{"id":12892,"date":"2016-02-29T15:45:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T20:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/?p=12892"},"modified":"2016-03-04T09:55:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T14:55:47","slug":"1963-e-type-fixed-head-coupe-for-sale-incredible-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/2016\/02\/1963-e-type-fixed-head-coupe-for-sale-incredible-survivor\/","title":{"rendered":"1963 E-Type Fixed-Head Coupe – INCREDIBLE SURVIVOR – SOLD!"},"content":{"rendered":"

1963 E-Type Fixed-Head Coupe<\/span> – SOLD!<\/span><\/h1>\n

SOLD!<\/span>\u00a0 To a great new home I think, with an enthusiast in Australia who has been looking for the right E-Type for a LONG time, and is going to restore the car himself – Congratulations, Peter!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve said it time and time again – they don’t last long!\u00a0 Officially, this one sold in 39 hours, but it was only 26 hours after it was listed when Peter called and said “I’m pretty sure I’m going to take it.\u00a0 Hold it for me until tomorrow morning, and I will call you at 7 AM your time (16 hour time difference…).”\u00a0 And at 6:59 AM the next morning, my phone rang and she was on her way to a new home!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So keep watching here for the next one, but<\/span> THE BEST WAY TO GET IN ON THESE DEALS EARLY is to drop me a line and ask to be added to “the list”<\/span> – of people who get notified the second we have a new E-type project available!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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What a find!!!<\/span> <\/strong>This is probably one of the best condition, most original, unrestored Series 1 E-Types left…<\/p>\n

Recently, I went to look at the E-Type shown below. This is a 3.8-liter Fixed-Head coupe, built in March of 1963. It is VERY solid, VERY original, and numbers matching as well.<\/p>\n

This E-Type is an original Indigo Blue car with a red interior.<\/span><\/strong> The originality on this car is excellent – everything is as it should be. Of course, all numbers match… The engine is numbers matching and has the correct block and head. The engine was rebuilt by the previous father and son owners, who had several other Jaguars and were enthusiasts. It was rebuilt, but has NOT been started. The engine does turn freely.<\/p>\n

This E-Type currently belongs to a local gentleman who has had the car for a few years, and had planned to restore it, but he is more of an American muscle car guy, and is ready to let the car go based on some other events in his life. He asked us to help him find a good home for this special E-Type. The current owner purchased this car about 3 years ago from the family that had owned it since approx. 1978 or 1979. He has been a friend of that family for that long, and remembers when they purchased it, and riding around in it with their son. This E-Type was taken off the road for the engine rebuild and repair of the RH front wing in 1981, and never completed. Aside from the last 3 years, which it spent in this building, it was in a well-built steel building with a concrete floor – it has been indoors and dry for the past 35 years… The tags on the car expired in 1980…<\/p>\n

Condition of body<\/span><\/strong> – Overall, the body of the car is in EXCELLENT condition for an E-Type of this age, and this is going to be an EASY restoration! The RH front wing of the bonnet was damaged – they hit a deer with that – or more like the deer hit them, as the damage was all in the area of the wheel, and the entire headlamp area and center section are undamaged and excellent. The mouth shape is perfect. The bonnet lower valance has the typical rust in the hinge plates, but is otherwise decent and repairable. The rest of the bonnet looks very good. The monocoque body itself from the firewall back is TOTALLY original, straight, and virtually rust-free. The doors and rear hatch close as well or better than any E-Type I have ever seen!<\/p>\n

You just don’t find them like this anymore!<\/span><\/strong> THIS is a car that can be a 100-point show winner, or the cream of the crop at the top auction houses of the world. This is a virgin E-Type, that has been well cared-for – indoors, for the past 35 years! Every nut, bolt, screw and washer is factory correct. No-one has ever disassembled the car, and the condition of everything is excellent. For these reasons, the restoration will be faster, less expensive, and easier than it would be with the typical E-Type restoration projects that become available. It will also be more satisfying along the way, and economically rewarding when completed. The original perfection of the monocoque body – the alignment, no serious accidents, and the fact that it is virtually rust-free – is priceless…<\/p>\n

Important points to consider:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n