2025-06-15 08:08:38 | Clive writes:

Check out: www.helm-motorcars.co.uk/

2025-06-15 09:43:11 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 6/25 Stated as a model year 2021 yet having a Heritage Certificate for a 1963. Use judgement.

carsonline.bonhams.com/en/listings/helm/e-type/e2f930bd-75ac-421c-8f99-1261a28bb ...

Auction description:

2021 Helm E Type

888961

1,700 Miles

3781cc

manual

Silver Grey

Red Leather

Right-hand drive

Fast Road 3.8 300bhp Engine

Nickel Plated Brightwork

Bespoke Leather Interior By Bill Amberg

Full Matching Leather Luggage

Steel Reinforced Monocoque Shell

Heritage Certificate(s)

Born out of a love for the Series 1 Jaguar E-type, Helm exists to push the boundaries of automotive restoration. Bringing together uncompromising production standards, with advanced modern technology and bespoke interiors, it has a mission to celebrate the artistry of the iconic Series 1 design, while elevating the driving experience to the pinnacle of contemporary luxury, thus creating unique works of automotive art, which will never be replicated.

2025-11-24 15:43:12 | pauls writes:

Car returns to auction 11/25

www.historics.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-205---1963-helm-e-type-series-i-coup-38-litr ...

Auction description:

29th Nov, 2025 9:30

The Brooklands Velocity; Mercedes-Benz World

1963 HELM E-Type Series I Coupé (3.8 litre)

Number 1 of 6 bespoke builds by HELM

Estimate £215,000 - £280,000

Registration: AFM 832A

Chassis No: 888961

Odometer: 2,455

Number one of six produced

3,800-man hours to complete

Build estimated to cost £360,000 plus donor car

Leatherwork by Bill Amberg including Bespoke luggage

300bhp fuel injected and tuned engine

This is the first HELM E-Type, number one of six built and was revealed on 24th March 2021, it’s the very car that posed for multiple magazine and promotional shoots, shows, and even GQ Magazine featured the HELM in June 2021. The price started at £420,000 and now stands at £447,000 for the base car before options such as parking sensors, his and hers umbrellas, Öhlins suspension, uprated audio equipment etc. are fitted. If built to order today with bespoke luggage, it would cost in excess of £520,000 plus a 12-month wait, if that sounds like a lot, don't forget that the best, simply restored, E-Types can exchange hands for more than £250,000, then bear in mind that each of the HELM builds take over 3,800-man hours to produce.

This car has covered a mere 2,400 miles, much of that honing to the setup and engine dynamics with closed sessions at Silverstone which were utilised to create the ultimate E-Type driving experience for a road car and the top motoring journalists giving glowing road tests and reviews which can be found online and listed below. The colour is Opalescent Silver metallic, a Jaguar colour but finished far better than any car from the Jaguar factory with over 20 litres of paint used for each car. Trimmed in burnt orange leather by Bill Amberg and with the matching luggage set present, this trim alone is stated to cost circa £70,000 in leather and labour. Also, a wonder for such a classic are the soft close aluminium doors which ‘make sense’ but take hours of fitting and fettling.

The brightwork is no usual chromework, it is triple nickel plated with iridium HELM logos and the engine is a 300bhp 3.8 litre fast road incarnation with electronic fuel injection coupled to a five-speed gearbox with a 3.07 ratio LSD. The cooling system is significantly upgraded, air conditioning is present as it a Bluetooth sound system. The brakes are one of the more significant upgrades details of which can all be found in the specification supplied with the history file and online. The suspension is fully adjustable with poly busing and it’s coupled to an electric speed sensitive power steering system. The exhaust is a hand crafted, hand polished stainless steel example and looks and sounds incredible.

We could continue to describe this example but would run out of superlatives, in essence this is an E-Type that is barely an E-Type, more a kin to what Sayer would design today with more modern engineering and materials but then there is the bespoke nature of a HELM, designed to be fully bespoke to the client and finished to the very highest degree. Viewing is highly recommended, thinking about an Eagle…think again and inspect this car… a true 60’s car, rightfully a classic but so much more than a restoration.