2019-10-18 10:19:09 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 10/19
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/lf19/london/lots/r0004-1974-jaguar-e-type-series-3-v- ...

Auction description:
Lot Number 183
1974 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 V-12 Roadster
£120,000 - £140,000
RM | Sotheby's - LONDON 24 OCTOBER 2019
Chassis No. 1S 2822

The final regular-production E-Type roadster
Offered from twenty-five years of single ownership
Full, recent restoration to original colour scheme
Truly a significant automobile in every right

Jaguar decided to end E-Type production in style in 1974. Each of a final run of 50 black roadsters, known as the ‘E-Type Commemorative’, featured a commemorative plaque bearing a facsimile of Sir William Lyons’s signature. The very last of these, chassis 2872, went straight to Jaguar’s museum, where it remains today. The E-Type presented here is the last regular-production E-Type to leave the Brown’s Lane production line, excluding the commemorative run, chassis 2822.

Built to right-hand-drive specifications, it was ordered in British Racing Green with tan leather interior and manual gearbox. Purchased by its current owner in 1994, the car spent most of its last twenty-five years at the consignor’s holiday home in Hawaii, where it was well preserved and used sparingly. Having been shipped to the consignor’s home in Austria in 2015, a full restoration was commissioned, which took three years to complete, culminating in a refinishing in its original British Racing Green, along with new tan upholstery.

Notably, it features the correct period chrome wire wheels and an upgraded wooden steering wheel. Original instruments and other original features have been retained. Incredibly, it has not been driven since, but has been carefully preserved to ensure it remains in excellent condition.

Needless to say, this is a historically significant Jaguar that would stand proud in any collection.

2023-04-15 07:56:18 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 5/23

www.silverstoneauctions.com/1974-jaguar-e-type-series-3-v12-roadster-manual-rec1 ...&pn=1&pp=100

Auction description:

Supercar Fest Sale of Iconic and Classic Cars 2023

1974 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 V12 Roadster (manual)

A highly significant Jaguar, Chassis #2822 - the last regular-production E-Type to leave the Brown’s Lane production line. Superb provenance, expertly restored and in exceptional condition.

ODOMETER READING 26000 Miles

Registration Number KLO 58N

Chassis Number 1S2822

Transmission Manual

Body Colour Racing Green

The car presented here is 1974 Jaguar E-Type Series 3 V12 Roadster with the desirable manual gearbox and is a highly significant Jaguar, being chassis #2822 - fascinatingly, making it the last regular-production E-Type to leave the Browns Lane production line (excluding the commemorative run). This matching-numbers car is one of the finest examples of its type available anywhere in the world.

Built to a right-hand-drive specification, it was ordered in British Racing Green with a Tan leather interior and manual gearbox. Its original owner was based in Edinburgh, keeping it until 1981, before two further London owners between 1981 and 1987. By 1994 it was acquired by a collector in Hong Kong, who would go on to own it until 2019; the car spent most of those 25 years at the collector’s holiday home in Hawaii, where it was well-preserved and used sparingly. Having been shipped to the collector's European home in Austria in 2015, a full restoration was commissioned by marque experts (all thoroughly documented with images/invoices), which took three years to complete, culminating in a refinishing in its original British Racing Green, along with new tan upholstery. The resultant car is, quite simply, superb.

Notably, it features the correct period chrome wire wheels and an upgraded wooden steering wheel. Original instruments and other original features have been retained. Incredibly, it was not driven since, having been carefully preserved to ensure it remained in excellent condition. Our vendor then bought the car from an international auction house in 2019, importing it from Austria and registering it here in the UK. He has enjoyed only a few hundred miles in it, it now indicating just 25,884 miles (atoc), spending approximately £5,000 on its maintenance/upkeep in that time. It is accompanied by two full files of paperwork, a lot of invoices showing the work done, the vast majority done by Jaguar and/or Jaguar specialists.

Needless to say, this is an historically significant Jaguar that would stand proud in any collection.