Jaguar E-Type Series III V12 'Commemorative'

Limited Production Of 50 Units, Rare And Collectable, Bronze Plaque Signed By William Lyons, Fully Restored Example. On its release in March 1961] Enzo Ferrari called it the most beautiful car ever made. In 2004, Sports Car International magazine placed the E-Type at number one on their list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s. In March 2008, the Jaguar E-Type ranked first in The Daily Telegraph online list of the worlds� 100 most beautiful cars of all time. Outside automotive circles, the E-type received prominent placement in Diabolic comic series, Austin Powers films and the television series Mad Men.The final 50 Right Hand Drive Roadsters were built as a final edition to formally mark the end of the E-Type production. These were known as the E-Type Commemorative. There was a choice of manual or automatic, 19 automatic and the remainder manual. The first of the 50 Commemoratives was built on the 15th May 1974 and E-Type production officially closed with the last car one month later on 12th June. A bronze plaque adorns each example, usually on the dashboard and is inscribed with the individual chassis number and William Lyon�s signature. This incredibly rare car has had only one owner since it was two months old, and has covered a genuine 18,000 miles from new. Driving superbly having had a recent engine rebuild following a period in storage. Fully restored in 2015 to the highest possible standard having had a full bare metal rotisserie respray, new interior and full re-chroming of all brightwork (at a cost of �132,000). This is a matching numbers car, complete with original manuals, tool roll and jack and the all- important commemorative plaque on the glove-box cover. The chassis number sequence commenced at �2822�, making it the 4th off of the production line. These cars are extremely rare with a total production of 50 units only.