Series 1 history

[on2wheels]

Hi,
I attach below part of an article published on the ClassicCarsforSale website.

Series 1 1961 - 1968

When the E-type was launched in 1961 at the Geneva Motor Show it was available as a Fixed Head Coup? (FHC) or as an Open Two Seater (OTS). Between 61? and 64? the E-type ran a triple SU?d 3.8 litre power plant which was later replaced with a 4.2 block. These produced the same 265 BHP but improved torque makes them nicer cars to drive and this is reflected in prices. That said the first 300 series 1 E-types manufactured had flat floors and external bonnet latches. These now command a much higher price and are becoming very collectable. A series 1 and ? model made between 67 and 68 looks externally like a series 1 but some of the series 2 upgrades where implemented due to pressure from the US market. In between the series 1 and the 1 and ?, a very small number of series 1 E-types were produced with open headlights and again due to their scarcity these tend to demand top dollar. From ?66 onwards a 2+2 model became available which was 9 inches longer. But would you really ever let your children in an E-type?

My question applies to the mention of a model between the 1 and the 1 1/2.
Has anyone heard of this before?
How do I find out more about it?

[christopher storey]

The teenage scribbler who writes these articles really does not do his research properly . It is a shame they are not left to Richard Hudson-Evans. The S1.5 (as they are now called) ALL had open headlights but still with the small cooling aperture : what is variable is the internal switchgear and doorhandles etc, with some cars having the later rocker switches and recessed handles, and some having the S1 style . The Americans do not recognise the parts bin nature of these cars, and have called them Series One and a quarter, but it is in fact nonsense, like the attachment of model years to the cars, which of course never happened at all

[Heuer]

As Christopher says these sub divisions were created retrospectively and given Jaguar changed the production almost on a weekly basis so you could end up with an S1.045.21.3 if you took it to the limits. Someone at the JCNA decided they needed a new model to talk about during Concours competitions so created the S1.25 :? You can read about it in this document: http://www.jcna.com/library/concours/2006/e-type1.5.pdf

[on2wheels]

Thanks David the jcna link was very informative.