£48,781
1970 Jaguar E Type Series 2 Roadster
Bonhams Cars Online • UK • 23 Oct 2025
Market Position:
Lower Mid-Market
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£48,781
1970 Jaguar E Type Series 2 Roadster
UK • 23 Oct 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1970 Jaguar E-Type Series 2 Roadster is a beautifully presented example, benefiting from a recent £28,000 recommissioning. Finished in a striking black over red leather color scheme, this right-hand drive roadster boasts matching numbers and is ready to be enjoyed.
Condition
8
The car is presented in excellent condition, particularly after the extensive recommissioning. The exterior has been professionally repainted and detailed, addressing previous imperfections. The interior is well-preserved, with minimal wear on the leather and other surfaces. Mechanically, the car is sound, starting easily and running well, with recent work evident in the invoices.
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258 miles
1R1364
RHD
United Kingdom
Manual
FBY 498H
1970
Auction
£48,781
1970 Jaguar E Type Series 2 Roadster
Bonhams Cars Online • UK • 23 Oct 2025
Market Position:
Lower Mid-Market
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Description
‘FBY 498H’ is a Series II Jaguar E Type Roadster that’s presented in the iconic colour scheme of black coachwork, chromed wire wheels. and a red leather interior.
Still boasting matching engine and chassis numbers, the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (JDHT) certificate confirms it was completed at Jaguar’s Browns Lane works on 11 September 1969, leaving the factory on the 7th of October before making its way to Ernest W.
Hatfield, the Jaguar agent for Sheffield.
The E Type later joined The Factory Fresh Collection, from whom the seller purchased it for his collection.
He arranged for it to be extensively recommissioned – we’ve uploaded invoices totaling more than £28,000 – and it now drives every bit as well as it looks.
We applaud anyone who buys a black classic – and salute anyone who changes the colour to black, which a previous keeper did back in 2015 when they changed it from the factory cream to the hue it wears today.
Because no colour is less tolerant of scuffs, ripples, an...
Price Analysis vs Other E-Type Series II Roadsters
£5,929
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£56,789
Median Price (Since 2020)
£220,585
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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Previous E-Type Series II Roadster Sales
MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 28th Jul 2026
Latest MOT mileage:
247 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 7th Jul 2025, 247 miles
Passed
On 29th Jul 2024, 1,124 miles
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101 New Bond Street, London, Greater London, W1S 1SR, England
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