2004-01-22 11:29:28 | pauls writes:

Info gathered with permission from:
www.hendi.nl/xke/main.htm

850014 is said to have been raced by Briggs Cunningham. It was reported to be located in England in the mid-eighties and was reported to have black license-plate lights. In 1991, it was reported to be undergoing restoration.

2005-03-03 10:44:48 | Herman Stöver writes:

according to the "International Jaguar E-Type Register Directory of Vehicles and Owners / 1986 edition" of the UK Jaguar Drivers Club this car was owned (1986) by Clifford G. Godfrey from West Pinchbeck,Spalding, Lincolnshire UK registration no. 140 FPX color Gun Metal Gray

2007-12-02 13:11:25 | Anonymous writes:

CAR IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION AND DRIVES VERY NICELY!!

2011-09-23 16:53:37 | pauls writes:

Seen at the Goodwood Revival Sept. 2011

2012-10-19 11:40:29 | pauls writes:

Car appears to be all decked out for racing. A photo in the November 2012 edition of The E-Type shows the car at the Goodwood Revival where it was said to have taken second place. Driven by John Young and Bobby Verdon-Roe.

2014-05-31 21:09:22 | pauls writes:

Feb. 2001 Jaguar World states the car was Fields Engineering raced by Briggs Cunningham, then owned by Clifford Godfrey under restoration by Hall & Fowler.

2019-03-02 08:44:53 | Jonathan Sheard writes:

What appears almost certain and missing from the narrative is that this car would have been the "demonstrator" belonging to Fields of Crawley (a.k.a. Fields Engineering Company (Crawley) Ltd.), the Jaguar dealer in Crawley, Sussex at that time.

2020-11-18 10:46:52 | Robert Easton writes:

I owned this E Type in 1983 and it was red and in a very poor condition if fact I still have the workshop manual that came with the car with information still in the front of the manual relating to the car.

Engine No. R.1051-9 Chassis No. 850014 & Body No. R.1041

I would love to see it now. I now own a 1969 2+2 at the moment being restored.

2022-05-16 10:48:43 | Anonymous writes:

that Jaguar E Type had been “built as a replica by John Young, who had sub-contracted the work to Nigel Morris

that car is in the TUKE / Dereck HOOD (JD Classic) High court judgement

Chassis 850014 had not been a competition car, but rather a “Priority List” car.

"obvious that the E-Type Lightweight is a replica”. In summary, the build features of the body shell were neither original nor period. The chassis number had the wrong typeface and placement. The chassis plate was in the wrong type and not original. The gearbox was completely the wrong type. The engine was a lightweight replica engine made from aluminium, rather than cast iron, and was a different shape to a period engine. The carburettors were obviously not period either."

2024-12-03 10:33:26 | Jango writes:

It's easy to see why the author of the comment on 16 May 2016 preferred to remain anonymous!