$626,500 1961 Jaguar XKE/E-Type Fixed Head Coupe

[@martentrudeau6948]

Love seeing the old stuff when we actually made stuff. That car is poetry.

[@philhohnen6193]

magnificent! William Lyons and his designer, Malcolm Sayer and craftsmen really knew how to build fabulous cars that were a fraction of the cost of the Italian equivalents.

[@crumplezone1]

Thanks Michael.` Made In England` a time when things were really made in England , now we make disposable crap that no one will remember in 70 years :)

[@gazzafloss]

Seeing a resto as pretty as this makes me wish I'd never sold mine back in '92, it was only a '70 4.2, 2+2 auto, so pretty ordinary but it was still a great car. My friend had a nice Red colour '63 FHC 3.8 manual, such a lovely looking machine. Got to be the best looking car ever. Thanks for sharing Richard.

[@fotorabia]

Yours was the better car....the 4.2 was perfect..

[@453421abcdefg12345]

Your friends 3.8 was the height of development with the E type, they went down hill from there, starting with the 4.2 and ending up with the greenhouse on wheels V12.

[@regsparkes6507]

Superb restoration for certain...most beautiful one I've seen too! ( so far!)

[@kevinwillis9126]

Beautiful car Richard. Thanks for sharing.

[@GTVAlfaMan]

Very nice, I like the hard top roof much more than the soft top convertible model.

[@steveroark4023]

"Really digging it" indeed. Gorgeous car and nicely portrayed!

[@DerekGardiner72]

Nice biscuit colour on the exhaust, good mixture.

[@TacShooter]

This and the Jaguar XJS-HE have some of the finest lines of any auto in history.

[@tedecker3792]

A long time ago, 1975, I bought a 63 roadster for $900. Granted it had sat outside with the top down for two years and had body damage on both sides. I fixed it up while working part time and going to college, not a “restoration” by any means, but man it was fun to drive.

[@pj9375]

The most beautiful car in the world .... Can't wait to drive our restored '63 coupe soon... 😘

[@michaelbrooker1433]

I had a '68 Coupe in that configuration, gunmetal and red, a nice combination.

[@pauloconnor7951]

An utter work of art ; and i'm referring to the restoration standard. WOW. To get a vehicle to that standard is extremely difficult to attain. Just getting other trades and services to duplicate the standard you require. Many won't come up to the mark. Someones got to pay for that workmanship too !.

[@j.d.jdthinktankersorg.asa.4237]

WELL DONE !

[@Gambantein]

Beautiful car! Those delicate lines! OMG!

[@starckmad1779]

:18 right hand drive?

[@johnchoat357]

Yeah, that's what I thought...has this 'announcer' ever driven a car OR maybe he is dyslexic!

[@johndavey72]

Hi Richard, did this achieve $626,500 , it eclipses the Bertone! IF l was judging this car lt would lose marks on the paintwork. It's has that "wet look" that the original cellulose never had, particularly in the engine bay.And a 6400hour restoration should have the original paint finish . Of course it may be that opalescent gunmetal is not available in cellulose. At 2mins 16secs we glimpse the spot welds on the outer sill. They seem to be random and too many? This could be how the early cars were built of course. Nonetheless, it's an almighty price. Well , l'll take a realistic offer of £300,000 for my ''66 2+2 when it's finished! 😂😂Thanks Richard, you can never get too much of e-types!

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm420]

Looks like left hand drive to me...

[@mebsrea]

Marking it out for US delivery would make no sense for a RHD car.

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

@@mebsrea It doesn't have to make sense...it has to make money.

[@joebeastyg5686]

@@bigmacdaddy1234 Nah. It just has to make the owner smile. And thus car does just that.

[@bigredc222]

Beautiful car, great video, Thanks

[@imfrcd]

Wondering if those carbs were polished from the factory or part of the restoration? Thanks, another great video. Fun fact, I once repainted a fixed head coupe for a customer. It had a terrible repaint, after prep I had to recommend a color change, from white to black. Hand rubbed lacquer, thank you very much.

[@andylaws4247]

Amazing restoration. Clearly better then when it left Browns Lane in '61. Just one question, should the screws in the top of the SU HD8 dash pot covers be brass, instead of chrome plated?

[@scottyjones27]

What a Machine!! I could hear Her saying drive me hard on curvy well paved road way!! Was it auto trans? Shifter looked different?

[@gf4353]

4-sp only, no automatic s .

[@nigelparker5886]

For once the much overused word AWESOME can be aptly applied here Michael! Sensational exceptional,magnificent,tremendous,terrific can be suitably applied too! Cheers, keep up your very high standards too please! Love your dads no nonsense,quietly getting on with it demeanour above all! No good getting older if you don’t get wiser, as someone said to me! Thanks for loving these beautiful old British relics so much, from where I come from...England...home of Jaguar Cars Ltd.. Stay safe Americans!!

[@johndavey72]

Hi Richard , You pointed out the very early front screen moulding on a roadster (at Quail?) . Should this car have the same. It's your knowledge that makes me notice this. Sorry!

[@RichardMichaelOwen]

I think the Coupe is different in this area

[@daveanderson5680]

Oh man....glorious example an E-Type

[@craigyirush3492]

What was ‘slightly different’ on the chassis/body structure on the ‘61s? Is the writing in chalk meant to replicate what the factory did?

[@RichardMichaelOwen]

After the first cars Jaguar made all sorts of small changes to make production easier.

[@ernieleithes6545]

Is it not Left hand drive ?

[@macspud28]

It is left hand drrive not right.

[@gf4353]

Most important thing is the OBL (outside bonnet latch) only the first 386 had it. !!!!! OPALESENT SILVER GREY. Lhd. Too shiny.

[@tonyowen_seagull_guy]

First time I saw a Jag/fixed head has in my pals driveway...his dad a Brigadier commander in the RAF...he flew Sunderland flying boats...it was his dads friend that had a 1962......he had just picked it up from a dealer in Cheltenham...the new smell along with the Castrol oil smell needs to made into an aresol...I have never smelt anything like that car since....ya I am an old fart!

[@estpst]

I like it

[@tikikid2350]

Hey what is the car to the left of it

[@RichardMichaelOwen]

1959 Lister-Jaguar Sports Racer, Estimate $1,000,000 - $1,400,000

[@bobnicholson9821]

That is mega nice, but $600k + nice erm. I just bought a S3 V12 roadster that does not look that much worse that this for 1/7th the price. 4250 hours, erm, me thinks someone was exaggerating with the billing hours.

[@benhur_9377]

❤️🔥

[@marknelson5929]

It looks truly magnificent this resto, but is it factory 'finish' I guess not? How different would the very same car have been in 1961 in the showroom if it could sit beside its 'self' in 2019. Personally and I mean 'personally' I'd like an E-Type as it was in 61 built by Jaguar.

[@boatboy222]

Yup very nice and has got the nice above bumper rear tailights, not the ugly lunchbox type of later models.

[@johnmiddleton2566]

I think hes really digging it 🤣

[@henryvanweeren7233]

That engine bay looks familiar.... ;) Who are the "thumbs down" Philistines??

[@fw1421]

Sad thing is at this price and level of restoration it will likely live in a climate controlled garage and never be driven.

[@TacShooter]

Just don't swing it around a hairpin at high speed.

[@mebsrea]

At that price, this car is only ever going to go around a corner in an air-conditioned trailer.

[@philhohnen6193]

Why? they handle brilliantly, I used to hillclimb my standard car, fast!

[@philhohnen6193]

Mind you I fitted 6" rims because the original 5" were ridiculous imho...

[@TacShooter]

@@philhohnen6193 After I tried it in Forza Motorsport and saw how badly and easily the back-end would swing out, despite all tuning and upgrades possible, I researched the matter and found that the real car has this problem. One fellow even said that if you put your teenager in this car you should be tried for attempted murder. You obviously have more experience than I do.

[@pj9375]

These cars were developed off the back of lemans d and c types. They handle great properly set up. KZbin search Goodwood etypes drifting....they spanked a few cobras and Ferraris that day 😃

[@willrich3908]

is it a Porsche gearbox?

[@HemiChrysler]

left =/= right

[@edkonstantellis9094]

NOT a daily driver💞

[@sosco22]

Doesn’t look right hand drive to me.

[@Lindleyferchel]

Love it But can’t justify the price…have seen just as fine e type for the third of cost. Ya 1 of 12 so

[@jettrink7510]

Jaguars were superior to Aston Martins

[@phillipmitchell5879]

LHD