2017-10-30 16:45:09 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 12/17
www.silverstoneauctions.com/1974-jaguar-e-type-series-3--roadster-Manual

Auction description:
NEC Classic Motor Show Sale 2017
1974 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 Roadster Manual
Lot No.: 644
Registration: DWA 580N
Chassis Number: 1S2725
Engine Number: 7S15846SA
Number of cylinders: 12
CC: 5400
Year of Manufacture: 1974
RHD/LHD: Right Hand Drive
Estimate (£): 80,000 - 90,000

According to the accompanying Jaguar Heritage Certificate, this manual roadster was dispatched to Ernest W. Hatfield of Sheffield for the car's first owner Trafford Thermoplastics Ltd on the 13th March 1974. It was one of the last 150 right-hand drive, E-Type Roadsters and left the factory finished in Jaguar Dark Blue with a Russet Red interior, and black hood, colours it still wears today. To this consignor's eye, the car appears to still have its original interior and the 'mouse fur' brushed nylon carpeting shows a little wear in the usual places. Recent works to the interior by the vendor includes attending to the foam in the headrests with new inserts. The original radio is included in the sale, and we are informed the CD changer offers a good balance between music and the V12 burble.

Bought by our vendor on the 3rd May 2003 after an exhaustive search, this matching numbers example is now showing a shade under 50,000 miles. Offered to auction to fund a new business project following retirement, the car, although not Concours is the next best thing - the perfect driver's car. After a recent trip to Le Mans, a new alternator and fuel pump were fitted, and the car's history file shows regular maintenance. Included with the sale is a photographic record, bound in an album, of the bare metal re-spray that took place in the early 1990s under the previous owner's custodianship. Our vendor has never driven the E-Type in the wet, so the few tiny tears at the edge of the soft top have never bothered him, especially when hidden by the tonneau.

The MOT is valid until April 2018 and this car offers the lucky new buyer an opportunity to cosmetically fettle over the dark winter months. To conclude, a good, matching numbers, manual roadster in great factory colours is a rare sight on the UK roads, and with some careful detailing this final version of the wonderful E-Type will no doubt offer many more years of top-down motoring.

2018-01-20 23:09:29 | Peter Ingram writes:

Sold £81,563 presumably inc prem

2025-09-08 10:52:09 | Harry Stevens writes:

Sold by the Classic and Sports Car Centre of Malton in August 2025. Abbreviated seller's description below.

www.classicandsportscar.ltd.uk/jaguar-e-type-series-iii-v12-roadster/classic-car ...

This 1974 E Type Series 3 Roadster has covered just 52,000 miles from new and was manufactured on 29 January 1974, finished in Dark Blue with Russet Red upholstery and manual transmission. This matching numbers UK car, retaining its original registration mark, was supplied new by Ernest W Hatfield of Sheffield to Trafford Thermoplastics. It then passed to to a textiles business in Halifax, who owned it until 1990, when it was sold at 36,000 miles.

The new owner undertook restoration and the car was stripped to a bare rolling shell with engine, front frame, doors and boot lid removed. The body was taken back to bare metal, necessary repairs carried out and then repainted and built up with renewed brightwork, chrome wire wheels, interior retrim and new mohair roof. The suspension, brakes and steering were overhauled and a new stainless steel exhaust with manifolds fitted.

The V12 engine was overhauled and new rear oil seal, timing chain with the carburettors rebuilt and new clutch fitted. The radiator, heater box and air vent controls were rebuilt and fitted with new ducts, cables, hoses and pipes. All the work is documented with invoices and photos. From 1994 to 2003 it was in Manchester covering 2000 miles taking the mileage to 38,000. From 2003 to 2017 it was in South Wales and the mileage went up to 49,500 miles and from 2017 to 2021 it formed part of a collection in Lincolnshire.

We sold the car in 2021 to a new owner near Barnard Castle and prior to delivery it had a service with a new cam cover gaskets, hub seals, clutch slave and master cylinders and carburettors rebuild. New door handles and a mohair hood were fitted. This is an undeniably correct car with superb documentation, low mileage and correct provenance, a true collector's car.