Chassis No. 881640
Engine No. RA7016-9

This impeccable Series I Roadster is presented as a true, unrestored survivor, preserved by just two registered owners with an uncommon degree of completeness and care. Built on 5 June 1964, the E-Type was distributed through Jaguar Cars in New York nine days later before delivery to Sports Cars Inc. in Flint, Michigan. It reportedly remained unsold at the Detroit Jaguar dealer Falvey Motors for nearly a year, showing just 118 delivery miles.

The original owner, Stanley Earle Anderson, purchased the car via Sports Cars Inc. on 14 April 1965, trading in a 1962 Austin-Healey 3000 Mk II toward the $5,200 as-delivered price of the new Carmen Red Jaguar. A U.S. Navy veteran, Anderson went on to enjoy a long and rewarding career at Saginaw Steering Gear as an automotive engineer, specializing in the design of power steering pumps and fluid actuators. With that technical background, he was naturally drawn to the E-Type's advanced, race-bred engineering—shaped by Jaguar's celebrated 24 Hours of Le Mans successes with the C- and D-Type—and he was no stranger to the marque, having previously owned a Jaguar XK 120. It is easy to imagine that this motorsport lineage helped steer him toward another Jaguar at a time when a Corvette would have been the convenient “hometown” choice in Michigan. An extensive dossier of original documentation including the sales invoice, receipt, manufacturer's warranty, maintenance log, and complete set of owner's manuals provides an intimate portrait of Anderson's ownership, which would span 45 years.

An album of period photographs chronicles Anderson's early exploits with the E-Type, from taking the car home on the day of delivery and trips to his hunting cabin near Lincoln, Michigan, to Jaguar Club of North America concours wins in the 1980s and '90s (only losing points due to the cracking original rubber seals), until his final day with the car in 2009. In a history summary written by Anderson on file, he writes that the car was never driven in town for fear of “door-bangers,” was only driven on the highway to and from the cabin, and was thoroughly cleaned after each weekend trip before being covered and garaged. So meticulous was the original owner in his care for the Jaguar that he even noted the exact stretch of road where a rock chipped the right side of the windshield three months into owning the car! His meticulous record-keeping extended to service and maintenance documents spanning from 1965 to when the car was placed in long-term storage in 1998.

In 2010, the current owner acquired this time capsule E-Type from Anderson, recognizing its undisturbed originality. Shortly after purchase, the car suffered a stuck rear brake piston, prompting it to be placed into further storage and remaining undriven—only being started periodically to circulate fluids. Appropriately, that storage was in distinguished company, kept alongside the owner's Jaguar D-Type, the very competition-bred lineage that helped shape the E-Type's engineering advances. As a result, only around 500 miles have been added to the original 19,800 miles recorded by the first owner, mainly testing miles following sympathetic maintenance performed in the early 2020s after the car emerged from storage. Work included rebuilding the brake calipers and both master cylinders, carburetor servicing, and routine mechanical attention to make the Jaguar road-ready.

Today, the E-Type remains a marvelously preserved, reference-grade example. The Carmen Red paintwork remains factory-applied with consistent 3-4 mil paint measurements throughout, showing only minor touch-ups to the hood and right rear quarter panel—the latter documented in the original owner's summary to have been the result of “slight body damage at the port of entry” prior to his ownership. The cabin presents with beautifully preserved original black leather upholstery wearing an unmistakable patina, matched by original date-coded seatbelts and the original wood-rimmed steering wheel framing Smiths instrumentation. The original soft top, though slightly shrunken from age, remains in place and is accompanied by the original boot cover still presenting with factory grease pen markings.

Mechanically, the car retains its original Marston radiator, expansion tank with factory markings, brake and clutch master cylinders complete with period tags, and the hood's original lead strip—details that vanish during even the most careful restorations. In addition to date-codes and grease pen markings throughout the engine bay, the 3.8-liter inline-six features correct triple SU carburetors, with engine, cylinder head, and frame stampings matching the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Certificate on file. Beyond the battery, exhaust resonators, brake hoses, and Pirelli Cinturato tires, virtually every component remains original to the car.

Examples of this caliber have become extraordinarily uncommon. While most E-Types have undergone restoration or modification for improved reliability, this Roadster offers an authentic and unrepeatable reference for how these magnificent machines left Browns Lane. With its accompanying Heritage Trust Certificate, original purchase documents, manufacturer's literature, service records, tool kit, and extensive photographic history, this Series 1 Roadster is an exceptional candidate for major awards in the most rigorous preservation classes at the world's premier concours events.