This 1969 Jaguar E-Type roadster is artfully placed in this Canadian barn, but it almost looks too good to be true. The seller, however, has a knack for finding impressive barn find projects of desirable sports cars, so perhaps it should come as little surprise he’s found yet another one hidden away. Not much in the way of detail is offered other than to say the Jaguar is in Canada, ready to go to the docks in Montreal for quick exportation. Find it here on eBay for around $47,000 or £35,000.
As a 1969 model, the E-Type is part of the freshman class of the Series 2 cars. These were noted for showing the early signs of the heavy-handed influence of the NHTSA, what with the awesome headlight covers being banned and the elimination of toggle switches from the dash. Still, this is far from the most egregious case of American safety requirements destroying the lines of a beautiful car as the bumpers remained slim (the rear was modified). However, new engine efficiency requirements also reared their ugly head and performance dipped a bit compared to the more powerful Series 1 cars.
Turn signals and taillights were also revised, moving beneath the bumpers on the Series 2 cars. What is it about so many vintage sports cars wearing snow tires when they come out of the barn? We’ve seen more than a few Jaguars and 356s shod with aggressive rubber for winter time travel; kudos to previous owners if they were less adverse to risk than we are today. This E-Type also sports a period luggage rack which looks perfectly at home on the trunk lid. No mention is made of any rust issues and no major areas of concern are evident to me in the photos.
The seller confirms numbers are matching and the mileage is claimed to be a mere 58,000. It’s difficult to get a clear view as to whether this Jaguar has genuine mileage, but the overall condition speaks to a vehicle that wasn’t abused before it went into storage. I’ll always like the Series 1 car better for obvious reasons, but clean Series 2 projects like certainly have their appeal, which is helped by the presence of a manual transmission. Is this E-Type good enough to make a drive to the Great White North and prevent the seller from exporting yet another specimen?
Like always like E Types, this is close to the sweet spot for me. Rust was always an issue on those I’ve seen and that dirt floor in the first picture does not give me warm and fuzzies on this one. $$ is what it is, if you want the car you pay the price. Then there’s the usual potential electrical issues to deal with.
Hope it hangs around, but regardless hope it makes it back onto the road.
The workaround for overheating issues: Canadian winter.
There’s a guy near me who always lists barn find cars with as found pics. But of course he always finds them in the same corner of the exact same barn.
I need to start looking for a better class of barn. The ones I find are mostly filled with mice.
Me thinks there is more to this than meets the eye – one picture may well be a precursor to the new owner – UPSIDE DOWN!
But I do love this era of Jag
Sunbeamdon… In ad, pics #9 & 11 are upside down. How sober was the “photographer?”
Why the snow tires you ask? Because as a motoring enthusiast the average guy figures he can keep driving his wonderful cruising machine all winter IF he just puts snow tires on it. Then, after one short drive to the corner store, in which he nearly slides into a curb and narrowly misses a snow plow due to the ludicrous lack of traction he realizes that there is a reason the Beach Boys never wrote a song called “Winter Cruising” and he parks his beloved beast back in the garage, his forehead still beaded with the sweat of narrowly avoided collisions.
Source: I drove a TransAm for two winters. Stupid, stupid decisions.
Oh behave !
This is Austin Powers!
This a shag mobile !
I but my jag in a barn and it was nationalized by the Queen to give as a wedding gift to two young folks this Saturday 😏
I believe one of the reasons for stored cars to be on snow tires is that winter tires have a fairly short lifespan before the rubber hardens and the tire becomes less effective as a winter tire. So aged snow tires can be had for small money either to use as rollers or as 3 season tires.
Personally I hate flippers .. how many times have we seen this barn?
A Canadian ’69 has the same power as a Series I. Unlike the American variant it has no exhaust gas recirculation. The twin Zenith-Strombergs produce ten horsepower less AT THE CRANK. This power is RECOUPED at the rear wheels due to less exhaust backpressure/greater efficiency caused by three factors: 1) The twin Zenith-Strombergs atomize the fuel more finely 2) The different distributor detonates the mixture more aggressively 3) Less fuel is being used.