A decade after the Jaguar E-Type Series I arrived, the design progressively matured through 1971 with the introduction of the Series 3 developed to showcase the new smooth and torquey 5.3-litre engine, originally destined for Le Mans.

Being slightly larger and altogether much softer in nature, the E-Type in Series 3 form had lost the wildness of its youth but gained the long-legged touring profile, to which it was arguably better suited.

The 1973 Jaguar E-Type in Heather is one of the rarest, most distinctive factory-specification variants of the iconic British sports car .

Introduced for the final Series 3 generation, Heather is an authentic, period-correct, metallic dusty pink hue that Jaguar offered for a very limited window starting in 1973.

It represented British Leyland's push into bold, unconventional 1970s colours alongside shades like Greensand and Turquoise.

Because it was highly polarising at launch, very few buyers ordered it, making original Heather-painted E-Types i...