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Lot # 117 1965 Jaguar XKE SI 4.2 Coupe; S/N 1E31564; Engine # 7E53519; Black/Red leather; Estimate $100,000 – $130,000; Older restoration, 2+ condition; Hammered Sold at $130,000 plus commission of 10.00%; Final Price $143,000 – Chrome wire wheels, Becker Europa radio. Amelia Island Concours class winner in 1999. Excellent paint and interior. Light creasing on seats. Engine fastidiously detailed with gloss enamel coating still on the exhaust headers. An older restoration incredibly well maintained. JDHT documented, numbers matching, original colors. No Reserve. Though its restoration is no longer fresh, this car simply shined and many auction goers stopped to admire it. This price is strong for a coupe but this car’s condition and appearance earned it. Little remembered these days, but the coupe was the XKE that got our juices flowing in the Sixties. It is a masterpiece of design, even if the top doesn’t go down.
If your looking for the first time, you will have an opportunity to purchase this vehicle at the Gooding and Company Auction in Pebble Beach Aug. 18-19, 2012!!
We are proud to offer for sale this spectacular 1966 Jaguar XK-E (E-Type). This award winning, multiple show winning car went thru a complete restoration in the mid 90's although the original interior still resides as it was in such spectacular condition.
The black paint is absolutely flawless as is the engine room, interior and undercarriage. This car needs nothing except TLC and can be taken to any show with winning expectations.
The car drives exceptionally well, sounds like ti should, and stops on a dime. The car is accompanied by all the books, tools, jack, wheel mallet, grease/oil dispenser, awards, books, manuals etc, as well as the Heritage Certificate from Jaguar, proving it's provenance. If you are looking for a show winning Series l XKE that can also be enjoyed, look no further. Please call us to schedule a viewing.
Gooding and Company Description
When the Jaguar E-Type first debuted in 1961, the motoring press marveled that the beautiful car looked and performed like the finest models from competitors such as Ferrari, Maserati and Aston Martin, but at a fraction of the investment. 51 years later, this assessment is no less true; the marvelous E-Type has aged to perfection, often noted as one of the most influential designs of all time.
This beautiful Coupe features the newly available 4.2-liter engine, as well as the all- synchromesh gearbox and more comfortable cockpit that distinguished the later Series 1 cars from earlier examples. According to a certificate of authenticity from the JDHT, this striking car completed manufacture on August 19, 1965, finished in black paint with a red interior, the same colors that continue to grace the car today. Dispatched for the United States on September 1st, this E-Type was shipped to the famous Jaguar Cars New York for sale to Cloninger Buick/Oldsmobile, a dealership in Thomasville, North Carolina. It is believed that the car’s first owners were the Hanes family of the Hanes textile fortune.
By the late 1980s, the Jaguar was registered to a new owner in Pennsylvania, who retained possession until the car was sold to William J. Avery of Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, in June 1993. Mr. Avery soon commissioned a restoration of the E-Type to return it to its former glory. Presented at the 1999 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, the stylish Coupe took home the plaque for Most Elegant Closed Car, an honor it essentially repeated two years later when awarded Most Elegant Closed Automobile at the 2001 Concours d’Elegance of the Eastern United States in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In 2012, this Jaguar was acquired by its current caretaker who has since maintained the car’s impressive appearance.
This stunning E-Type continues to exhibit superlative cosmetic quality, with a resplendent shine to the paint and meticulous detailing of the engine bay and undercarriage. In addition to exhibition awards, the car is accompanied by numerous original materials that enrich its authenticity, including owner’s manuals and books, a complete tool kit, jack and the JDHT heritage certificate, confirming that the car is a matching-numbers example finished in its original color scheme. This ravishing Series 1 Coupe is a concours-ready example poised for further exhibition accolades, or for the stylish driving experience for which the model is renowned.
VIN #
1E - Series l 4.2 Liter
31564 (Series l 4.2 Litre Left Hand Drive Fixed Head Coupe Cars fall in range 1E30001 - 1E34249 - 4,249 built)
DATA PLATE
Chasis #: 1E31564
Engine #: 7E 5351-9
Body #: 4E22480
Gearbox #: EJ4366
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
Color: Exterior - Black, Interior - Red
Body Style: 2-dr coupe
Mileage: 64100
Engine: 4.2L XK 6
Transmission: 4-speed manual
Wheelbase: 96.0 in
Length: 175.3125 in
Width: 65.25 in
Height: 48.125 in
Curb Weight: 2,900 Ibs
Production Number: 5,830 (Sl 4.2L)
The E-Type was initially designed and shown to the public as a rear-wheel drive grand tourer in two-seater coupé form (FHC or Fixed Head Coupé) and as convertible (OTS or Open Two Seater). The 2+2 version with a lengthened wheelbase was released several years later.
On its release Enzo Ferrari called it "The most beautiful car ever made." The New York City Museum of Modern Art recognized the significance of the E-Type's design in 1996 by adding a blue roadster to its permanent design collection, one of only six automobiles to receive the distinction.
The model was made in three distinct versions which are now generally referred to as "Series 1", "Series 2" and "Series 3". A transitional series between Series 1 and Series 2 is known unofficially as "Series 1½".
The Series 1 was introduced, initially for export only, in March 1961. The domestic market launch came four months later in July 1961. The cars at this time used the triple SU carb 3.8 litre six-cylinder Jaguar XK6 engine from the XK 150S. The first 300 cars built had flat floors and external hood (bonnet) latches. These cars are rare and more valuable. After that, the floors were dished to provide more leg room and the twin hood latches moved to inside the car. The 3.8-litre engine was increased to 4.2 litres in October 1964.
All E-Types featured independent coil spring rear suspension with torsion bar front ends, and four wheel disc brakes, in-board at the rear, all were power-assisted. Jaguar was one of the first vehicle manufacturers to equip cars with disc brakes as standard from the XK150 in 1958. The Series 1 can be recognised by glass-covered headlights (up to 1967), small "mouth" opening at the front, signal lights and tail-lights above bumpers and exhaust tips under the number plate in the rear.
3.8-litre cars have leather-upholstered bucket seats, an aluminium-trimmed centre instrument panel and console (changed to vinyl and leather in 1963), and a Moss four-speed gearbox that lacks syncromesh for first gear ("Moss box"). 4.2-litre cars have more comfortable seats, improved brakes and electrical systems, and an all-synchromesh four-speed gearbox. 4.2-litre cars also have a badge on the boot proclaiming "Jaguar 4.2 Litre E-Type" (3.8 cars have a simple "Jaguar" badge). Optional extras included chrome spoked wheels and a detachable hard top for the OTS.
A 2+2 version of the coupé was added in 1966. The 2+2 offered the option of an automatic transmission. The body is 9 in (229 mm) longer and the roof angles are different with a more vertical windscreen. (this is an incorrect assumption, the S1 OTS, coupe and 2+2 had identical rake windshields). The roadster remained a strict two-seater.
Less widely known, right at the end of Series 1 production and prior to the transitional "Series 1½" referred to below, a very small number of Series 1 cars were produced with open headlights. Production dates on these machines vary but in right hand drive form production has been verified as late as March 1968. The low number of these cars produced make them amongst the rarest of all production E Types.
Following the Series 1 there was a transitional series of cars built in 1967–1968, unofficially called "Series 1½", which are externally similar to Series 1 cars. Due to American pressure the new features were open headlights, different switches, and some de-tuning (with a downgrade of twin Zenith-Stromberg carbs from the original triple SU carbs) for US models. Some Series 1½ cars also have twin cooling fans and adjustable seat backs. Series 2 features were gradually introduced into the Series 1, creating the unofficial Series 1½ cars, but always with the Series 1 body style.
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