2014-01-02 13:25:37 | Lofty writes:

Absolutely rust free, straight car. Just purchased from Southern California. Runs smooth with excellent oil pressure and it shifts very nice. Wire wheels are excellent, with nice but older Pirelli tires. Undergoing restoration which should be finished this summer. Car will be in it's original Opalescent Silver Blue with Dark Blue interior from BAS.

2018-01-22 14:43:27 | pauls writes:

Ebay item 1/22/18
www.ebay.com/itm/1968-Jaguar-E-Type-Two-place/202198099334
Current bid US $20,000 reserve not met 5 bids 9 days left in auction buy it now price $42,747, seller direct2uauto, car now said to be in Tuscola, Illinois, 49k miles.

Sellers description:
Offered for the first time publicly in decades, this 1968 Jaguar E-Type California Coupe.

Purchased from California, years ago, this car is straight and solid with no rot. You will not be spending time and money rebuilding the body or undercarriage.
It features the original 4.2 liter matching numbers straight six and drive line. The engine starts easily, runs very well and does not smoke or burn oil. This cat does not mark it's territory with puddles of oil, where it sits. The clutch does not slip or chatter and the gearbox shifts very nice. The oil pressure is excellent and the alternator charges well.
The original color is what you see on the bonnet, Opalescent Silver Blue, the interior has it's original Dark Blue leather seats and trim. The floor pans are very nice and solid, as are the rockers, door bottoms and boot floor.
The car is in need of paint, some chrome, new leather and wool carpet. (We recommend BAS ltd. interiors, Palm Springs CA) Brake work and general restoration. Not sure there is such a thing as an easy restoration, but this is about as close as any I've seen lately. Cooper Motors, LLC

2022-10-13 08:11:29 | pauls writes:

Car now offered at:

www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1968-jaguar-e-type-42-fhc-series-1-8ENv6g_aaid=a5ce63ed-6419-48b8-adb6-8692f74daf04&bsft_eid=e63dbf22-cfe5-49ad-a64 ...

Seller's description:

1968 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 FHC

Colour Blue

Odometer 49,711 Miles

Engine size 4235

Auction DetailsSeller Type Trade

Location Warwickshire

Country United Kingdom

A fastidiously and professionally restored Series 1 E-Type in superb overall condition

Over 1250 hours and £16,000 of parts and external services have been invested in this sublime example 

The 4.2L engine benefits from a valuable triple Webber upgrade for enhanced performance and tractability

Fully supported by an extensive paperwork trail and photographic archive

Manufactured in May 1968

Built as left hand drive, exported to North America

Supplied new via the Jaguar distributor in New York 

Imported by its current owner in 2018

1250 hour restoration 

Professional conversion to right hand drive

First registered in the UK in August 2020 

Road Tax and MOT exempt 

Extensive file of supporting paperwork

Current V5 in the owner’s name

Current MOT to May 2023, with no advisories

Heritage Certificate on file

Over 40 invoices for the parts and servicing

Eight-page schedule of works and parts manifest, detailing over £16,000 in expenditure

The Interior

The interior is exquisitely finished and fully retrimmed in soft blue leather

Seats stitched into box pleats and finished in perforated leather for additional comfort and support

Every other aspect of the interior is an excellent and fully restored condition

The interior of the E-Type is a delightful antidote to the minimalist, screen laden interiors of contemporary cars. It is awash with buttons, gauges, and a myriad of charming period detail. It is an integral part of the memorable and sensory experience of riding in, let alone driving, a Series 1 E-Type.

This example doubles down on that experience thanks to its superbly restored and retrimmed interior. The soft, blue leather looks as good as it smells, and the rebuilt seats are surprisingly comfortable and supportive. 

The dark blue woollen carpets are edge bound in leather and fit beautifully throughout. The door cards are leather finished and dissected with a chrome trim and finished with high-quality chrome door furniture. The fabric headlining is tightly fitted and finished in a complementary blue grey hue. 

The dashboard is finished in the crackle-finished black signature paintwork and peppered with the full complement of white on black Smiths gauges monitoring every key aspect of the Jaguar’s operation. The three spoked, alloy steering wheel is wood rimmed and centred with the correct Jaguar E-Type boss.

The surprisingly generous luggage area is finished in leather and protected by rubber topped, chrome luggage runners. The floor panel lifts to reveal the full-sized spare wheel, jack, and tools.

The Exterior

The exterior is finished in deep and lustrous Opalescent Silver Blue

The exterior presentation is really excellent throughout and very hard to fault

The panel gaps are impressively tight and symmetrical and the doors, bonnet, and boot open and close freely and positively

This fixed head coupe iteration of the E-Type most effectively exhibits the timeless design language of this most recognisable of British sports cars. 

There are many C and D-Type cues to please the eye and this car looks sleek, muscular, and highly sophisticated in its silver blue paintwork.

The exterior presentation of this fine example is as hard to fault as the interior is. During its extensive restoration it has been stripped back to bare metal with any less than perfect panels being either replaced or fastidiously repaired. This was followed by a multi-stage, professional respray in its original blue hue.

The chrome brightwork, light lenses and cabin glass are all in the fine condition that you would expect from a fully restored example of this quality.

The 15-inch chromed wire wheels are in pristine condition all round and are affixed with the correct, Jaguar inscribed, central spinners. The wheels are shod in a new and matching set of Vitour Galaxy R1, radial type tyres in the period-correct 185/R15 configuration. The tyres are finished with a fine, white line to the sidewall.

Like the interior, it is the period detail that is so pleasing here. The chamfered vents on the long bonnet, the faired in headlights and those sublime wire wheels all combine so well to exude both elegance and power in true E-Type fashion.

It is no accident that the E-Type remains one of the most recognisable automotive profiles in history, some 60 years after its launch.

The Mechanics

4.2L straight six engine 

Engine professionally rebuilt

Triple Webber 45 DCOE carburettors

The 4.2L engine replaced the original 3.8L unit and succeeded in improving refinement and drivability despite the headline power figures not changing. 

The 4.2L’s improved gearbox did represent a big leap forward, however, being a full synchromesh unit and proving considerably quieter than the earlier units.

In this example both engine and gearbox have been diligently restored and recommissioned to provide a car in a very well sorted mechanical condition. The engine has undergone a thorough rebuild including new pistons, rings, a crank re-grind and cylinder head overhaul. 

At a significant cost, approaching £2,000, the standard twin SU carburettors have been replaced by a triple 45 DCOE Webber conversion which is reported to significantly improve the driving experience. 

The owner does report that some minor carburettor balancing may be required on a rolling road to optimise the impact of this upgrade. 

The gearbox has been professionally rebuilt including the fitment of new bearings, gaskets and layshafts. The rear axle has also undergone a full rebuild.

The under-bonnet presentation of this E-Type is dominated by the sight of the three big Webber carburettors feeding the 4.2L straight-six with a significantly improved and more efficient fuel-air mixture. The rest of the engine bay is pristine and a real potential prize winner at any classic car show.

The underside of the car is a revelation too. During the restoration, the thick underseal present was removed from and returned to its factory-correct painted condition.

A full, new stainless steel exhaust system has been fitted and all the suspension components have either been replaced, restored, or recommissioned.

Please review our underside photographs as it will help qualify the superb quality and depth of the restoration this car has enjoyed.

Sold at £95,000.