Welcome to my ramblings about my pride and joy, an E-Type Jaguar V12 2+2 Series III Coupe.  These pages follow my purchase, restoration, ownership and eventual sale of this highly collectible Jaguar sports car and I welcome any feedback or  questions via E-mail.   

I owned this magnificent E-Type Jaguar for five years and had the pleasure of driving it for 15,000 trouble free kilometers before handing it over to its new Queensland based owner.

This was the second classic Jaguar that I had owned and restored.  My first Jag was a magnificent XJC V12, which is the rare Coupe version of the popular XJ Jaguar saloon. To check out my first Jag take a look at my Jaguar XJC pages.

The E-Type Jaguar had long been a favorite of mine.  My first involvement with one was when  a local mechanic had a white Coupe when I was a boy in the sixties. They had always appealed to me and it took me many years to finally own this beautiful classic Jaguar. 

This E-Type is an original Australian delivered 2+2 Coupe that was manufactured in February 1972. It is number 1,148 of 2,116 right hand drive series III V12 Coupes built. Only 114 of these cars were originally imported into Australia by Leyland, which makes it a rather rare vehicle in Australia. It is not known how many of the original 114 still exist.

Following an extensive bare metal restoration the car was put into service as my weekend hobby car and entered in Jaguar social and show events with the Jaguar Car Club of Victoria.  With detailed attention to some minor areas it would have been  more than capable of receiving top awards,  however, I was more interested in enjoying it on the road rather than spending all my time polishing it.

Concourse results

Go to my Locost Clubman

Go to my Jaguar XJC 5.3

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