£61,788
1968 Jaguar E Type
Bonhams Cars Online • UK • 6 Jan 2025
Market Position:
Lower Mid-Market
Track live values and receive listing alerts
Track live values and receive listing alerts
£61,788
1968 Jaguar E Type
UK • 6 Jan 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1968 Jaguar E-Type Open Two-Seater is a well-maintained example that has benefited from significant recent mechanical work, costing £27,000, ensuring it's in top mechanical condition. The car boasts a 'Carmen Red' exterior and a black leather interior, with a new mohair hood fitted in 2022. It also includes a Jaguar Heritage Trust certificate confirming it as a matching numbers car.
Condition
7
The car presents exceptionally well with crisp shut-lines and vibrant paint. The interior is original and authentic with a welcoming patina. Mechanically, it starts on the button and handles with poise, thanks to recent work by Southern Classics. While not in concours condition, it maintains its authenticity and originality, making it a well-preserved and appealing example.
/ 10
91,653 miles
1E2173
RHD
United Kingdom
Manual
ROP 566E
1968
Auction
£61,788
1968 Jaguar E Type
Bonhams Cars Online • UK • 6 Jan 2025
Market Position:
Lower Mid-Market
Track live values and receive listing alerts
Description
We’re rather familiar with this car.
The current vendor bought it through us in 2022.
At the time, we said it was in excellent condition and was a very good and largely original car.
Well, since then it’s got even better, primarily because the vendor has spent around £27,000, mostly with Southern Classics, ensuring that it is mechanically the best possible version of itself.
He has also followed the example of his predecessor, a man who owned the car for 40 years and who was never less than fastidious, diligent and conscientious in his care, maintenance and curation of this fine E Type Roadster.
The 40-year owner averaged fewer than 200 miles per annum over the last 16 years of his ownership, but he regularly started and ran the car, kept it warm and dry in a dehumidified garage (as has the present vendor), and always had the car maintained and serviced by a racing mechanic friend at the nearby Oulton Park circuit.
The current vendor has enjoyed the car on road trips to Norfolk, ...
Price Analysis vs Other E-Type Series 1.5 Roadsters
£16,485
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£69,179
Median Price (Since 2020)
£231,547
Highest Price (Since 2020)
World Record
If this vehicle sells at the mid-point of its estimate it will set a new world record for the [enter model]
Lower Mid-Market
Compared to previous sales, the sale price placed this vehicle in the lower mid-market for the E-Type Series 1.5 Roadster.
Lowest Price
If this vehicle sells at the mid-point of its estimate it will be the lowest price we've seen for the [enter model]
Average Price
The mid-point of the vehicle's estimate places it near the average price we see for the [enter model]
Rare Sale
This vehicle comes to market rarely. In auction records we've only seen [enter number] sold before
Icon
This vehicle is an icon of the game. Any collection would benefit from having one
Previous E-Type Series 1.5 Roadster Sales
MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 17th Sept 2025
Latest MOT mileage:
91,653 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 18th Sept 2024, 91,653 miles
Passed
On 15th May 2023, 90,150 miles
Passed
On 7th Jul 2022, 89,859 miles
Passed
On 31st Aug 2017, 89,109 miles
There was 1 defect noted.
Advisory:
- Nearside Front brake slight bind
MOT Mileage Trend
Gallery
People Also Viewed - Historic
Auction House Headquarters
Bonhams Cars Online
101 New Bond Street, London, Greater London, W1S 1SR, England
Based in London, Bonhams Cars Online is an online auction platform dealing in classic, performance, and collector vehicles. They operate timed online auctions and provide vehicle consignment services.
Insurance
