1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe 2+2 – Slumbering Cat Awakened!
Twenty years ago this Willow Green example of Jaguar's big sporting cat was sent to rest in the dim confines of a snug garage and for many long winters she lay still and silent. This year we had the good fortune to discover her and now she has been awakened. She shows some wear but has aged gracefully and can still run the way she was built…
1967 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Coupe 2+2 – Slumbering Cat Awakened!
Twenty years ago this Willow Green example of Jaguar’s big sporting cat was sent to rest in the dim confines of a snug garage and for many long winters she lay still and silent. This year we had the good fortune to discover her and now she has been awakened. She shows some wear but has aged gracefully and can still run the way she was built to – smoothly and powerfully. This old girl still roars. Her prime may have passed but she has lost none of her elemental charm.
Stored in Salem since around 2001, this desirable Series 1 E-Type has been given a new lease on life and is presented in its authentic, original and entirely rust free state. It has all the sought-after Series 1 attributes — the triple SU carbs, the faired-in headlights, the dash toggle switches. We found it with the engine removed and in need of a new clutch and once this repair (and a few others) were performed, this agile coupe went sprinting happily down the road and is now ready for its next owner.
After sorting things out, all systems on this car are fully operable, including electrical. (Okay, currently there’s no power to the back-up lights). Aside from installing the new clutch, we replaced the motor and trans mounts, steering rack boots, all cooling hoses, flushed the brake and fuel lines (new tank pick-up and fuel filters), hot-tanked the gas tank and radiator, repaired a few electrical items, and put in a new downpipe where it was missing at the exhaust manifold. With only 59,500 miles accumulated, the rorty 265 h.p. overhead cam six is tight and strong and the sporting sound from the exhaust outlets is very mid-sixties British and music to our ears. The gear box is a little noisy, most of this vintage are, but it shifts seamlessly. Effective brakes, good shocks, solid driveline, silent differential. Nice, bright factory wire wheels (and really old tires).