2023-02-20 07:49:55 | pauls writes:

Car offered at:

www.carandclassic.com/auctions/1964-jaguar-e-type-series-1-fhc-38l-8jyrk4

Seller's description:

1964 Jaguar E-type Series 1 FHC 3.8L

Colour Red

Odometer 94,132 Miles

Engine size 3781

Auction DetailsSeller Type Private

Town Bristol

Location City of Bristol

Country United Kingdom

Freshly restored matching numbers E Type 3.8litre Series 1 Coupe 

Desirable late Series 1 – appears to be the 86th to last Series 1 3.8 coupe built

3.8 litre car fitted with upgraded fully synchromesh gearbox (original box included with sale)

Just serviced and set up on a rolling road

Full engine rebuild

Nut and bolt rebuild and respray recently completed by a Jaguar specialist

Retrimmed by Jaguar specialist BAS Trimming

Factory correct exterior red paint and burgundy leather interior trim

Three owners from new, one owner for 35 years

Invoices showing all replacement parts for the rebuild

Three owners from new

First registered 25th June 1964

Same owner for 35 years

·Vendor owns the company that repainted and reassembled it so can provide plenty of extra history information on request

The Interior

Freshly retrimmed by a well known Jaguar specialist

All brightwork rechromed

Factory fitted 4.2 dashboard

Factory tool kit

This car has been expertly retrimmed by a Jaguar specialist and is factory-correct right down to the finish on the wool-backed leather seats and the spacing of the boot bars. Even the period-correct radio and its factory fitted speakers look like new. 

The refurbishment included replacing or rechroming all the brightwork inside the car. The dials also look either new or refurbished. The Jaguar Heritage records show that this car did leave the factory with a burgundy interior. Since the work has only just been finished it must be very close to how this car would have looked on the sunny day it rolled out of the factory in June 1964.

The Exterior

Professionally resprayed by a Jaguar specialist 

Full nut and bolt restoration by engineer owner and the Jaguar specialist 

All exterior chrome either replaced or rechromed

All suspension and body parts, such as hinges, either replaced or refurbished

New stainless steel wire wheels in superb condition

Sits on brand new classic Dunlop 15inch tyres

Brand new stainless steel exhaust

What hasn’t been refurbished has clearly been replaced. The bodywork was professionally resprayed by the Vendor – who owns a specialist Jaguar bodyshop – and his firm has also reassembled it. Among the new parts were a factory supplied bonnet. The photographs show the depth of the work.

E Type doors are a notoriously troublesome area for any E Type restorer but the fit and finish on this car indicates the quality of the restoration. They look perfect, with clean lines down the car and consistent gaps all-round, including between the roof and door. That brand-new bonnet also lines up correctly with the scuttle, another painstaking job that reflects the skill of the restorer. 

The brightwork around the car looks either new or restored and there is a new stainless steel exhaust. The complicated rear suspension and cradle have been refurbished and rebuilt. 

The only blemish on the car perhaps indicates how good the work is because it is so minor. The chrome window frame on the passenger door has a small imperfect area. 

The Jaguar Heritage paperwork indicates that this car left the factory with Pearl Grey paintwork and a burgundy interior. However, the Vendor states that there is no evidence that this car was ever that colour – the bodywork behind the dashboard and in other hard to reach areas was clearly red. It is not unusual for factory records to be incorrect but the buyer may wish to discuss this with the Vendor. 

The car sits on brand new stainless steel wire wheels with classic Dunlop tyres. These look slightly wider profile than the rims on the original factory cars, but add to the purposefulness of this beautiful car.  

The Mechanics

3.8litre straight six fully rebuilt XK engine still needs running in

All synchromesh 4spd E Type 4.2 gearbox 

Original Moss box supplied with car 

Has just been serviced

Carburettors rebuilt 

Professionally set up on a rolling road 

This is a matching-numbers car with a fully rebuilt engine. This car has been retro-fitted with that desirable later all-synchro box, which perhaps gives the car the best of both worlds: the sweetness of the early, smaller motor with the driveability of that later gearbox. The original Moss box has been dismantled and is supplied with the car if the new owner wishes to return it to original factory specification. 

The restoration included a full mechanical rebuild from the front to the back of the car. The preponderance of shiny new parts in the photographs and the clean underside pay testament to the effort and expensive that must have been involved. Even the vehicle identification badges appear to have been refurbished. The complicated rear suspension as well as the front suspension and the braking system have all been rebuilt, visible in the photographs showing the car’s correct, even ride height.  

Unfortunately the service books and history were misplaced by the previous owner due to ill health.