2010-09-25 21:30:46 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 8/10
www.classic-auctions.co.uk/Auctions/08-12-2010-ThePavilionGardens-1262/1965Jagua ...

Auction description:
1965 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 Roadster
Estimate: (£) 48,000 - 55,000
Reg Number: HBF903C
Chassis Number: 1E1136
Engine Number: G17523
Cc: 3800
Body Colour: Met. Blue
Trim Colour: Blue
MOT ExpiryDate: May 2011

2010-10-24 11:26:50 | pauls writes:

Additional description from above auction:
Formerly owned by Phil Scragg, Phil Bennett, Neville Robinson and Roland Duce among others

Restored by marque specialist Alan Collins during the early 1990s

Original right-hand drive Jaguar E-type Series I 4.2 Roadster reconfigured in the style of a Jaguar E-type `Lightweight' Roadster

Replacement 3.8 litre DOHC straight-six Jaguar engine fed by triple Weber 45DCOE carburettors and allied to five-speed manual transmission (though, the car also comes with a closer ratio five-speed gearbox and a Jaguar four-speed gearbox plus propshaft)

Uprated disc brakes (vented at the front)

Limited Slip Differential

Dunlop-type peg drive alloy wheels

Heated windscreen, Plexiglass door windows, alloy bonnet

`Lightweight'-style vented hardtop and boot lid

Fire extinguisher and Brantz tripmeter

2010-12-26 22:37:28 | pauls writes:

Car returned to auction 12/10
www.classic-auctions.co.uk/Auctions/08-12-2010-ThePavilionGardens-1262/1965Jagua ...

2010-12-26 22:38:11 | pauls writes:

Description of above auction:
Lot Number: 43
1965 Jaguar E-Type 'Lightweight-Style' Roadster
Sold For £68,200
Reg Number: HBF903C
Chassis Number: 1E1136
Engine Number: T.B.A.
Cc: 3800
Body Colour: Met. Blue
Trim Colour: Blue
MOT ExpiryDate: May 2011

The 1965 car offered started life as a Series I 4.2 Roadster and was subsequently turned into first a Modsports racer and then an evocation of a 'Works' Lightweight. A fascinating letter in the history file shows that, having bought the car from Phil Bennett, rapid racer Phil Scragg than sold it back to him in 1974 (complete with minor damage!) for £600. It seems Bennett then passed the E-Type to Neville Robinson the following year. Again according to the file, Robinson achieved the following successes in 1977 before selling the Jaguar to Roland Duce in 1978:

- Equalled Croft outright record

- Equalled Mallory Park record

- Broke the Harewood Hillclimb record previously held by Phil Bennett in the same car

- Victory at Longridge Circuit

'HBF 903C' was still configured as a Modsports racer when marque specialist Alan Collins accepted a commission from Ian Spencer to convert it into a 'Lightweight-style' car during the early 1990s. Interestingly, Mr Collins recalls talk that the Jaguar had once belonged to 1980 Formula 1 World Champion Alan Jones (though, there is now nothing on file to substantiate this notion). At that time the specification apparently included: full alloy skin on a new steel floorpan / inner tub by RS Panels; alloy doors fitted with proper window frames and Perspex windows; GRP hardtop; fully balanced and lightened 3.8-litre wet sump engine equipped with triple Dellorto carburettors, D specification cams, big valve head, tuftrided crank, wide blade rods; large diameter stainless steel exhaust; close ratio Moss gearbox; Powerlok 3.07 differential; 11.5in vented front brake discs with GT40 callipers; bigger anti-roll bars and Koni adjustable dampers all round; peg drive D specification wheels - 6 x 15 front and 8 x 15 rear; Fire Eater system. The seats fitted were believed to have come from the renowned Lindner/Knocker car via John Foster. However, subsequent research has totally disproven this rumour.

The E-Type has been in the vendor's care for the last 10 years, during which time it has seen no serious competition action but has been regularly used for continental events in Hungary, Corsica etc. These days the specification includes: 3.8-litre engine fed by triple 45DCOE Weber carburettors and fitted with standard camshafts, wide blade con rods and fabricated exhaust manifold; alloy radiator and expansion tank; electric cooling fan; five-speed Getrag gearbox (the car comes with two other boxes - a five-speed closer ratio unit and a standard Jaguar four-speed box plus propshaft); limited slip diff; vented front disc and twin servo rear brakes; standard rubber suspension bushes; Dunlop peg drive wheels (six all told); steel inner tub; alloy bonnet, doors, rear wings, boot lid; GRP hardtop; Perspex door windows supported on springs; heated front windscreen; half roll cage; alloy fuel tank; quick release filler cap; uprated fire system; door cards and pockets.

Finished in Metallic Blue with blue leather interior, this special and historic E-Type is described by the vendor as having "excellent" coachwork, "very good" paintwork and engine, a "serviceable" transmission and "good" interior trim. 'HBF 903C' is MOT'd into May 2011 and taxed until the end of April.

PLEASE NOTE: Since the catalogue went to press we have been informed by the vendor that the Jaguar's engine has had its camshafts checked rather than changed during his ownership. Apparently, they were found to be within normal tolerances when the straight-six was retimed. Therefore, he believes but does not warrant that the camshafts currently fitted to `HBF 903C' are the same ones which Forward Engineering installed when they built the powerplant for Ian Spencer.

The vendor also tells us that the Jaguar four-speed gearbox which accompanies the E-type is an EJ-series close-ratio unit.

PLEASE NOTE: The number which appears on the engine block where it meets the oil filter housing seems to read 'LB3545-8' which would indicate that the unit began life aboard a Jaguar MKII 3.8 Litre. This engine number differs from the one printed on the E-type's V5C Registration Document.

2012-06-24 04:45:19 | Anonymous writes:

Car currently a regular competitor in HSCC race series and E Type Challenge