1968 Jaguar Xke S1 Ots 4.2l on 2040-cars
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Pictured here is a 1968 Jaguar XKE Series 1.5 OTS 4.2 Litre. It
is a "survivor" car with 21,281 original miles. It has been kept in
heated storage since 1987 with no rust and is a very solid example.
Purchased as a 2 owner car in 2011, with the previous owner enjoying it since 1971. This
car was manufactured "right of center" of the production run of 2,479
units that were LHD. It's been documented that only 778 Federal
designated OTS cars were made for import to the United States. Here are the builder's tag numbers, and all units/chassis bear these numbers accordingly: Chassis No. 1E 17492 Engine No. 7E 16836-9 Gearbox No. KE 764 Body No. 4E 9556 Paint British Racing Green Top black Interior black leather Date of Manufacture March 19th, 1968 Work performed within the last year; New battery and original alternator rebuilt Entire brake system gone through, flush and bled system One fuse box replaced due to bad fuse clips; kept the original Fluids all drained and replaced with specific grades as required Leather conditioned Brake reservoir cap/level indicator (1) replaced; kept original Check valve clearance, all good, no adjustments necessary All front end inspected, all serviced and in good condition Fuel tank and system cleaned, both carburetors full rebuild, needles adjusted for standard pump gas New complete stock exhaust system Electrical system gone through, all works well The car has been driven 962.3 miles since work was performed. Whether
driving in the city or on the highway it ran without a glitch. No over
heating, all gauges functional and true to their readings. Drives straight and solid, and it brakes straight. Also the car received a full paint job in 1987 it's original color of
BRG, seemingly due to the right front being "tapped". Under close exam
it was minor. The
"new" paint shows a patina of 27 years. It was never wet sanded until
recently, with 2500 grit, and it's quite nice. Given the fact all else
is original it works well with the aesthetics of this car. What the car needs;
#1) Tires, we did not change them, and they hold air well enough to
drive/store it, but are suffering from dry rot. Purchaser can decide on
black, white or red line tires to their liking. #2) An original jack, the companion wrench, and tool kit.
#3) The "motif" bar in the bonnet's center. This car was fitted, as a
few were, with a small opening bonnet due to '68 being a "transition"
year, hence this year has the lowest yearly production for E-types
throughout the 3 series. Other notes to point out; The top fits well. All glass is very good, interior is in great shape, and the rubber and seals are good original condition. Factory seat belts are in working order. Door locks, hinges, window regulators all function as new. This particular car can be driven as shown here, or exhibited with pride in "survivor class" at any classic car show. I enjoyed driving it, top down and all, but other projects prevail. Please contact me w/any questions, or I can send any additional
specific photographs upon request. You can bid with confidence on this
rare Jaguar roadster, and good luck in bidding. |
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Lightweight E-Type to show historic side of Jaguar Special Operations in Monterey
Mon, 11 Aug 2014Jaguar has made a lot of great vehicles over the years, but as far as historians are concerned, it still very much lives in the shadow of the original E-Type, small as it was. In its image, Jaguar has made two generations of XK and the new F-Type, but what we have here is the most faithful continuation of the E-Type heritage yet.
Alongside the Range Rover Sport SVR and the F-Type Project 7 (making its US debut), Jaguar Land Rover and its new Special Operations division will roll into Pebble Beach this year with the continuation Lightweight E-Type. Of the 72,500 E-Types which Jaguar built between 1961 and 1975, only a dozen were Lightweight versions, and they remain the most coveted E-Types of all. It originally planned on building 18 examples, though, and five decades later, it's now committed to completing that original production run in faithful detail.
The Lightweight E-Type was based on the standard roadster and was homologated as such, just with some key upgrades to make it lighter and faster. The biggest change, of course, was the lightweight aluminum bodywork that cut 205 pounds off the curb weight. To replicate it, Jaguar took the last example (the only one made in 1964 after the original eleven were made in '63), scanned half its body surface, mirrored it to ensure symmetry and set about reproducing it with the same standard of materials available in the Sixties (and resisting the urge to go with more modern grades of aluminum). 75 percent of the 230 components are made in-house, with the largest stampings outsourced and built on machinery built to Jaguar's specifications off-site.
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Jaguar buys world's largest collection of British cars
Mon, 28 Jul 2014Whether you're looking at Bertone going bankrupt or Spyker facing (and subsequently resolving) a large tax bill, it's saddening to see an automaker having to sell off its factory collection. That's why we're glad to report that there are still some acquiring historic vehicles from their pasts. Like Jaguar, which has just bought the largest private collection of classic British cars in the world.
The collection of 543 cars was painstakingly assembled by one James Hull, a British dentist with some 50 dental clinics to his name across the UK and who was keen to find the right buyer to take possession of his life's work and preserve it for years to come.
Of those 543 cars, the majority are of British origin, including over 130 Jaguars. The collection includes seven XK120s, several C- and D-Types, a rare XKSS, eight E-Types, thirty Mark-series Jaguar sedans, nineteen XJS coupes and convertibles, some twenty XJ sedans as well as some pre-war SS models and Swallow sidecars and coachbuilt specials from the company's early days. Among the many noteworthy examples are a rare SS100, an alloy-bodied XK120 and an MK X owned by company founder Sir William Lyons himself, as well as Winston Churchill's Austin, Elton John's Bentley, and racing driver and motorcycle rider Mike Hailwood's E-Type.