1973 JAGUAR E-TYPE

JAGUAR E-TYPE SERIES 3 FHC

£55,000

Mileage: 6,668 mi
Prev owners: 2
Engine: 5.3L
Fuel: Petrol
Gearbox: Manual

Description

This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Iconic Sale at the BRDC Classic 2026 - Collectors' Cars on Saturday the 25th of July, The Wing, Silverstone Circuit, NN12 8TN. A decade after the Jaguar E-Type Series I arrived, the design progressively matured through 1971 with the introduction of the Series 3 developed to showcase the new smooth and torquey 5.3-litre engine, originally destined for Le Mans. Being slightly larger and altogether much softer in nature, the E-Type in Series 3 form had lost the wildness of its youth but gained the long-legged touring profile, to which it was arguably better suited.

A long-legged tourer it may have been but this was undoubtedly a rather quick motor car. The 5,343cc all-alloy SOHC 24-valve V12 generated 272bhp at 5,850rpm and 304lb/ft at 3,600rpm which, when fed through the four-speed manual gearbox, offered 0-60 in 6.8 seconds on its way to over 140mph.

On offer here is a very special UK-supplied, right-hand drive, manual gearbox Series 3 which has been with its current private owner for the last 40 years. Presented in the timeless combination of Opalescent Silver with a black leather interior and sitting on a set of chrome wire wheels, this exceptional, matching-numbers Series 3 has covered a warranted 6,668 miles and was treated to Ziebart Protection from new. Fresh to market from 40-years long-term private ownership, it has been enjoyed by just two former keepers throughout its life and survives today as an extraordinarily original motor car, displaying qualities that can only be preserved rather than re-created.

Accompanying the Jaguar is a collection of original documentation, including its original handbook pack, Passport to Service booklet, Jaguar Heritage Trust Production Record Trace Certificate, service records, maintenance documentation, its original tools, the unused spare wheel, and it still has its original spare key screwed to the bulkhead. We understand that the car was serviced earlier this year.

Low-mileage E-Types have always been highly sought after, but examples retaining this level of originality and provenance are now exceptionally scarce. While restored cars can undoubtedly be beautiful, they can never truly replicate the integrity, authenticity and character of an unrestored, carefully preserved survivor and fresh examples of this calibre seldom become available

Combining remarkably low mileage, matching numbers, limited ownership, outstanding originality, extensive accompanying documentation and the highly desirable manual gearbox, this is an opportunity to acquire one of the finest preserved Series 3 E-Types likely to be offered for sale. Quite simply, it represents the sort of collector-grade Jaguar that is becoming increasingly difficult - if not impossible - to repeat.