1962 Jaguar E-type FHC (chassis no 860545) - This car has been a competition car all its life, originally driven by Malcolm Fruitnight for the Merlyn Formula Junior works team. He won a couple of races with the car in 1963 at Snetterton, which was a noted performance given this is one of the steel-bodied versions of the car and not a lighter weight example. The car competed in period at Goodwood at events such as the 59th Members Meeting and at very recent events there, including the Kinrara Trophy at the Revival. It also raced in the Jaguar Heritage E-type Challenge. The car is painted opalescent blue, the same as its original colour, and is registered for road use under its original licence plate 170 FPX. With its wire wheels and GB sticker, presumably from past forays to race or tour in mainland Europe it’s a true “Gentleman racer’s” car. The pictures here are from it testing at Goodwood for this year’s 78th Member’s Meeting, which sadly has not happened.
