Year: 1964

Make: JAGUAR

Model: E-TYPE SEMI LIGHTWEIGHT ROADSTER

Custodians: Dr. and Mrs. Greg Johnson

Jaguar E-Type 880115 was ordered directly from the factory in late 1963 by Toronto-based Hugh Sutherland to compete in the 1964 Le Mans 24-Hour race. Hugh Sutherland, with accomplished drives for the Aston Martin factory team at Le Mans and the Austin Healey factory team at Sebring, ordered this specially prepared competition Jaguar at the factory with a steel monocoque, 3.8 competition engine with high compression head, lightened flywheel, competition clutch, close ratio gearbox, racing specification cool-ducted larger front brakes and special offset wheels. Hugh also arranged with the factory to fit his newly delivered car with additional “Lightweight” specification aluminum bonnet, hood, boot-lid, and doors as well as a 5-speed gearbox as evidenced by considerable documentation and correspondence with the factory. The car was delivered at the factory and registered with the factory numbers”6321WK” (a registration number usually found on factory team cars). 6321WK was accepted for Le Mans in 1964, Sterling Moss partnered with Hugh for the drive, however Mr. Sutherland’s sponsorship for the race did not materialize and he was unable to take the car to the La Sarthe event. Without sponsorship the lightweight body panels would have to wait until later for installation. This was finally done when the car was restored by Hans Glaser in Southern California. In 1964/1965 6321WK subsequently returned to Canada with Hugh where he had occasion to race the car at club events. After passing through a few ownership changes the car was eventually purchased and restored by Mr. Glaser. Once restored the car was purchased by Roger Wilbanks and then to John McCaw (Cavilino Holdings). John had a considerable amount of race preparation done to the car, all within period specification, with much of the work performed by Bruce Canepa. The car was purchased from John McCaw in 2004.

We have had the good fortune to know Greg and his lovely wife for years. They have successfully raced a number of vintage cars for some time and all of them; historically significant. Some years ago we had the pleasure of going for a ride with Greg in his factory Jaguar C- type race car; amazing!

This is a significant car with an amazing history. Available for purchase at $600,000.00 U.S.

Contact: Klaus Kindor kk@occarenthusiast.com  714-745-0416

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