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4,235cc DOHC Inline 6-Cylinder Engine Electronic Multi-point Fuel Injection Est. 300bhp at 5,800rpm 5-Speed Manual Transmission 4-Wheel Independent Suspension 4-Wheel Disc Brakes *Tastefully and professionally prepared performance-oriented E-Type *Fitted with 5-speed gearbox, electronic fuel injection and D-Type style Dunlop alloy wheels *Desirable covered-headlight Series I E-Type retaining its matching numbers engine *Excellent car for high-speed rallies or spirited Weekend drives THE JAGUAR E-TYPE If Les Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans has been responsible for the new E-Type Jaguar, then that Homeric contest on the Sarthe circuit will have been abundantly justified. Here we have one of the quietest and most flexible cars on the market, capable of whispering along in top gear at 10mph or leaping into its 150mph stride on the brief depression of a pedal. A practical touring car, this, with its wide doors and capacious luggage space, yet it has a sheer beauty of line which easily beats the Italians at their own particular game. There have been few better summaries of the E-Type's manifest virtues than the forgoing, penned by the inimitable John Bolster for Autosport shortly after the car's debut. Conceived and developed as an open sportscar, the Jaguar E-Type debuted at the Geneva Salon in March 1961 in Coupé form. The car caused a sensation - spontaneous applause breaking out at the unveiling - with its instantly classic lines and a 140mph-plus top speed. The design owed much to that of the racing D-Type, a monocoque tub forming the main structure while a tubular spaceframe extended forwards to support the engine. The latter was the 3.8-liter, triple-carburetor, 'S' unit first offered as an option on the preceding XK150. Aerodynamically, the Coupé was superior to the Roadster and the better Grand Tourer, enjoying as it did a marginally higher top speed and the considerable convenience of a generously sized luggage platform accessed via the side-hinged rear door. Its engine aside, only in terms of its transmission did the E-Type represent no significant advance over the XK150, whose durable four-speed Moss gearbox it retained. The latter was replaced when the 4.2-liter engine was introduced on the Series 1 in October 1964, a more user-friendly all-synchromesh gearbox and superior Lockheed brake servo forming part of the improved specification together with the bigger, torquier engine. Apart from '4.2' badging, the car's external appearance was unchanged, but under the skin there were numerous detail improvements, chiefly to the electrical and cooling systems, and to the seating arrangements. Top speed remained unchanged at around 150mph, the main performance gain resulting from the larger engine being improved flexibility. THE MOTORCAR OFFERED This stunning E-Type benefits not only from an extensive, professional restoration performed by the noted Jaguar specialists at Austin Texas-based Classic Jaguar, but also from the many desirable performance-oriented upgrades it has received, very much in line with what the Lightweight E-Type Competition cars received at the factory back in 1963. Truly magnificent in its Black over Biscuit livery, this E-Type is a particularly desirable model as it is one of the 4.2-liter examples to sport the coveted covered headlights. The new Jaguar was completed at the Coventry-based Jaguar Works during the last months of 1965 as a factory left-hand drive Roadster, and was most likely delivered new to the North American market. When acquired by the consignor in 1989 - a noted Tulsa, Oklahoma-based collector of important sports cars and car guy through and through - the Jaguar was in sound and in complete and running condition retaining its original matching numbers engine. The Jaguar was used for about a decade, before it was decided to return the British sports car to its former glory, and Austin, Texas-based Classic Jaguar was retained to carry out a full professional restoration of the car, while addi