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Reference photograph of a Jaguar E-Type Series 1 4.2
Valuation · Jaguar · Series 1 · 1964-68

Jaguar E-Type Series 1 4.2

4.2L NA straight six, triple SU carburettors · 185 kW / 384 Nm · 4sp manual · RWD
AVOIDRated within the over $100k band · 94 of 104 at this money
Model value
$180,000
Must gain each year to break even
+5.7%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
54/100
Scored against the over $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Thin
One to three recorded Australian sales
$180,000
$119,665 lowhigh $236,932
Calibrated to a thin record
One publishable Australian sale, $106,500 at Shannons in November 2020, plus a coupe passed in at Shannons the previous August. Both figures were read off published Shannons results sheets through a summarising layer rather than audited lot by lot.
Measured across this library, a value resting on a single Australian result runs high about six times in ten, by a median of five per cent.

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Should make, typical example
$180,000
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Price history

Today $180,000 · modelled median at five years $179,178
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $147,874 to $209,557
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($119,665 to $236,932). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

The numbers argue against it. Scores 54/100, ranking 94 of 104 in the over $100k band. Ownership economics is the strongest input, risk resilience the weakest.
Running it costs about $8,930 a year (5.0% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $11,470 a year.
The model's five year median is $179,178, a -0.5% move, with the tenth percentile at $119,665.
Value calibrated to a thin record. Treat the level as provisional.
Evidence
Thin1 recorded sale
Off its peak
-3%
Value band
wide
At least one recorded transaction plus a source. Direction is sound, the exact level less so.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$11,470 a year all in, -0.5% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$180,000

Recorded sales

Every recorded observation, and when
2 rows on record
Every row, with its price and note (2) ↓
Nov 2020Shannons$106,500Sold
SOLD. D Nov 2020, Shannons Spring Timed Online 11-18 Nov 2020, Lot 169. Jaguar E-Type 4.2 Series 1 Coupe; odometer not published in the results sheet. Figure read from a published results sheet, not individually audited.
Aug 2019ShannonsNo saleNot a sale
NOT A SALE. Passed in, no price published. D 26 Aug 2019, Shannons Sydney Winter Classic, Lot 43. 1967 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 Series 1 FHC. Figure read from a published results sheet, not individually audited.
1 completed Australian sale of 2 rows. Rows marked asking, no sale, or context are shown for honesty but do not count toward the evidence grade: an ask is not a transaction, a pass-in is a refusal, and a provenance or overseas result does not price the ordinary local car. The badge on every row is computed by the same rule as the grade, so the two cannot drift apart.

Score breakdown

Against the over $100k band median
104 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
72/100+3
Scarcity25% of total
57/100-8
Demand durability20% of total
60/100-18
Liquidity15% of total
43/100+11
Risk resilience10% of total
0/100-34
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 54/100. Medians are computed live from the 104 cars currently in the over $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
72/100
Baseline84 pts
− 5.0% of value a year to run-12 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)72 pts
Scarcity25% weight
57/100
Baseline20 pts
+ 180 survivors estimated in Australia+37 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)57 pts
Demand durability20% weight
60/100
Baseline62 pts
+ The shape that defines the word classic, and the demand for it is not in question+16 pts
− A large share of Australian cars are imports, some converted from left-hand drive-10 pts
− This is coupe money, and the roadster market sits far above it-8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)60 pts
Liquidity15% weight
43/100
Baseline12 pts
+ 90 days on market+22 pts
+ 10 sales a year+9 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)43 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
0/100
Baseline44 pts
− A bare-metal restoration costs more than the finished car is worth-18 pts
− Bulkhead rust is hidden, structural and the expensive one-12 pts
− Drive side and headlight specification are both misrepresented in listings-8 pts
− Thin transaction record-7 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)0 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 2,500 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$8,930a year
Share of value per year
5.0%
Scheduled servicing$2,14024%
Tyres, annualised$1,07012%
Registration and CTP$98011%
Insurance$1,88021%
Sinking fund (failure table)$2,86032%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$187,200
Running costs × 5 years$44,650
Median exit, net of selling cost$174,498
All-in annualised over 5 years$11,470/yr
Share of value per year6.4%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
5.7%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
-0.1%a year
The projection falls 5.8 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$180,000
Stamp duty$7,200
Running costs x 5 years$44,650
Selling cost at exit, 2.6% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$238,039
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine4.2L NA straight six, triple SU carburettors
Power / torque185 kW / 384 Nm
0-100 km/h7 s
Transmission4sp manual
DriveRWD
Kerb weight1,300 kg
Built worldwide16,195
Delivered to AustraliaNot established
Effective AU survivors180
Australian sales / year10
Typical days on market90 days
Launch priceNot established

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
Original factory colour, unresprayed+6%
A period Jaguar dark green or dark blue+3%
Resprayed over previous bonnet repair-9%
Options
Covered headlights and triple SU carburettors rather than a Series 1.5+20%
Matching-numbers engine with documented restoration invoices+12%
Australian-delivered right-hand drive rather than a converted import+10%
Odometer sensitivity±1.4% per 10,000 km vs 45,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$179,178
-0.5% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $180,000.
Even odds it lands between $147,874 and $209,557.
$119,665 lowhigh $236,932
The shaded range is even money and 42% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A weaker five year outlook than 63% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: -$822 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $44,650.
Duty and expected selling costs: $11,880.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $57,350, or $11,470 a year.
The projected value fall is added to the running cost. Depreciation is the larger number here.

The case for and against

The case for

The Series 1 4.2 is the E-Type most people picture, with the better gearbox and the more usable engine, and 5,830 fixed-head coupes were built worldwide. A covered-headlight triple-SU car carries 15 to 25 per cent over a 1967-68 open-headlight Series 1.5, and it is a premium this market understands.

The case against

The one publishable Australian price is $106,500 from November 2020, six years old, and a coupe offered the year before did not sell at all. A bare-metal restoration is $185,000 against a $180,000 car, so the shell is the entire purchase and the bulkhead is the part nobody can see.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1Bulkhead, sill and floor rust at around $30,000, hidden until it is not
Risk 2Left-hand-drive imports converted to right-hand drive are common here
Risk 3Open-headlight twin-Stromberg cars presented as covered-headlight Series 1s
Bare-metal restoration once the shell is gone$185,000
Engine rebuild$32,500
Sills, floors and bulkhead rust - the bulkhead is the expensive one$30,000
Poorly repaired bonnet and previous accident damage$17,500
IRS cage rebuild - bushes, brakes, diff$11,500
Chronic overheating from a blocked radiator or wrong fan$4,000

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueThin · 1 recorded sale
Carried value
$180,000
Historical price
2016 · $180,0002026 · $180,000
Thin
At least one recorded transaction plus a source. Direction is sound, the exact level less so.
One published Australian price, and it is from 2020

Shannons sold a Series 1 4.2 coupe for $106,500 in its Spring timed online sale of 11 to 18 November 2020, lot 169, with no odometer published on the sheet. A 1967 coupe offered at the Sydney Winter Classic in August 2019 did not sell. That is the entire Australian auction record this library can publish for the model. It is a real published price and it is also six years old, because Shannons left the auction business in November 2023 and its lot pages have been taken down, and it is a single unaudited figure read through a summarising layer rather than a series.

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The body style is the price

A driver-quality fixed-head coupe is $150,000 to $210,000; an open two-seater is a different market at roughly $260,000 to $400,000; a 2+2 is materially cheaper again at $95,000 to $150,000. The figure here prices the coupe and nothing else. Inside the coupe there is a second split, and it is worth 15 to 25 per cent: a covered-headlight triple-SU Series 1 against a 1967-68 open-headlight twin-Stromberg car, the so-called Series 1.5. Sellers are not always careful about which one they are advertising.

The shell is the asset and the arithmetic is brutal

A bare-metal restoration once the shell is gone runs to $185,000 against a $180,000 car. Structural rust in the sills, floors and bulkhead is $30,000, and the bulkhead is the expensive one precisely because it is the part a buyer cannot see. An engine rebuild is $32,500 and an IRS cage rebuild $11,500. A rust-free car with a tired engine is worth more than a sweet-running car with rot in the bulkhead, every time, and the values here assume a sound shell.

Drive side is an open question on every local car

The model was sold new here in right-hand drive through Jaguar's distributor network, but the Australian volume was not found and is left at zero rather than guessed. A large share of the cars here today are British or American imports, including left-hand-drive cars converted to right-hand drive, and the conversion is not always disclosed.

What was built

16,195 Series 1 4.2 cars worldwide across three bodies, 5,830 coupes, 6,749 roadsters and 3,616 2+2s, with the right-hand-drive share not found. THE TREND is roughly flat to modestly up in nominal dollars over three to five years, which is down in real terms, and the 2021-22 peak was not sustained. That is why this record is marked flat rather than rising.

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