It was one of the first 54 right-hand drive dealer demonstrator roadsters to leave the factory and was part of the famed photograph outside Browns Lane that is often referred to these days. It was destined for the Rossleigh Jaguar dealership in Edinburgh and was subsequently sold in August 1961 and registered on the number 171 DBP.

The car still retains its original engine and gearbox and benefits from of one of the finest and most exact restorations we have ever witnessed on an E-type Jaguar. To carry out this work, the car was entrusted to arguably the world’s leading model experts, XK Engineering. XK Engineering embarked on the restoration in April 2017 and it took two years to complete. During this time, every single inch of the car was taken apart and restored to the highest possible level. They went above and beyond to ensure that all of the idiosyncrasies of the very early flat floor, outside bonnet lock cars were finished correctly and the result is one of the finest restored E-types in existence. The bonnet locks, for example, have original stampings and in the engine bay many components are date stamped to 1961.