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1969 Jaguar E-Type Series II ‘Semi lightweight homage

United Kingdom • 2 Mar 2024 • Lot 209

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AI Listing Summary

This is a meticulously crafted 1969 Jaguar E-Type Series II, a 'Semi lightweight homage' with a rebuilt 4.2L engine and triple Weber carbs. It features extensive modifications including widened arches, a roll cage, and Tillet seats, blending track-inspired elements with the classic E-Type design, making it a unique, fast road or track-day machine.

Condition

7

While described as being finished to an incredible standard, the car is a bespoke 'Semi lightweight homage' build with widened arches, roll cage, aluminum door cards, and racing seats. This moves it away from being a standard restoration and more towards a modified or track-focused vehicle, potentially affecting its condition score based on originality and broader market appeal. The modifications might not appeal to all buyers, thus slightly reducing the condition rating compared to a fully original, pristine example.

/ 10

Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

1R25711

Odometer:

71,384 miles

Reg Number:

UBD 384G

RHD/LHD:

LHD

Powered by the uprated 4.2 litre engine, compared to the 3.8 litre unit fitted to the previous model, the Series II E-Type offers longer legs for those continental drivers as well as offering a more practical sports car experience.

Those classic E-Type styling cues though, are still very much present with that most beautiful of bonnet lines extending all the way back, taking in the fixedhead cockpit and ending in the beautifully curved rear end.

Interestingly, the DNA from Sir William Lyons only extended to about 1,000 units of this model making it a rare iteration of this particular E-Type Jaguar.

A culmination of a lifetimes experience and three years of painstaking attention to detail has resulted in what can be described as a true breathtaking one off example of the Series II E-Type, what can be referred to as loosely an homage to the Semi lightweight E-Type of the 60’s this however in the vendors own terms was never intended to hold a likeness to any one car in particular but h...