2004-08-24 20:23:16 | pauls writes:

Car was sold at auction in '00, info at:
www.classicauctions.co.uk/car_search_index.html

Auction description:
Status SOLD
Estimate £30000 - 34000
Hammer Price £31000.00
Mileage 55131
Colour PRIMROSE
Trim Colour BLACK
Chassis No 1S2444
Engine No 7S132805B
Registration GPC400N
CC 5343
M.O.T 19.5.2001
The particular Jaguar V12 'E'Type Roadster is believed to have changed hands in the late eighties for over seventy thousand pounds after undergoing a complete rebuild by XK Engineering. Since then it has covered only three thousand miles and the genuine mileage from new is only fifty five thousand miles.
The history of the car is fully documented from new and we have been informed by the vendor that the car is a former Benson & Hedges concours winner. Today the car is still in genuinely concours condition and comes in its original factory specification of primrose yellow, manual transmission and of course, the chrome wire wheels. When not in use the vehicle has always been stored in a dehumidified garage.
This must be one the best examples of this truly supercar on offer and with the manual transmission we are sure the new lucky owner will find this an extremely rewarding car to drive.

2018-09-27 08:27:36 | Nigel FH writes:

Picture of car at Jag meeting in Germany in Dec 88 issue of Jaguar driver mag.

2019-03-09 04:55:53 | Harry writes:

Hi

Would anyone have a copy of the DEC 88 mag this car featured in? I'd love to see the pictures.

2026-07-09 18:01:52 | pauls writes:

Car at auction 7/26

www.iconicauctioneers.com/1973-jaguar-e-type-rec17261-1-silverston-0726

The Iconic Sale at the BRDC Classic 2026 - Collectors' Cars

1973 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 V12 Roadster - Manual

Lot Number 307

Registration Number GPC 400N

Chassis Number 1S2444

Transmission Manual

Body Colour Pale Primrose

Fully restored by XK Engineering in the past and on offer from 25-years of family ownership, with many years of club and concours ephemera, prizes, certificates, newspaper and magazine features neatly stowed in its fitted luggage.

According to the accompanying Heritage Certificate ordered by our client's late father in 2008, this manual roadster was dispatched on the 30th August 1973 and later delivered via Page Motors of Epsom, Surrey to its first owner, a Mr Nicholson, on the 3rd October and registered GPC 400N, the same registration it wears today. 

In the mid-eighties, a Bristol builder named Graham Packer purchased the Jaguar which, we understand, was off the road at the time, and started preparing it for concours events with the culmination of his efforts being a Class Win at the 1986 Benson & Hedges National Concours at Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge. The accompanying press clippings from the Bristol Evening Post show a pleased Mr Packer holding a cheque for £100, no doubt proud of his achievement, particularly as he restored the car himself.

We understand that the Jaguar was sold in the late eighties and some time later was subject to a £70,000 restoration (around £200,000 today) carried out by the very well respected, XK Engineering. The next chapter in the E-Type's life appears to commence in July 2000 when it sold at auction for £31,000 with an indicated mileage of 55,131. The auction catalogue noted that, at that point, it had only covered 3,000 miles since the XK Engineering rebuild. The catalogue description also stated that the car was offered in its 'original Primrose Yellow' with a black leather interior, however, the Heritage Certificate states that it was despatched new in Greensand over Olive. Errors do occur, and the fact that the car has been in Primrose Yellow with black leather for over 40 years, suggests that the point is rather moot today.

GPC 400N was purchased from the 2000 sale by our vendor's late father, Mr Clark, with the intention of enjoying the car with his family and getting involved with as many organised club road rallies, intercontinental tours and concours events as possible. This he certainly achieved judging by the substantial quantity of photographs, programmes, tickets, trophies, rally plates, badges and event ephemera meticulously kept in the car's fitted luggage, adjacent to equally diligently kept receipts for maintenance and servicing, bearing testament to his obvious enthusiasm for his beloved Jaguar.

Sadly, the car was to be registered to his widow upon his death and subsequently to his son, upon Mrs Clark’s passing. It has remained in storage for the last fifteen years and although Mr and Mrs Clark’s sons started a programme of recommissioning with bills on file, retirement and relocation have meant that some light mechanical fettling and attention to the brakes have yet to be completed and the car is very sensibly estimated to take account of this. Close inspection of our images show that the Jaguar appears to remain be in great shape and undoubtedly is still a head-turner. 

Sold for: £48,938