E-type for auction.

Ferris

Wilsons auctions, 13th down.

Kevin_Herron

Wrong bonnet. That car should have the faired in headlights.

Its not the worst one in the world but should be priced at the lower end of the scale.

PaulK_CCI

Kevin_Herron wrote: »

Wrong bonnet. That car should have the faired in headlights.

Its not the worst one in the world but should be priced at the lower end of the scale.

Correct me if I'm wrong Kevin, but I thought as of January 1967 the E-types already got the open headlights, prior to the August changeover for the Model Year 68, after which the car came to be known by the public as the Series 1.5.
Bumper is wrong though, as the indicator lights should be on top and the bumper should be split in the middle...

Here is an article about this http://www.jcna.com/library/concours/2006/e-type1.5.pdf
"The MY ’68 (Series 1.5) E-types can be better understood by documenting the major changes from the Series 1
E-types chronologically: In January 1967 Jaguar first produced the Series 1 E-types with open headlights. I
choose to label these cars as Series 1.25s, for convenience, otherwise every time I refer to them, I will have to
stumble through the lengthy, “Series 1 E-types with open headlights”. It should be understood that the labels we
use today for the Series 1.5s and Series 1s were never official Jaguar designations; they are simply
colloquialisms – understood by all familiar with the marque by common usage, after the official Jaguar
designation, in August 1968, for the Series 2 E-type."

Kevin_Herron

What you're saying is possibly correct, I just happen to know that car personally!

PaulK_CCI

if it has the 3 Su carbs, polished cam covers and the rocker switches in the interior and it is definitely built between januari and august 67 (as opposed to built earlier and 1st registered later...) , it woud have left the factory with the open headlight.

Do you know the car from new or from when it was imported? I suppose in an earlier restoration a lot of these 'changeover' series 1's would have been been converted back to faired in headlights, because it would make them more 'proper Series 1"....

It's just that I had this same issue a couple of years ago, where a client claimed that his car was 100% genuine and had never been restored, whereas I looked at the open headlight, confirmed the polished cam covers and rocker swithes in the cabin, and I arrived at the only conclusion that I thought possible, which was that it was a genuine series 1 and that the bonnet had been replaced at some stage. So after some digging, I learnt that these open headlight Series 1 do in fact exist, but it makes spotting a genuine car a bit more difficult.

I guess this would make the car in fact a bit rarer, since it would be a chance to pick up a genuine S1 for a lot less, since most people will assume it's a series 1.5 ...

bostoncommon

how much did it go for?

Kevin_Herron

The E-Type sold this evening for €10,200 plus commission.
Well over the odds given its condition.

In relation to the article you posted Paul, it refers specifically to cars sold to North America and not Europe.
Believe it or not, E-Types exported to America got the open head light modification before the European cars did!

bookerboy

Anyone know how much the Landrover Defender ('96 ex Garda)went for?