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1973' Jaguar E-Type

£45,000

Published 10 July 2026ID: gVZrcs

Warwickshire
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Information from the owner

Age: 53 years

Mileage: 78430 km

Transmission: Manual

Exterior color: Yellow

Seller's comments about 1973' Jaguar E-Type

This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Iconic Sale at the BRDC Classic 2026 - Collectors' Cars on Saturday the 25th of July, The Wing, Silverstone Circuit, NN12 8TN.Powered by Jaguar’s legendary 5. 3-litre V12 engine, producing 272bhp and capable of 0–60mph in under seven seconds with a top speed of around 140mph, the Series 3 E-Type Roadster represents the most refined and muscular evolution of this iconic model. Effortless performance is paired with turbine-smooth delivery, making the V12 E-Type a grand tourer of genuine stature. According to the accompanying Heritage Certificate ordered by our client's late father in 2008, this manual roadster was dispatched on the 30th August 1973 and later delivered via Page Motors of Epsom, Surrey to its first owner, a Mr Nicholson, on the 3rd October and registered GPC 400N, the same registration it wears today. In the mid-eighties, a Bristol builder named Graham Packer purchased the Jaguar which, we understand, was off the road at the time, and started preparing it for concours events with the culmination of his efforts being a Class Win at the 1986 Benson & Hedges National Concours at Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge. The accompanying press clippings from the Bristol Evening Post show a pleased Mr Packer holding a cheque for £100, no doubt proud of his achievement, particularly as he restored the car himself. We understand that the Jaguar was sold in the late eighties and some time later was subject to a £70, 000 restoration (around £200, 000 today) carried out by the very well respected, XK Engineering. The next chapter in the E-Type's life appears to commence in July 2000 when it sold at auction for £31, 000 with an indicated mileage of 55, 131. The auction catalogue noted that, at that point, it had only covered 3, 000 miles since the XK Engineering rebuild. The catalogue description also stated that the car was offered in its 'original Primrose Yellow' with a black leather interior, however, the Heritage Certificate states that it was despatched new in Greensand over Olive. Errors do occur, and the fact that the car has been in Primrose Yellow with black leather for over 40 years, suggests that the point is rather moot today. GPC 400N was purchased from the 2000 sale by our vendor's late father, Mr Clark, with the intention of enjoying the car with his family and getting involved with as many organised club road rallies, intercontinental tours and concours events as possible. This he certainly achieved judging by the substantial quantity of photographs, programmes, tickets, trophies, rally plates, badges and event ephemera meticulously kept in the car's fitted luggage, adjacent to equally diligently kept receipts for maintenance and servicing, bearing testament to his obvious enthusiasm for his beloved Jaguar. Sadly, the car was to be registered to his widow upon his death and subsequently to his son, upon Mrs Clark’s passing. It has remained in storage for the last fifteen years and although Mr and Mrs Clark’s sons started a programme of recommissioning with bills on file, retirement and relocation have meant that some light mechanical fettling and attention to the brakes have yet to be completed and the car is very sensibly estimated to take account of this. Close inspection of our images show that the Jaguar appears to remain be in great shape and undoubtedly is still a head-turner.  We invite and encourage your inspection of this pretty Series 3 at our Collectors' Car Sale at Silverstone.