2016-11-13 04:18:18 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 12/16
www.bonhams.com/auctions/23598/preview_lot/5018462/

Auction description:
1963 Jaguar E-Type
£120,000 - 150,000
CA$ 200,000 - 260,000
The Bond Street Sale
London, New Bond Street
Registration no. AEW 777A
Chassis no. 861280
*Original right-hand drive model
*Exported new to South Africa
*Matching numbers (chassis, body, engine, gearbox)
*Freshly restored

Manufactured on 5th September 1963, chassis number '861280' is one of only 388 right-hand drive E-Type Coupés built during that year. The car's original colour scheme was cream with red interior trim. Exported new to South Africa and delivered via Robb Motors of Cape Town, the E-Type subsequently came back to the UK and was reregistered in this country in July 1999 to a Mr Naylor in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. He owned the car for 13 years and sold it to the current vendor in 2012.

Between October 2012 and October 2016, the E-Type was restored by Aston Service London, undergoing a complete and thorough rebuild of all components. It had covered 68,651 miles prior to the restoration, and was in fairly good condition. The restoration included taking the monocoque tub back to bare metal; all the original panels were found to be virtually rust free, and have been retained, and the car has been refinished in Jaguar Opalescent Silver Grey. The body refurbishment and paintwork were entrusted to Classic Car Restorations of Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, while renowned experts Suffolk & Turley re-trimmed the interior in red leather.

The original engine was rebuilt by Classic & Modern Engine Services of Bracknell, Berkshire, and the original Moss gearbox overhauled BPA Engineering of Whitchurch, Hampshire. Correct Avon 185/R15 tyres are fitted, while sympathetic upgrades include Rob Beere coil-over dampers; Rob Beere sports suspension kit; front anti-roll bar; larger aluminium radiator; electric cooling fan; up-rated alternator with pulley kit; and a high-torque starter motor. Often the weak point of many older classics, the brakes benefit from considerable improvement too, featuring ventilated discs, larger callipers, braided hoses, and an upgraded servo. The odometer was zeroed at time of the rebuild, since when the car has covered around 595 'test' miles only. Presented in commensurately excellent condition, this fully restored E-Type is offered with restoration invoices, MoT to June 2017, and a V5C registration document.