer reading of 79,163 miles today, the older restoration would perhaps benefit from a refresh whilst the interior appears to be mostly original.

With the accompanying Heritage Certificate stating: “This was the first E-Type Series 2 Fixed Head Coupé with right-hand drive” this historically important motorcar is worthy of any collection. Keenly estimated, particularly when compared with the 2023 £1,000,000 auction estimate for Chassis #860001, the very first right-hand-drive E-Type Fixed Head Coupé, and the £911,250 achieved in the same year for Chassis #850004, the first ever E-Type sold.

Undoubtedly significant in terms of its position within the timeline of the legendary E-Type, we welcome your inspection of #1R20001 at our forthcoming NEC Sale.