2026-04-18 01:45:11 | Reno writes:

On auction at Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-30---1969-jaguar-e-type-42-fixed-head-coup/

Description:

A marvellous unrestored, matching-numbers survivor, this E-Type represents a very rare combination of the Fixed Head Coupé body in home-market RHD specification with the manual gearbox, Sable paint and Cinnamon leather upholstery. Manufactured on March 5th, 1969, it was despatched to the distributor Mann Egerton of Derby and then marked as “Personal Export Delivery,” though it appears to have remained in this country, being issued with the Coventry registration ‘UHP 291G’.

The V5C indicates only one former registered keeper, with the present keeper having acquired the Jaguar in recent years, having unearthed it from where it had been hibernating in storage. It is thought to have resided there for some decades, and it is potentially plausible that the 12,400 miles displayed on the odometer are original. Certainly, the E-Type shows little signs of excessive use, and it was evidently stored in good conditions as it survives as an almost totally unrestored car with no obvious signs of deterioration, just a charming veneer of patina. The only restoration work we are aware of is a repaint in the original Sable at some point in the past, and the very recent mechanical recommissioning.

Sold for £30,938