New Server. Hopefully Better Performance!

Welcome! We're tracking 25,081 Jaguar E-Type cars, with 515,517 photos! (Learn More)
xkedata.com > cars > detail

850661

Browse similar cars:

< S850660 S850662 >
    
 3.8 E-Type Lightweight 
 Open Two Seater 
 Right Hand Drive 
   
 850661 
 RA13469S 
 R5862 
 EB9813CR 
  
 
 1961 Metallic Green
 2026 Green
 Exc. Original 
 Original 
  
 Original 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
 

United Kingdom86PJ

Jaguar E-Type photo

16 more photos below

Also see web video below

Record Creation: Entered on 16 August 2026.

Originality: Noted for being in "original condition"

 

Record Changes

Changes to the database entry on this car are below; they do not necessarily mean the car itself changed (hide this).

2008-10-23 03:55:58 | XKE Data writes:

The record was updated:

  • Notes From Heritage Record was added: Registered 86 PJ
  • 2008-12-14 12:12:31 | XKE Data writes:

    The record was updated:

  • Last Seen was added: 2008
  • 2009-10-02 06:47:08 | XKE Data writes:

    The record was updated:

  • Notes From Heritage Record was deleted, old value was: Registered 86 PJ
  • Registration numbers (raw data): was added: 86PJ|
  • Registration number location (raw data): was added: United Kingdom|
  • 2010-01-18 15:09:59 | XKE Data writes:

    The record was updated:

  • Car Condition was added: Exc. original
  • Note About Originality was added: 1
  • Replacement Engine was added: original
  • Current Color was added: metallic green
  • Current Interior was added: green
  • Current Country was added: United Kingdom
  • Last Seen was changed from 2008 to 2010
  • Car History

    Ultimate E-Type Enthusiasts interested in the lightweight E-Types will want to pick up a copy of Philip Porter's Ultimate E-Type: The Competition Cars. Buy it directly from Porter & Porter: www.porterpress.co.uk/ultimate_e.htm

    Video of 850661

    Classic Cars Magazine: Jaguar E-type Lightweight

    To hear how incredible the ex-Roy Salvadori Jaguar E-type Lightweight race car sounds play this video. You can read all about our exclusive drive of '86PJ' in the August issue of Classic Cars (classiccarsmagazine.co.uk)

     

    Photos of 850661

    Click slide for larger image. This car has 17 photos. (Dates are when image was uploaded.)

    Exterior Photos (5)

    Uploaded August 2026:

    2026-08-16
    Photo--click to zoom
    2026-08-16
    Photo--click to zoom
    2026-08-16
    Photo--click to zoom
    2026-08-16
    Photo--click to zoom

    Uploaded September 2017:

    2017-09-13
    Photo--click to zoom


    Action Photos (8)

    Uploaded December 2008:

    2008-12-14
    Photo--click to zoom
    2008-12-14
    Photo--click to zoom

    Uploaded October 2008:

    2008-10-30
    Photo--click to zoom
    2008-10-24
    Photo--click to zoom
    2008-10-23
    Photo--click to zoom
    2008-10-23
    Photo--click to zoom

    Uploaded April 2007:

    2007-04-21
    Photo--click to zoom
    2007-04-21
    Photo--click to zoom


    Details Photos: Exterior (2)

    Uploaded August 2026:

    2026-08-16
    Photo--click to zoom
    2026-08-16
    Photo--click to zoom


    Detail Photos: Interior (2)

    Uploaded August 2026:

    2026-08-16
    Photo--click to zoom
    2026-08-16
    Photo--click to zoom


    Comments

    We now require an email address to leave a comment. Your IP will be recorded in an effort to reduce spam. (Report problem posts here.)

    2004-12-26 23:27:05 | pauls writes:

    This car was said to be shown at Goodwood, UK in '01
    www.lynxmotors.co.uk/lwesrev1.htm

    2008-12-14 07:09:10 | Philippe writes:

    Car seen at Goodwood XK60 event in August 2008, driven by Mike Salmon

    2010-12-30 13:29:40 | MQ writes:

    Delivered April '63 to CT Atkins for Salvadori to drive; '63 Goodwood (Salvadori 3rd), Silverstone (Salvadori 2nd); '63 Mallory Park (Salvadori 3rd); Goodwood TT (Salvadori 3rd); '64 Silverstone (Salvadori 5th); sold to Roger Mac; Oulton Park (Mac 1st); Crystal Palace (Mac 2nd); Brands Hatch (Mac 1st); Mallory Park (Mac 1st); Brands Hatch (Mac 17th); Goodwood (Mac DNF); Snetterton (Mac 2nd); Silverstone GT (Mac 1st); Church Lawford Sprint (Mac 1st ic); bought by Peter Mould; bought by Guy Griffiths and driven by daugher Penny in many sprints & hillclimbs; owned by them for many years; c2001 sold to Henry Pearman & restored by Eagle; sold & resides in UK

    2011-09-23 16:49:40 | pauls writes:

    Seen at the Goodwood Revival Sept. 2011

    2012-07-14 13:33:27 | Loraine Mercury writes:

    At the Church Lawford Sprint where Roger Mac was 1st in Class, the FTD (Fastest Time of the Day) was posted by Bill Nicholson in 286FAC, his MGB (known as 'The Old Girl') who was my late Father. His time stood as FTD for 6 years. Dad was a Development Engineer at Jaguar for 10 years, from 1954-64

    2015-06-07 13:10:43 | pauls writes:

    Listed as sold at:
    www.fiskens.com/cars-for-sale/Jaguar-E-Type-Lightweight/10224.htm

    2016-12-10 19:57:31 | pauls writes:

    Man 2016 photos of the car posted at:
    www.ultimatecarpage.com/cg/221/Jaguar-E-Type-Lightweight-Roadster.html

    2026-08-14 17:13:51 | pauls writes:

    The car is on the cover of the September 2026 issue of the International E-type Club magazine. An article written about the car follows on pages 20-29.

    2026-08-16 16:12:52 | pauls writes:

    Car now offered at:

    www.classicdriver.com/en/car/jaguar/e-type-si/1963/1122442

    1963 Jaguar E-Type SI Lightweight

    Supplied new to Tommy Atkins, ‘86 PJ’ was the fourth of just twelve Lightweight specification E- types completed, and with the exception of John Coombs’ prototype, the first delivered to the U.K.

    Under Atkins’ stewardship, the car was entrusted to the masterful British driver, Roy Salvadori for the 1963 season. Qualifying 1st for the Sussex Trophy at Goodwood’s Easter Meeting, Salvadori would encounter stiff competition in the form of Graham Hill and Mike Parkes; piloting the Coombs E-type and 250 GTO respectively. Salvadori would place 3rd on his first outing.

    15.04.1963 - Goodwood Sussex Trophy - Roy Salvadori - Race No: 48 - Result 3rd (Qualified 1st)

    11.05.1963 - Silverstone International Trophy - Roy Salvadori - Race No: 44 - Result 2nd

    13.07.1963 - Grovewood Trophy Mallory Park - Roy Salvadori - Race No: 44 - Result 3rd

    24.08.1963 - Goodwood Tourist Trophy - Roy Salvadori - Race No: 9 - Result 3rd

    02.05.1964 - Silverstone International Trophy - Roy Salvadori - Race No: 38 - Result 5th

    Throughout the remainder of the 1963 season, Salvadori would go on to achieve a number of podium finishes at Silverstone, Mallory Park and once again Goodwood, in the Tourist Trophy. Salvadori was to race ‘86 PJ’ on only one occasion in 1964 - at Silverstone - after which Tommy Atkins decided to part ways with the car; selling it to Jac Mac Motors.

    Roger Mac, son of the owner, and up-and-coming talent, found great success at the wheel of ‘86 PJ’ throughout the remainder of the 1964 season, before listing the car for ‘£3,500 or nearest offer’ in 1965.

    23.05.1964 - Oulton Park - Roger Mac - Race No: 89 - Result 1st

    06.06.1964 - Oulton Park - Roger Mac - Race No: 95 - Result 1st

    13.06.1964 - Crystal Palace Pontin Trophy - Roger Mac - Race No: 26 - Result 2nd

    14.06.1964 - Brands Hatch - Roger Mac - Result 1st

    20.06.1964 - Mallory Park - Roger Mac - Result 1st

    11.07.1964 - Brands Hatch - Roger Mac - Result DNF

    03.08.1964 - Brands Hatch - Roger Mac - Result 17th

    29.08.1964 - Goodwood Tourist Trophy - Roger Mac - Race No: 33 - Result DNF

    13.09.1964 - Mallory Park - Roger Mac - Result 1st

    19.09.1964 - Silverstone GT - Roger Mac - Result 1st

    26.09.1964 - Snetterton Autosport 3 Hours - Roger Mac - Race No: 9 - Result 2nd

    18.10.1964 - Church Lawford Sprint - Roger Mac - Result 1st

    26.12.1964 - Mallory Park - Roger Mac - Result 1st

    Roger Mac sold ‘86 PJ’ to Peter Mould, a Birmingham based businessman, already well versed with XK-powered competition cars, having previously owned a Jaguar C-type and Lister. Mould would only find a modicum of success with ‘86 PJ’ - most notably - a class-winning, fourth-overall at Mallory Park. Mould advertised the car in October of 1965, by which time the Lightweight was nearing the end of its career, such was the case, the car proved a tough sell, and Mould relisted 86 PJ for a second time in April 1966 and for a third in November, 13 months after it’s original listing, Mould eventually sold the Lightweight to dealer and racer, John Harper, who kept the car for just 3 months before passing it on to collector and motorsport photographer, Guy Griffiths, in exchange for an XK150. Enter Penny Griffiths (later Woodley): Guy’s daughter, who was entrusted with ‘86 PJ’ for competitive use in a number of events. Having been threatened with the deprival of use should any harm befall the car, Penny wisely chose to stick to mostly sprint events and hill- climbs - including Shelsley Walsh in August 1968. After 40 years, ‘86 PJ’ changed hands once more, by which time - having been cared for fastidiously and masterfully driven - the car was the best-persevered of the factory E-type Lightweights, and therefore, the new custodian set about the intricate task of ensuring it remained as such.

    Having been purchased by life-long enthusiast, Paul Michaels, the next stage of the car’s life would be centred around protecting its remarkable originality. Nowadays a highly commendable state in which to present a car, the opportunity to preserve does not often come knocking, and should not be taken lightly. In 2004, Michaels entrusted world-renowned marque specialists Eagle with the task of preservation. The intention was not to create a show-car, but return it to a state in which it appeared most authentic. With fond boyhood memories of seeing Salvadori compete in the car at Goodwood, Michaels chose to return ‘86PJ’ to light metallic green, having arrived at Eagle in Griffiths’ favoured hue of Old English White.

    Upon removal of the hardtop, the team at Eagle soon found clear traces of metallic green. Always learning; they also suspected that the car had originally been supplied to Atkins in bare aluminium. Despite being driven 2,600 miles in competition, the car only experienced the lightest of knocks, and such was the nature of its subsequent care, the body and mechanicals were found to be in exceptional condition. Awash with an air of authenticity impossible to replicate, the car’s stunning leather interior was ‘painstakingly’ removed and cleaned, before being returned and left in situ. Once more, despite being a competition E-type, roll protection had never been fitted, thus adding to the allure of the car’s remarkable originality.

    Upon completion, ‘86 PJ’ was reunited with Michaels in time for an appearance at the 2005 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the very grounds on which he’d witnessed Roy Salvadori drive the car some four-decades previous. This time, the car was to be driven by Michaels’ long-term friend and ex-Jaguar works driver John Watson. Watson would pilot the car up the famed hill-climb before it was later reunited with Roy Salvadori for interview purposes - a full-circle moment of incomparable nature. In 2006, ‘86 PJ’ was acquired by a deserving new owner who’s collection boasted some of Jaguar’s most significant exports - including E2A, a D, and C-type. It remains one of the most significant competition Jaguars to date, boasting incomparable originality and remarkable history.

    86PJ is accompanied by an extensive report by CKL Developments. In summary, ‘86 PJ’ more than lived up to expectation: Rob Hewes, CKL’s managing director, gave a glowing conclusion: ‘Having had the opportunity to inspect this car, it does not take long to conclude that it is in every way authentic and unmolested. Rare to see with a car of such a long history, it has an unchallenged provenance and is very well documented throughout its life.The car is a very good example and should be carefully maintained to ensure it remains in its current and historic form.’ - CKL Developments Ltd.

    Sold by DK Engineering to its current custodian in 2020, this remarkable E-type has since been shown at the Heveningham Concours and at the 2025 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este where it notably recieved the Schedoni Award for Best Preserved Interior.

    You may leave a comment. (Comments are subject to our site terms.)

    Spam prevention question (must be answered):
    The father of jokes about warm beer and smoke escaping from wires is Joseph Lucas. Lucas died of typhoid after drinking infected water in Naples in 1902.

    What disease did Lucas succumb to?

    Your name (optional):

    Your email:
    Your comment: