E -T Y P E C E L E B R AT I O N
1962 E-type 3.8-litre FHC FIA 1969 E-type Series 2 FHC The current owner of this Series 2 first encountered the car aged five, when his dad bought it new. During that time it’s been driven, or ridden in, by owner, father, grandfather and son – four generations linked
through a single E-type. Built in May 1969, it’s one of only 1071 RHD Series 2 FHCs to leave Browns Lane. It was driven up until it was ‘rested’ in 1988. Recovered in 2010 when the owner’s father passed away, it was
then treated to a concours restoration over a four-year period by Butlin & Sons Classic Cars in Derbyshire. Fully period correct, it still has its original 1960s leather-bound road atlas and dealer tax-disc holder.
Originally sold in the US as a left-hand-drive 3.8 Coupé, ‘667 YUE’ was brought back to the UK in the late 1990s by Richard Cresswell, former Jaguar test driver and protégé of Norman Dewis. He left Jaguar in the early 1990s to set up VBE Restorations, and the E-type was built up for him when he heard
that there was to be a new E-type race series. VBE converted the car to right-hand drive and a Semi-Lightweight spec. Sadly, he passed away not long after it was completed. The car now resides with its new owner, and races in the Jaguar Classic Challenge, Le Mans Classic and Motor Racing Legends.
1974 E-type Series 3 V12 OTS ‘HDU 555N’ is the last E-type to be built, and was kept by Jaguar. It was built on June 12, 1974, but not registered until February 5, 1975. Its title was transferred to the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust in September 1983. Production came to an end with a run of 50 special cars, all painted black apart from the
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second-last one, which was British Racing Green and supplied to a private collector. These 50 cars each had a plaque with a facsimile of Sir William Lyons’ signature. The Series 3 featured the then-new 5.3-litre V12, which was effectively the world’s only mass-production V12 engine at the time.
1969 E-type Series 2 DHC A love of Jaguars often runs in the family, but for this car more so than most. Its owner is the grandson of Sir William Lyons, whose favourite E-type was the S2 – an evolution of the S1. This Jaguar was originally
supplied by Henlys of Hendon, and the owner is the second recorded keeper. When he inherited it, it had been stored for years in a barn, then briefly at his grandfather’s Wappenbury Hall home. It was restored
in 1996 by RA Creamer and Son, where the owner worked. Nuneaton’s RS Panels repaired the body. It has covered 15,000 miles since, including trips to Le Mans, Scotland and various concours.
