Formerly the demonstrator for Peco exhausts - Restored in the 1990s and well maintained since It is remarkable to think of the effect the E-Type had on the world when launched in 1961.

At a time when 70 mph was considered perfectly rapid enough for a family car, here was a British-built sports car which could hit a claimed 150mph! The top speed figure was possibly a little optimistic but the public didn’t object - with a list price of just over £2,000 it was half the price and just as striking as its more exotic rivals from Italy.

The Jaguar E-Type is without doubt one of the most important and prettiest sports cars of all time, at its Geneva Auto Saloon launch in 1961 Enzo Ferrari famously referred to the E-Type as the most beautiful car in the world, and he surely was someone who should know.

Clearly the E-Type was strongly influenced by the famous Le Mans-winning D-Type racer of the late 1950s.

Less famous but no less relevant was the lesser known E1A prototype of 1957; smaller ...