This particular Series 1 E-Type Coupé is number #756 of the run and, as the accompanying Heritage Certificate confirms, was despatched to Jaguar dealer Bearts of Kingston-upon-Thames on 8th August 1962 prior to being registered to its first owner, U.

Emlyn of Broad Oak, Carmarthen, just one week later.

Finished in black with a red leather interior it was initially registered 283 XPJ.

In the late 1990s, the owner at the time decided to convert the car into a semi-lightweight racer and much of the work was carried out by Jim Morse of Abingdon and subsequently by noted race engineer, Bob Neville, owner of RJN Motorsport of Didcot and latterly more famous for preparing cars and drivers for the Nissan GT Academy programme.

‘#756’ has remained a semi-lightweight race car ever since and, after a few years in storage, we pick up the story in 2015/'16 when Classic Performance Engineering, who are based in Bicester, prepared the car for competition once more but this time to considerably mo...