2011-10-01 21:57:39 | pauls writes:

Car was at auction 9/11
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Auction description:
Lot number 81
Hammer value £28,000
Description Jaguar E-Type S2 Roadster
Registration HDA 824J
Year 1970
Colour Red
Engine size 4,235 cc
Chassis No. 2R14850
Engine No. 7R137749

HDA 824J spent the first part of its life in the US, being exported to British Leyland New York on 30th November 1970. By 1st August 1972 the car had already been repatriated, the date of its subsequent conversion to RHD remaining a mystery. It is also unclear as to whether the car was ever registered in the US - the Series 3 V12 was announced at about that time and sales of the Series 2 models became notoriously difficult.

During the 1990s it was the subject of a £30,000 restoration at which point it was painted its current Regency Red and trimmed in Magnolia hide. Emerging from the restoration in 1996 with 23,451 miles showing on the odometer, only 6,500 miles have been added in the intervening years. Jaguar specialist CMC undertook a further £10,000 worth of work which included the 5 speed gearbox conversion. The current owner purchased the car from them in 2004 and has used it for light, local, dry miles.This most eye catching E-Type is exceptionally clean under the bonnet and comes with MOTs back to 1996, a Heritage Certificate, workshop manual, handbook, bills from CMC and is MOTd until April 2012. It has also been fitted with a stainless steel exhaust and a mohair hood and tonneau.

Amendment - Buyers should be aware that at some time in its life this car has been involved in an accident which has given it a category "C" insurance status (damaged, repairable) .

2011-10-25 19:26:20 | pauls writes:

SOLD Hammer Price £28000

2025-11-17 16:16:47 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 12/25

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-1970-jaguar-e-type-42-roadster/

Auction description:

3rd Dec, 2025 The Millbrook Sale, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire

1970 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 Roadster

Subject to a photographically documented £100,000-plus restoration less than 5,000 miles ago

Estimate £60,000 - £80,000

Registration No: HDA 824J

Chassis No: 2R 14850

MOT: Exempt

Initially built to left-hand drive specification for the US market, but repatriated to Britain in 1972

Believed to have been coverted to right-hand drive by British Leyland immediately upon import

Subject to a photographically documented restoration in 2017 costing over £100,000 in the vendor's ownership

Matching numbers engine block which has benefitted from a complete overhaul

Upgraded with 123 electronic ignition and a five-speed gearbox

Repainted in the attractive colour scheme of Indigo Blue over a Beige leather interior, with a Black mohair hood

The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust certificate reveals that ‘HDA 824J’ was manufactured on October 12th, 1970, and despatched on November 30th to its original dealer, British Leyland New York. It left the factory in left-hand drive specification, with a 4.2-litre engine and manual gearbox, and was painted Light Blue with a Dark Blue interior and a Blue soft-top. Intriguingly, however, it was registered for British roads ion August 1st, 1972, and it is not known if it was ever actually registered in New York; Series IIs were known to be a hard sell when Series III V12 E-types were introduced in 1971, but it was perhaps most likely that the original owner was an American who migrated to Britain, or a British expatriate returning home. It is thought the subsequent right-hand drive conversion was performed by British Leyland not long after the Jaguar was reimported.

The history of ‘HDA 824J’ becomes quite well documented from the 1990s, when it was restored by marque specialist Classic Motor Cars for some £30,000, the work including a repaint in Regency Red, reupholstery in Magnolia hide, and upgrades such as a five-speed gearbox and stainless-steel exhaust. Fitted with 72-spoke chrome wire wheels and a new mohair hood and tonneau cover, the E-type’s restoration reached completion in 1996, at which point the odometer showed 23,451 miles. Thereafter, it appears to have been meticulously maintained although receiving only very sparing use. It was sold through Classic Motor Cars in 2004 to an owner who used it only for “light, local, dry miles,” such that when it was sold to the present owner at auction in 2011, it had covered only 6,500 miles since its 1990s restoration.

The new owner enjoyed it as it was for a time, entrusting some small maintenance tasks to Classic & Sports Cars Essex, such as a carburettor rebuild in 2012 and works in 2013 including fitment of an original Jaguar fuel pump, the replacement of the clutch slave cylinder and a radiator recore. New tyres were purchased from Vintage Tyres for £855 in 2014. The same year, he decided he would like the car repainted in its present Indigo Blue, but upon stripping it down several bodywork faults were discovered. Classic & Sports Cars Essex then embarked upon an extensive restoration from October, 2014, to June, 2016, which saw the engine, gearbox and rear suspension all overhauled, while the body was taken back to the bare metal, with all the panels properly repaired and the gaps carefully adjusted, with new door skins being made in true craftsman-like fashion on an English wheel. Sixteen coats of paint were then applied, with the underside finished with a bitumastic stone-proof coating, before the interior was retrimmed in Biscuit hide with Wilton carpets. A selection of high-quality photographs documented the process from beginning to end.

Upon completion of the work, the E-type was pressed back into use, being returned to Classic & Sports Cars Essex for the fitment of 123 electronic ignition and new fans in 2017, a service in 2019 and refurbishment of the rear bumper in 2020. More recently, maintenance has been entrusted to independent Jaguar specialists Epping Classic Cars, including a carburettor overhaul in 2020 and a general service in 2023. During the present ownership, expenditure with Classic & Sports Cars Essex exceeded £73,000, of which £60,000 was spent during the 2014-16 renovation. With occasional recourse to other specialists, total expenditure exceeded £100,000. Maintained in excellent condition throughout, the E-type is sold with an impressive paperwork file including the current V5C, a J.D.H.T. certificate, the 2011 auction catalogue, MOT certificates from 1996 to 2013 and 2016 to 2024, tax discs from 1999 to 2013, many invoices from the present ownership and some other records of maintenance back to the millennium. Fewer than 5,000 miles have been covered since 2016, and the Jaguar will be detailed, serviced and MOTed prior to the sale.

Sold for £57,375