2018-08-18 16:00:20 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 8/18
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Auction description:
Lot Number 229
1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 4.2-Litre Roadster
$200,000 - $250,000
Offered without reserve
RM | Sotheby's - MONTEREY 2018 - Offered on: Saturday, August 25, 2018
Chassis No. 1E 13853
Engine No. 7E 10850-9
Gearbox No. EJ 11437
Body No. 7E 5570





Original matching-numbers engine and gearbox
Two-year photo-documented restoration by marque expert
Finished in attractive Cotswold Blue over a red interior
Driven only 1,700 miles since restoration
Includes Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate

This beautiful Series 1 4.2-Litre Roadster is an exceptional example of the model. It was originally finished in Carmen Red over a black interior with a black convertible top. Its accompanying Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate also records the E-Type as being dispatched on 11 November 1966 and then delivered through Jaguar Cars in New York. The original owner is noted as Roland M. Scott. While little is known of its intervening history, the car was owned for an extended period by Thomas Whiteside of North Attleborough Massachusetts before it was subsequently acquired by the current owner, still finished in its original color.

Looking for an exceptional example to restore, the consignor sent the E-Type to marque expert Dave Ferguson in Campbell, California. Dave Ferguson, a Jaguar Association chief judge, executed the 18-month, nut-and-bolt rotisserie restoration starting in September of 2012, finishing in December 2013. Finished in beautiful and period-appropriate Cotswold Blue over a red interior, the thoroughly documented restoration incorporates several subtle upgrades in an effort to improve drivability, including a 3.07 rear-end for highway driving, Dynamat sound and heat insulation, an aluminum radiator with a 12-blade cooling fan, a lightened flywheel, and sport camshafts. Furthermore, the car features a full set of tools, jack, and spare wheel as well as an owner's manual, service manual, and period documentation.

This particular example will not fail to impress, as it did when it placed 2nd in class at the 2014 Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance. This gorgeous automobile is wonderfully restored and exhibits the finest qualities of the first-series E-Type roadsters.