$440,000 Jaguar E-Type “Blue Diamond”
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2019
- 1961 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 3.8-Litre Roadster chassis 875331 offered at the 2019 RM Sotheby's Monterey Auction. Car number number 331 in early E-type production history. Fully restored by Classic Showcase in Opalescent Jaguar Dark Blue. 100 point JCNA car. Sold in 2014 for $440,000. Thumbnail ©2019 Courtesy of RM.Sotheby's.
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Difficult to imagine how any car could be more beautiful than this.
What? No "bye-bye"? Gorgeous car and a great vid. Thanks!
RMO; Love your enthusiasm, knowledge, ability and honest respect. Very rare for all of these to be combined in one guy.
Stunning restoration Richard... thanks so much for this great look !
Beautiful! Got a 71 with 29 grand on the odometer. All original for anyone wanting to own one of these gorgeous cars.
Richard beautiful car and outstanding resto! I'm loving this series of vids and thank you for taking the time to bring us along!
I was a bit shocked that the value hadn't appreciated much, if any, with all that has been done to it.
Sotheby's needs a swift kick in the ass for allowing the car to be shown with a large oil soaked rag just carelessly thrown under it and Classic Showcase for not addressing the leak!
I think that there to catch any drops of fluid, to protect the carpet. It's probably waterproof.
I've got to go on one of these excursions with y'all one of these days! What a gem!
Looks like it needs to reside in a large glass case in the owners living room, shame it'll probably never get to do what it was made for ever again. It would never have been that perfect when it was turned out from Browns Lane.
It would be truely the best E type original restoration if it was right hand drive. The export models were not shown when this was introduced at the Motor Show.
Early 1961 bonnet fenders are not spot welded to the bonnet centre section. The early 1961 cars have separate louvre panels that are spot welded in place to the bonnet centre section.
1961 bonnets are spot welded . I learnt this from Chuck at Monocoque Metalworks www.monocoque-metalworks.com/main/2011/08/1961-bonnet-welded-flanges/
Beautiful!
Ahhh! Thanks Richard. That's my e-type fix for this month! Top drawer stuff, nearly as good as the junk engine e-type 😊 Richard, just revisited this video and did you say light blue because to me it definitely looks more like opalescent dark blue and your assistant seems confused over the louvres being spot welded on this early car.
You're right it's Dark Blue
Beautiful! In that light , though, it looks more like gunmetal grey.
Sadly such a fabulous car that will never hit the road again.
Fifty-six years later and the Jaguar E-type is still the most seductive, sexual and sensuous car ever built...hey is that you on the piano?
The most beautiful
very pretty like Enzo said years ago the Jag XKE is one of the sexiest cars ever built looks good in the Blue mostly because of its rarity the engine compartment is very tidy and impressive good luck on the sale i imagine it would go fast at auction
What a beauty!
Very nice! I'm not sure I could fit into one. Half of my head would be above the windscreen.
In 1961 the Daily Express ran a competition to put 12 items about transport in order of importance. I got the first 10 right and the last two in reverse order. Had I not fallen at the last hurdle I would have won an E-Type valued at £2,019.19.11, seat belts and Road Tax extra. $440.000 is peanuts for this icon
💙spectacular💙
Enzo Ferrari said the Jag E type was the most beautiful car ever made.
WOW so nice.
The most beautiful car ever made ( enzo ferrari )
This is not a car !! This is Driving Machinery!!
THIS ISNT A CAR, THIS IS A JEWELLERY!
As nice as it is, I'd prefer your Junk E type.
A nice one!
I think they still had a rag underneath to catch the oil leaks :)
Almost too beautiful to drive, and at the same time just far too beautiful to have as an ornament in the garage
I live up the road from R&M, had a good friend at one time who worked there as the "panel guy'. I've seen some nice stuff there (including Alex Lifeson's E-Type. My recollection is it's a '74 ragtop 12cyl.)
Question for RMO: Do you think the XJ6 C is worthy project? I've seen one recently that was fitted with a close ratio 5 speed stick, and had some suspension work done. And a new, taller rear end. And it had the vinyl stripped off the roof. Anyways, heavily modified, it has become a dream machine for me. Something closer to the XKE, but in a different skin. Wadda ya think?
I just remembered, my old friend did that XKSS resto R&M had up about 15 years ago. I heard that went for 2.5M ? He also restored that Mercedes SSK they sold. And the Horsch that won Pebble Beach.
I've restored an XJ6C. Lovely machine, except for the Delanair II climate control system which is overly complicated.
We owned a 1976 XJ6C back in the day, along with several E types. I believe that all the US cars came with a black vinyl top: they were all the rage back then. Mechanically the car was a shortened version of the XJ 6, not a bad thing. The 4.2 Motor was detuned from EType spec and had considerably more weight to push around. The GM sourced 3 speed auto box was miles better than earlier Borg Warner units Jaguar employed in the 1950’s, and a 3 speed was typical of the era. Together these elements made for a safe, solid, and refined coupe. Build quality was an issue, especially with the doors and their interior fittings. Wind noise from the door sealing edges was apparent at speed. Electrical issues under the hood could stop your joyride. The V12 versions were faster, but much less reliable. Many cars ended up with small block Chevy motors under the hood by frustrated owners.
@@garthlundquist8316 I've only ever been in one XKE at speed, and I seem to remember it being very noisy. Hard to comment on the wind noise though, it was a hot day and the windows were OPEN! Even so, the speedo indicated 125 and that was plenty fast!
It's a shame those chevy motor's went into the XJ series cars, but they were easy for American mechanics to fix.
As far as the XJ6 C- they seem to be gotten for around 10-12K "as is" and I think everything I'd want to do to a car like that might be in the same range. I think one of those mid to late 70's six's would tune up quite nicely, and 100 mph or so is as fast as I'd ever want to go on a public road (wide open road, perfect conditions, tire pressures checked, etc...) Stripping the vinyl and repainting is no problem. I'm a "kick and fill" guy from way back. Some soundproofing and an alcantara headliner?
The only thing the original car really lacked mechanically was a standard trans, a tight suspension and about 75 h.p. Otherwise the 6 cyl. seems to be the way to go with Jag's unless you have a ton of cash or don't plan on driving it hard.
Sadly no tinted windows on this. There was on the '67. This would had stuck out like a sore thumb on American roads back in the day when every Car had tinted windows
Sorry about the swearing but she is Fu****g beautiful.
Hi Richard,
Why is it called the blue diamond? I love this colour, would be great with red interiour as well
Theo thanks for watching. I think the name comes from the color. Classic Showcase tend to nickname their top restorations.
These are very very nice but damn. If they want to throw money away, I'm right here and could damn well use it.
Car looks gray on my calibrated monitor. Fortunately, it's an E-Type so it looks slick in any color. And the Lucas battery... Did the early E-Types come with a crank?
Hand crank starter? No never that ended after the first 50 or so xk120s.
Totally devoid of any Patina bar the data plate, 100 point concours how sad it will never be used as intended and might as well be hermetically sealed in a glass dome.
Yet the engine still leaks oil.
100 points?
heater boxes never painted gloss.
Incorrect running in decal.
Sitting too low on front torsion bars.
Wiper blades wrong.
That is just what I can see from the vid.
I'd expect perfection for the price they were asking
It has a pretty huge oil leak..
Incorrect sir. I have the pleasure of being able to see this car in my friend's collection #331, as I am his personal mechanic. This car is perfect, and any vintage car will leak a few drops. Huge? lol GTFO
Don't drewl over it, drive it!
That would be DROOL.
What's up, bugger the UA-cam thing, or? ☺
Thanks for checking in. Got a new series planned with an XK150 full mechanical and cosmetic restoration. The Alloy XK120 is still for sale.
@@RichardMichaelOwen The only thing it needs is proper seat belts, lap belts are virtually useless in a crash ( possibly exteremely dangerous). I used to race cars when I was in my twenties and I had around 40 crashes, with lap belts the first one would have killed me. ( I'm 65 now!) Nobody who has experienced the huge forces involved in a crash would want a lap belt.
@@andyelliott8027 I totally agree! I have 3-point in my FHC