2017-04-04 11:55:18 | Harry Stevens writes:

Lot 464 at Classic Car Auctions sale of classic cars at the Warwickshire Exhibition Hall near Leamington Spa on 24 September 2016. Sold for £25,550. Catalogue description below. The URL is
www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/jaguar-e-type-series-ii-2-2

With just 507 left in the UK, a great winter project... the series II is considered, in hindsight, to be the best variant of the iconic E Type. Improved features included a wrap around rear bumper with the tail lights now underneath, and the larger front indicators were similarly repositioned below the slightly heavier front bumpers. The cooling was much improved helped by the large mouth. Series II cars also featured twin electric fans and uprated brakes.

This manual example, in Old English White with a contrasting black interior, was first registered on 10 January 1970 to the first of three former keepers before being bought by Mr Measday of Neath, South Wales on 8 May 1993. Purchased by our vendor on 1 June 1999 on the recommendation of the mechanic who had maintained the car in the past, the car was regularly used on family duties. It was last granted an MoT certificate in July 2000 and was later laid up with the intention of carrying out a full restoration, which never happened! Having been in dry storage since then, the car presents in fair condition and could be described as a 'barn find', but in reality, its a bit better than expected although it hasn't turned a wheel a wheel in sixteen years. A visual examination in cramped conditions showed that this 2+2 is in largely complete condition.

The car is presented to auction showing an odometer reading of 43,683 miles and is accompanied by its Swansea V5C, old SORNs, MoTs and a spare wheel. With just 507, according to the online data, examples of the series II 2+2 left in the UK, MDR888H deserves to be back on the road, displaying the grace, space and pace for which it was once famous.