Jaguar E-Types from the model’s first production run are particularly desirable for their historical significance and unique combination of features. Many enthusiasts consider the earliest Series 1 examples, like the one offered here, to be the purest expression of the model’s iconic design, distinguished from later models by glass-covered headlights (which lasted until 1967), a smaller oval front air inlet, turn signals and taillights located above the bumpers, and exhaust tips exiting below the number plate. Other notable distinguishing features of very early-production Series 1 E-Types include flat cabin floors and a bonnet with welded ventilation louvers and external locks.

This Series 1 E-Type was the 155th left-hand-drive 3.8-Litre Roadster produced and is one of 385 such models built with the early-specification features outlined above. It was completed on 30 June 1961—just four months into Jaguar E-Type production—finished in triple black and dispatched to Jaguar Cars of New York on 18 July, according to a Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Production Record Trace Certificate in the accompanying history file. The first owner was J. Fletcher of Oakland, California, per Jaguar build records. By 1976, registration records show the roadster was with James Hosford of Los Angeles, who had the engine overhauled prior to putting the car up for sale in early 1980. Roger Styles of Kidderminster, Worcestershire, acquired the Jaguar and imported it to the United Kingdom in March 1980. In 1984, Christian Arrault purchased the E-Type from Bavaria Motors of La Valette-du-Var, France, and enjoyed it for the next 16 years, having it serviced at a specialist in Orléans.

By 2003, the car had passed to a French couple, who would commission various repair and maintenance work through 2006 from specialists in France and the United Kingdom, as indicated by invoices billed to their residence near Paris and beach house in Brittany. The E-Type would later pass to an owner in Monaco, who eventually had the car returned to the United States, where it was acquired by The Boeckmann Collection in 2021.

Finished in its factory-correct triple-black livery and confirmed to have its numbers-matching chassis, body, engine, and cylinder head, it is now offered with a color-matched removable hardtop and history file with JDHT certificate, registration documents, and service invoices dating back to the 1980s, documenting its continual care and upkeep.