2019-11-27 12:17:13 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 11/19
online.handh.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/catalog/119/lot/46129/%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F119%2F%3Fpage%3D2

Auction description:
Lot 82 of 127: 1963 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 Coupe
Registration No:Un-Reg
Chassis No:888918

- Finished in its original shade of Opalescent Silver Blue matched to a Dark Blue interior
- Matching chassis and engine block with R prefix 3.8 E-Type replacement cylinder head
- Imported back to the UK in 1989 and subject to a bodywork restoration in the 1990's
- Heritage certificate and understoord to have last been used in 1995
- Nova registered

2019-11-29 02:48:27 | Daniel writes:

Sold For:£33,750

2020-03-08 07:08:02 | Capt RD writes:

Lot 108 (Imperial War Museum Duxford, 18th March 2020)

At Auction

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/108-1963-Jaguar-E-Type-38-Coupe/&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=329&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0& ...

1963 Jaguar E-Type 3.8 Coupe

Registration No: Un-Reg

Chassis No: 888918

Finished in Opalescent Gunmetal matched to a black leather interior this E-Type was exported to the USA when new however arrived back in the UK in 1989. Recent work has consisted of being converted to RHD plus the fitment of numerous new chrome parts, New seats, door cards and carpets with a fresh repaint in its current shade plus an oil and filter change. Fitted with an S/S exhaust system the E-Type has matching chassis and engine block with an R prefix 3.8 E-Type replacement cylinder head and is offered with heritage certificate and UK duties paid.

Estimate £65,000 - £75,000

2025-10-12 06:21:00 | pauls writes:

Car returns to market 11/25

www.iconicauctioneers.com/1963-jaguar-e-type-rec16107-1-nec-1125

Auction description:

The Iconic Sale at the NEC Classic Motor Show 2025

1963 Jaguar E-Type Series I 3.8-Litre Coupé - Offered Directly from Rowan Atkinson CBE

Registration Number NWT 932A

MOT Expiry Exempt

Chassis Number 888918

Engine Number RA2689-9

Transmission Manual 4-Speed

Body Colour Opalescent Grey

With a top speed in excess of 150mph and 0–60mph in just seven seconds, it was the fastest production car in the world and, according to Enzo Ferrari, 'the most beautiful car ever made'. That launch car, chassis #2, finished in Opalescent Gunmetal Grey and registered 9600 HP, would go on to become one of the most celebrated E-Types of all time.

Fast forward six decades and the car's legend was reignited in 2022 with the Netflix comedy series Man vs Bee, starring Rowan Atkinson CBE. Commissioned by Netflix and viewed more than 25,000,000 hours globally, the series follows Atkinson’s character, a hapless house-sitter, as his attempts to rid a lavish country home of an irritating bee result in ever-escalating chaos, including catastrophic damage to what is portrayed as the 9600 HP E-Type. Viewers will recall the sequence in which the car’s rear window is shattered when reversed into a statue, the dashboard is destroyed with a crow bar, and a diamond cutter slices through the bodywork, all in pursuit of the elusive bee.

This very car is the actual Jaguar E-Type used by Rowan Atkinson in those memorable scenes, now offered for sale directly from his personal ownership. 

In reality, it is a 1963 Jaguar E-Type Series I 3.8-litre Coupé, finished in Opalescent Gunmetal Grey, originally supplied to the US in left-hand-drive form before returning to the UK in 1989. Since repatriation, it has been converted to right-hand drive and treated to numerous cosmetic and mechanical improvements including new chrome fittings, interior retrim with fresh seats, door cards and carpets, and an SS exhaust system. The car retains its original matching numbers engine block, though like many early cars it now carries a replacement cylinder head. 

Following its on-screen exploits, the car has been sympathetically restored and repaired, with a replacement rear window and dashboard and extra spares of both (from the film set) come with the car. The only subtle evidence of its cinematic career is on the nearside rear quarter — Mr Atkinson didn’t want to repair the hole that he personally (in character) had created, and so he asked for the section he had cut out to be rubber sealed back into the wing - a charming reminder and irrefutable proof of its starring role.

In every sense this is an exceptional opportunity, a desirable early E-Type 3.8 Coupé in the model’s most iconic colour, with impeccable provenance, celebrity ownership, and genuine screen-used status in a globally successful Netflix production. With a sequel, Man vs Baby, due for release this Christmas, its fame is set only to grow.

A truly unique example of Britain’s most beautiful sports car, offered without reserve directly from Rowan Atkinson CBE himself.