Equipment
3,781/265hp, 4-speed, flat floor, welded louvers, outside bonnet latch, chrome wire wheels, Firestone whitewall tires, pushbutton radio, two tops, JDHT HTC documented, original owner's packet and warranty card.
Condition
Represented as the original engine. Wheelwells repainted body color over old undercoat and grime. Scratched console aluminum. Very good clearcoat paint, chrome and upholstery. Neat, tidy engine compartment that isn't overdone. Only three owners from new, one of the earliest in the U.S. and impressively restored and presented.
Market commentary
The least user-friendly E-Type, the flat floor, outside bonnet latch, welded hood louver earliest production series, is also the most valuable, a contradiction that verifies that their desirability lies in display and not in driving. That phenomenon is on display with this result, a price that is double or more the value of a similar early E-type with human-size footwells, inside latches and louvers stamped into the hood. It is an expensive E-type, but appropriate for its features, Excellent restoration and documented history.