Jaguar E-Type 3.8 Litre Flat Floor FHC

• The 52nd E-Type FHC ever built!
• Desirably, early Flat Floor example
• Timeless, original colour combination
• Subject to major recent servicing works
• Truly the most iconic sports car of the 1960s

Jaguar would make a habit of shocking the automotive world. Sometimes the impact of its cars reached beyond the showrooms and exposition halls to rock popular culture, yet not even Jaguar’s founder, Sir William Lyons, could have predicted the impact of the Jaguar E-Type.

When introduced at the 1961 Geneva Salon, the new Jaguar stirred passions with its extremely sleek and timeless design backed by staggering performance. Constructed using methods derived from the D-Type sports racing car, the E-Type was a technical marvel. The light and rigid monocoque chassis used the engine itself as a structural part of the car, with the long and sleek bonnet hinged at the front. The headlights were beautifully recessed in the fenders, and covered with contoured Perspex for a free-flowing design and improved aerodynamics. The car featured 4-wheel independent suspension, disc brakes all-around and a 4-speed manual transmission. The proven XK power plant was carried over from the XK150, and made sure the lithe Jaguar would exceed the 150mph mark.

Often called the most beautiful production car of all time, even famously by Enzo Ferrari, the E-Type remains an automotive icon of design, engineering and speed. With spare parts readily available, a number of marque clubs to join and many driving and concours events to attend, the E-Type is an excellent, widely admired collector car.

A desirable early 'flat floor' model, chassis number '860052' was sold new via Imperial Motor Mart of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire to its first owner, a Mr T F Rimell, on 6th December 1961. The 52nd right-hand drive Coupé off the production line, the car comes with a Heritage Certificate confirming matching numbers and its original colour combination of Old English White with red leather interior.

The aforementioned T F Rimell was better known as Fred Rimell, the three-time champion National Hunt jockey and celebrated trainer often referred to as 'Mr Grand National', a sobriquet earned as a result of him training four winners of the world's most famous horse race. He also trained two Cheltenham Gold Cup winners.

In 1966 the E-Type was sold and exported to Australia, its new owner living in Portarlington, Victoria. While in Australia the car enjoyed 30 years in the continuous ownership of a Salvation Army captain. In 2010 the car underwent an extensive cosmetic and mechanical recommissioning by Classic Throttle Shop in NSW, including refinishing in its original colour combination of Old English White with red leather trim. The car also retains its correct bucket seats, aluminium dashboard and wood-rim steering wheel. The E-Type remained in the hands of Australian collectors until 2014 when it was shipped back to the UK. Having been preserved in the favourable Australian climate, the E-Type was described a rust free and in excellent order.

In December 2025 the E-Type went through the Furlonger workshops for an extensive service at a cost of £13,634 (detailed bill available). It also comes with a small file of various invoices, receipts and email correspondence. Dry stored since circa 2015 and offered with UK taxes paid, '860052' represents an opportunity to own one of the earliest 'flat floor' E-Types, restored in its original and beautiful colour combination