Equipment
Flat floors, external bonnet latches, welded louvers, Tremec 5-speed (original Moss 4-speed included), chrome wire wheels, boot cover, woodrim steering wheel, original Blaupunkt pushbutton radio, tool kit, JDHT Certificate.
Condition
Represented as the original engine. Originally red over black, restored in the 1990s, then freshened in the mid-2010s. Very good but not super fresh paint and chrome. Very good fully restored engine bay and underbody. Uneven fit on the trunk lid, and there's a small paint scratch at the bottom of it. Light but visible age to the interior. The Tremec 5-speed also makes the car objectively nicer to drive, but may turn off some purists. Ticks a lot of the right boxes but it isn't a stunner.
Market commentary
Not sold at a $230,000 high bid at Quail Lodge last year and seriously handicapped here by its 5-speed. The purists were turned off and may have been reasonably concerned about what else was not original or period-correct about it (which might be inferred from the catalog's reference to "further mechanical upgrades" in 2016.) Worth over $200,000 in its factory configuration, the "upgrades" weighed heavily on this E-Type's value, a discerning approach to originality that was seen at all the Arizona auctions this week.