2005-01-09 14:05:59 | Ian Clarke writes:

Registered in the 53 E was originally PCY169M

Restored by Southern Classics 1990, still mint.

2025-04-21 15:43:40 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 5/25

www.handh.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-1973-jaguar-e-type-v12-roadster/

Auction description:

Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire, 21st May, 2025

1973 Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster

Entered from the Loch Lomond Collection

Estimate £70,000 - £80,000

Registration No: PCY 169M

Chassis No: 1S2298

MOT: Exempt

Previous concours winning example

Purchased into the collection in 2019 from Aston Martin specialist Nicholas Mee for £125,000

1 of just 1,872 RHD examples made and fitted with the more desirable four-speed manual gearbox

Matching numbers and excellently presented example

Entered from the Loch Lomond Collection, a collection made up of excellent examples of predominantly 1950s, 60s, and 70s classics

Chassis 1S2298 was manufactured in 1973, being dispatched to distributors Fletchers of Swansea through whom it was supplied new to the first owners M/S Country Tyre Services of Bedminster. Finished from the factory in the attractive colour combination of Primrose Yellow paintwork with a special order Dark Blue leather interior upholstery and Black hood, the E-Type was specified from the factory with the desirable manual transmission and wire wheels. Purchased into the previous long-term ownership in 1985, shortly after the acquisition (in 1989), the owner entrusted the Jaguar to restoration specialists Southern Classics of Cheshire to embark upon a full comprehensive restoration with a focus on retaining as much originality as possible and keeping the car to original specification. The restoration invoices on file confirm a total expense of some £17,500; the equivalent of some £55,500 with inflation today and likely massively beyond if completed at today's labour rates!

Following the completion of the restoration, the E-Type was a regular attendee of Concours d’Elegance events with the Jaguar Drivers Club, landing 1st Class awards in E-Type Classes at the 1990, 1993, and 1996 events, as well as a 2nd Class in 2000. Retained by the restorer and family until 2019, when purchased into the Loch Lomond Collection via Aston Martin specialist dealer Nicholas Mee for £125,000; the Loch Lomond Collection is one made up of fully restored examples of predominantly 1950s, 60s, and 70s classics. Used sparingly since the completion of the restoration at c.60,000 miles, just c.4,500 post-restoration miles having been covered in the following thirty-six years! Benefiting from attention to the brakes, engine tuning, re-chroming, and servicing since 2010, the E-Type has only completed very local excursions while in the collection and therefore a degree of recommissioning might be required before pressing into road use.

Offered with two ring-binder folders of paperwork, the extensive history file contains the JDHT Heritage Certificate, the previous Concours certificates, MOT certificates dating back to 1979 (at 53,859 miles) which support the mileage of 64,300 miles as being genuine, vast quantities of invoices dating back to 1981, sales literature and copy of the service handbook, previous valuation certificates, and a current V5C document which shows just four former keepers. Pleasingly, this home market, manual V12 Roadster also boasts matching chassis, engine and gearbox numbers. Registration number not included.