1964 JAGUAR 3.8 E TYPE ROADSTER SOLD

COMPLETE MATCHING NUMBERS

THIS IS A COMPLETE CAR, NEEDING RESTORATION, WILL NEED BOTH OUTER SILLS REPLACING, BUT NO OTHER WELDING, YOU WILL NOT NEED TO USE ANY BODY FILLER AS IT IS DEAD STRAIGHT AND HAS NO DENTS OR SCRAPES.

YOU WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE ENGINE, BRAKES, AND RECONDITION, AS THIS CAR HAS NOT RUN IN OVER 20 YEARS, THE ENGINE DOES TURN.

THIS 3.8 ROADSTER LEFT THE FACTORY IN APRIL 1964, TO BE DELIVERED NEW TO A MR J C PETERSON IN THE USA .

ORIGINAL FACTORY COLOURS WERE OPALESCENT SILVER BLUE, WITH DARK BLUE PIPED LEATHER AND A BLUE HOOD.

REPAINTED AND RE-TRIMMED OVER 30 YEARS AGO TO BRG, CREAM INTERIOR AND CREAM HOOD, REALLY NEEDS AS PART OF RESTORATION TO GO BACK TO ORIGINAL COLOURS, BUT THATS UP TO THE NEW OWNER.

THIS IS A REAL CHANCE TO OWN WHAT IS BECOMING VERY, VERY RARE, THE LAST YEAR THE 3.8 ENGINE WAS FITTED IN THE E TYPE, RESTORED CARS ARE MAKING IN EXCESS OF £225,000.

DURING RESTORATION YOU COULD CONVERT TO RHD, WHICH IS VERY EASY TO DO.

THIS CAR SPENT MOST OF ITS LIFE IN NEW ORLEANS, AND WAS THERE WHEN IN 2005 HURRICANE KATRINA HIT, SADLY KILLING OVER 2000 PEOPLE, AND CAUSING HUGE DEVASTATION, THIS CAR APPARENTLY WAS CAUGHT UP IN THIS, BUT HAS SURVIVED ?, SO TRULY CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A  SURVIVOR E TYPE.

 

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