2025-05-06 00:55:50 | pauls writes:

Car at auction 5/25

www.brightwells.com/timed-sale/5722/lot/795963

Auction description:

1973 Jaguar E-Type S3 V12 Coupe

Estimate: £25,000-30,000

Registration Number HOX377L

Engine Size 5343cc

Engine Number 75110678A

Chassis Number 1S51782

Gearbox Manual

VAT Status No VAT

Documents V5C, 1 Invoice.

Tax and MOT status Tax and MOT exempt

From a deceased estate; just one owner and 50k miles from new; manual gearbox; recently recommissioned following a period in storage

First registered in Birmingham in May 1973, this E-Type V12 Coupe Manual has had just one owner from new and shows only 49,997 miles on the odometer which we are assured is correct.

On offer here from a deceased estate, we are told that it has always been properly looked after but unfortunately the family have been unable to find the history file for the car so there isn’t much we can tell you about it.

Unused for the last 10 years or so, in June last year it was sent to Butlin & Sons of Derbyshire to be recommissioned for sale. This cost almost £4,500 and included a thorough service, Crypton tune-up, rebuild of the carbs, new windscreen and door rubbers plus much else besides, all detailed in an invoice on file (see photos).

An undated note shows that another £2,000 was spent on fixing various faults (leaking rear shock absorbers; leaking diff pinion seal; gearbox mountings; front suspension bushes).

As you can see in the photos, it appears to be in generally good condition for the year/mileage and has been starting promptly and running well enough as we have moved it around on site.

Given how little it has been used in recent years, it will doubtless benefit from some precautionary checks and short local runs before any long journeys are undertaken.