burgundyben
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I'm trying to trace the history of an old car, I've written to the DVLA and got a list of previous owners and written to them, an got the heritage certificate from Jaguar. So here is everything I know so far..
Jaguar E type 3.8 Litre
Built: 11th April 1963
Body: Fixed Head Coupe, Right hand drive, opalescent silver blue, dark blue interior
Chassis number: 861151
Engine number: RA 1755-9
Body number: V5680
Gearbox number: EB9913 JS
Distributed: Henleys Limited, London
Dealer: Pollards, Chelmsford
Dispatched: 29th April 1963
OWNERSHIP HISTORY
First owner
B Massey, Stock, near Ingatestone, Essex.
No other details known. What was the registration number?
First Recorded Keeper
Peter J Stone
274 Richmond Road
Hackney
London
E8 3QW
Peter Stone registered the car 280 TOO on 7th May 1982 and declared it in manufactured 1962 (this explains the non suffix number). At this time the car was still blue and it was not taxed.
On 17th March 1983 he applied to have the colour recorded on the log book changed to Red, he stated that the colour change occurred earlier on 1st January 1983.
Second Recorded Keeper
Mr Robert Albert Powley
97 Drummond Road
Romford
RM01 1RL
Robert Powley bought the car from Peter Stone on 11th September 1986 and DVLA history says he disposed of the car on 5th March 2005.
Third Recorded Keeper
Mr Frederick Kauter
31 Tomswood Hill
Ilford
IG06 2HL
The car was registered to Fred on 5th March 2005 and he disposed of the car via ebay to Dean Wells, Dean never registered the car or indeed saw it.
I spoke to Fred when he listed it on ebay but I only bid to £6000 and it went to Dean for £6600
Dean had it collected by a storage company who looked after it for a few months. Dean decided to sell as he had too many cars, Dean listed it on ebay, it did attract a few bids and I went to view it, subsequently I offered Dean £6000 and as no one else was viewing he stopped the auction and agreed to let me have it.
I subsequently spoke to Fred who said he had pictures of it racing in 1967 but he could not find them, I wrote to him but nothing forth coming. Fred told me that he ran a body shop and there was a unpaid bill for Ā£10,000 for repairs and paint work, he claimed to have been through āa legal processā to take possession of the car. I think in reality he registered the car in his name and sold it.
Fourth Recorded Keeper (current)
Burgundyben.
Ben Curtis acquired the car on 16th November 2005. The car was missing may parts including most of the engine and ancilliaries and there was no interior, I have sourced a dark blue interior and rebuilt the engine which still has the original block although a different head. I am returning the car to its original blue colour.
Do you know anything? Anyone?
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Jaguar E type 3.8 Litre
Built: 11th April 1963
Body: Fixed Head Coupe, Right hand drive, opalescent silver blue, dark blue interior
Chassis number: 861151
Engine number: RA 1755-9
Body number: V5680
Gearbox number: EB9913 JS
Distributed: Henleys Limited, London
Dealer: Pollards, Chelmsford
Dispatched: 29th April 1963
OWNERSHIP HISTORY
First owner
B Massey, Stock, near Ingatestone, Essex.
No other details known. What was the registration number?
First Recorded Keeper
Peter J Stone
274 Richmond Road
Hackney
London
E8 3QW
Peter Stone registered the car 280 TOO on 7th May 1982 and declared it in manufactured 1962 (this explains the non suffix number). At this time the car was still blue and it was not taxed.
On 17th March 1983 he applied to have the colour recorded on the log book changed to Red, he stated that the colour change occurred earlier on 1st January 1983.
Second Recorded Keeper
Mr Robert Albert Powley
97 Drummond Road
Romford
RM01 1RL
Robert Powley bought the car from Peter Stone on 11th September 1986 and DVLA history says he disposed of the car on 5th March 2005.
Third Recorded Keeper
Mr Frederick Kauter
31 Tomswood Hill
Ilford
IG06 2HL
The car was registered to Fred on 5th March 2005 and he disposed of the car via ebay to Dean Wells, Dean never registered the car or indeed saw it.
I spoke to Fred when he listed it on ebay but I only bid to £6000 and it went to Dean for £6600
Dean had it collected by a storage company who looked after it for a few months. Dean decided to sell as he had too many cars, Dean listed it on ebay, it did attract a few bids and I went to view it, subsequently I offered Dean £6000 and as no one else was viewing he stopped the auction and agreed to let me have it.
I subsequently spoke to Fred who said he had pictures of it racing in 1967 but he could not find them, I wrote to him but nothing forth coming. Fred told me that he ran a body shop and there was a unpaid bill for Ā£10,000 for repairs and paint work, he claimed to have been through āa legal processā to take possession of the car. I think in reality he registered the car in his name and sold it.
Fourth Recorded Keeper (current)
Burgundyben.
Ben Curtis acquired the car on 16th November 2005. The car was missing may parts including most of the engine and ancilliaries and there was no interior, I have sourced a dark blue interior and rebuilt the engine which still has the original block although a different head. I am returning the car to its original blue colour.
Do you know anything? Anyone?
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