2007-12-18 20:19:49 | Lofty writes:

Registered 568 GAB

2015-11-10 23:59:12 | colin matthews writes:

I used to own this car around 1966, I sold it and bought a later 4.2 E type but preferred the 3.8. I would love to talk to the present owner

2024-09-06 13:17:48 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 9/24

cars.bonhams.com/auction/29333/lot/557/1962-jaguar-e-type-series-1-38-litre-coup ...

Auction description:

Lot 557

Single ownership since 1989

1962 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 3.8-Litre Coupé

The Beaulieu Sale Collectors' Motor Cars & Automobilia|14 September 2024

Registration no. 568 GAB

Chassis no. 860272

Engine no. to be advised

• Original right-hand drive model

• Kept stored and seldom used

• Vendor moving abroad forces the sale

An original right-hand drive model, chassis number '860272' was first registered on 1st April 1962 and appears to have belonged to a Mr Welby of Upton until it passed to one Tim Lees, also of Upton, in 1988. One former keeper is noted since its first registration and May 1977. An invoice dated March 1989 to Mr Lees confirms that restoration works were undertaken to make good the bodywork as instructed. An MoT of April 1988 on file records the mileage of 65,064, while another records it as 65,780 in 1989. At time of cataloguing the odometer reading was 69,804 miles.

A purchase receipt on file confirms the E-Type was bought by our vendor in August 1989 through Anthony Cope Ltd for the sum of £24,000, which was a lot of money in those days! (The average UK house price was around £60,000.) The current vendor has owned the car for 35 years, during which period it has been stored and seldom used; his moving abroad is the reason for the sale. Recommissioning is advised before further use. Finished in Warwick Grey with contrasting red interior, '568 GAB' is offered for sale for the first time in 35 years and comes with a copy V5C registration document.