Few cars carry as much mystique as the Jaguar E-Type. Launched in 1961 with looks drawn from the Le Mans-winning D-Type, it was the car Enzo Ferrari himself is famously said to have called the most beautiful ever made — high praise from the man across the table. This 1970 Series II Roadster, finished in Regency Red, is now live on Hagerty Marketplace.
The Series II, introduced for 1968, adapted the E-Type to tightening U.S. safety and emissions rules. Out went the glass headlight covers, in came larger taillights and revised bumpers. The 4.2-liter inline-six carried over, though with lower compression and a pair of Zenith-Stromberg carburetors from the factory. This car, originally delivered to Jaguar's U.S. distributor in late 1969, has since been treated to a more enthusiast-friendly triple SU carburetor conversion.
It's a proper four-speed manual roadster wearing a black soft top over black leather, riding on 15-inch knock-off wire wheels with four-wheel disc brakes and the E-Type's race-derived fully independent suspension. The seller reports a healthy run of recent mechanical work, including a brake-system overhaul, a clutch replacement with the engine out, and fresh gaskets, mounts, water pump, and head bolts.
It's honest rather than perfect — there are stone chips up front, an inoperative gas gauge and clock, and some cracked and worn leather — but it comes with a Jaguar Heritage Trust certificate, a knock-off tool, a jack, and a clean Tennessee title.
Listed out of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, the E-Type had reached $27,250 with three days left on the clock. For one of the most celebrated shapes in automotive history, in its desirable open form with a manual gearbox, that remains a relative bargain among blue-chip classics.
See it here on Hagerty Marketplace.
