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Tracing the history my e type?

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 ā€˜a legal process’ 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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I don't know anything about your car, obviously as I am in Canada, but wanted to offer the opinion that the "legal process" referred to may have been a mechanic's lien, a process by which someone owed money for work performed but unpaid can claim the property of the debtor.
With the bill being quite high relative to the value of the car before the work was done this seems quite possible.

In Canada we now have a system which provides 10 years of ownership history as part of an information packet when a car changes hands, which is quite useful, but I would also like to contact previous owners of my car to learn more of its history.
Good luck! Simon.
 
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I would also like to contact previous owners of my car to learn more of its history.
Good luck! Simon.

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