E Type

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SlackBladder

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2,580 posts

203 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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Need some advice on an E-Type I've been offered.
It's a Mk11 4.2 Drop Head in primrose yellow with only 10,000 miles, the problem I have is that I think it spent some time in the States and want to know if been converted from left to right hand drive or even right to left and back to right again.
My other concern is that it had an engine rebuild but the current owner doesn't know if it was the original engine that was rebuilt or a reconditioned engine was sourced.
Now I have the chassis number and engine number, so how do I go about finding out if they both match to the original car?

a8hex

5,830 posts

223 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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You would need to apply for a heritage certificate.
You provide the JDHT with all the numbers you have and they then reply back with a certificate showing showing which ones are correct. If they aren't correct they won't tell you what numbers there should be there for obvious reasons.
Normally the numbers are on the ID plate, but sometimes these get modified when engines are changed.

You could also try looking the car up on xkedata.com

Jagmanv12

1,573 posts

164 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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RHD chassis numbers start at 1R1001, lhd at 1R7001

SlackBladder

Original Poster:

2,580 posts

203 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Thanks for the replies, the chassis number starts 1E*****

charlie7777

112 posts

114 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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I think that I would be more worried about the 10,000 miles.

Jagmanv12

1,573 posts

164 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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1E means it is a series 1 or 1.5 4.2 and was lhd. LHD are 1E----- RHD are 1E---- LHD start at 1E10001

Is the car located on Nine Mile Ride?

SlackBladder

Original Poster:

2,580 posts

203 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
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Jagmanv12 said:
1E means it is a series 1 or 1.5 4.2 and was lhd. LHD are 1E----- RHD are 1E---- LHD start at 1E10001

Is the car located on Nine Mile Ride?
Could well be, and yes it would appear to be a series 1 originally LHD