JaguarE-Type

Jaguar E-Type Chassis Numbers

An E-Type's car number, which most people now call its chassis number, says which series, body and steering side it was built as, and Jaguar's records hold three more numbers for it: the engine's, the body's and the gearbox's. How to read them all, where they are, and what a Heritage Certificate can and cannot prove.

About the pictureA Series 1 car of the type.

A pale blue E-Type with a fixed roof and worn paint, parked on a street beside a hedge and an iron gate.
Stand-in A right-hand-drive Series 1 closed car, its paint worn, parked in a street in France: a car whose numbers would tell its series, body and steering side.Rundvald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Jaguar called it the car number, and most buyers now say chassis number. Every E-Type also has an engine number, a body number and a gearbox (transmission) number, and the Jaguar Heritage Trust, which holds the factory's records, asks for all four when it researches a car. Read together, the numbers say what a car was built as, and they are where any check of an E-Type's identity begins.⁠1​2​3

Reading a car number

Jaguar numbered the E-Type in blocks, one for each series, body and steering side, so a car number alone gives all three. In each series and body, the right-hand-drive block comes first and the left-hand-drive block starts higher.

The 3.8 of 1961 to 1964 had six-digit numbers with no letters, so a six-digit number beginning 85, 86, 87, 88 or 89 belongs to a 3.8 and nothing else. From the 4.2 of 1964 each series had a prefix: 1E for the Series 1 4.2, 1R for the Series 2 and 1S for the Series 3.

SeriesBodyRight-hand driveLeft-hand drive
3.8Roadster850001 to 850943875001 to 881886
3.8Coupé860001 to 861799885001 to 890872
Series 1 4.2Roadster1E 1001 to 1E 21831E 10001 to 1E 18367
Series 1 4.2Coupé1E 20001 to 1E 219581E 30001 to 1E 35814
Series 1 4.22+21E 50001 to 1E 513791E 75001 to 1E 79221
Series 2Roadster1R 1001 to 1R 17761R 7001 to 1R 14853
Series 2Coupé1R 20001 to 1R 210711R 25001 to 1R 28786
Series 22+21R 35001 to 1R 360411R 40001 to 1R 44287
Series 3Roadster1S 1001 to 1S 28721S 20001 to 1S 26120
Series 32+21S 50001 to 1S 521161S 70001 to 1S 75183

The first numbers of most runs were issued in March 1961, but the right-hand-drive coupés began only in July, when deliveries at home started; the Series 3 roadster began with left-hand-drive cars in December 1970 and right-hand drive in February 1971, and both 2+2 runs began in 1970, in a month the Trust does not give. So a claim to be "the first E-Type" needs its run: each block had its own first car. The late cars called "Series 1½" have no prefix of their own; they are 1E cars, and the Series 2 page explains where they begin. How many cars each run held is on the production figures page.⁠1​4​5​6​7

1S2872

  1. 1SThe prefix: a Series 3
  2. 2872The serial: in the block for right-hand-drive roadsters, the last number it used
An example: 1S 2872, the last E-Type, built on 12 June 1974 and kept by Jaguar.

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Prefixes and suffixes

Letters before and after the number record how the car left the factory:

MarkWhereMeaning
PBefore the numberPower steering, on Series 1 and 2 cars so fitted; the Series 3 had it as standard
BWAfter the numberA Borg-Warner automatic: Series 1 4.2 and Series 2 2+2 cars, and Series 3 cars
2RIn place of 1RA Series 2 built to American specification for the 1971 model year, from about April 1970
UC, UD, UEBefore 1SAmerican specification, for the 1972, 1973 and 1974 model years

The 2R cars sit inside the ordinary left-hand-drive runs: the Trust gives the change as about 2R 13621 for roadsters, in May 1970, and 2R 27981 for coupés, in April. A UD1S car is an American 1973 model; by the 1974 model year, its last, the E-Type was sold in America only as a roadster.

The engine and body numbers have prefixes of their own. The 3.8's engine numbers begin R, and RA from about February or March 1963; the Series 1 4.2's begin 7E, the Series 2's 7R and the V12's 7S. Bodies were numbered R for a 3.8 roadster and V for a 3.8 coupé, then 4E, 4R and 4S by series. Gearbox numbers have prefixes too, but no source read from the factory or the Trust lists them.⁠1​8​7​9

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The first number of each year

The Trust lists the first car number each run used in each year of production, which dates a car to its year of building. The years are calendar years, not American model years, and the Trust warns that its change points "must be treated as a guide only".

The 3.8, 1961 to 1964:

Run1961196219631964
Roadster, right850001850328850646850808
Roadster, left875001876471878863880808
Coupé, right860001860134861052861434
Coupé, left885001885399888035889752

The Series 1 4.2, 1964 to 1968, with the Trust's "September 1967" change point:

Run1964196519661967Sept 19671968
Roadster, right1E 10011E 10781E 14351E 17051E 18641E 1995
Roadster, left1E 100011E 104411E 123481E 144721E 159801E 16653
Coupé, right1E 200011E 201391E 211551E 214731E 215841E 21744
Coupé, left1E 300011E 304541E 324741E 340721E 345831E 34984
2+2, right–1E 500011E 500051E 506761E 509751E 51117
2+2, left–1E 750011E 750101E 769861E 777091E 77860

One number in this table is not the Trust's. Its list has no record of the right-hand-drive 2+2's first number of 1966, and the one given comes from Alan Karpovitch's table in the judges' guide of the Jaguar Clubs of North America, which puts 1E 50001 to 1E 50004 in 1965. The left-hand-drive numbers in the September 1967 column are the ones Anders Clausager identifies, as the clubs cite him, as the start of the American cars' twin Zenith-Stromberg carburettors and the 1968 model year; the clubs add that no factory document dates the change.

The Series 2, 1968 to 1970:

Run196819691970
Roadster, right1R 10011R 10751R 1499
Roadster, left1R 70011R 81261R 12201
Coupé, right1R 200011R 201271R 20605
Coupé, left1R 250011R 256011R 27572
2+2, right1R 350011R 351191R 35697
2+2, left1R 400011R 407991R 43437

The Series 3, 1970 to 1974:⁠1​10

Run19701971197219731974
Roadster, right–1S 10011S 12101S 16811S 2649
Roadster, left1S 200011S 200051S 201691S 216891S 24476
2+2, right1S 500011S 500651S 509681S 51618–
2+2, left1S 700011S 705241S 726621S 74351–

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Where the numbers are

The Trust's guide to finding each number covers every Jaguar; for the E-Type it gives these places.

  • The car number. On the Series 1 it is stamped on the right-hand cross-member of the front frame, above the damper mounting. The Series 2 adds an identification plate on the left-hand sill (rocker panel) in the engine bay. On the Series 3 the plate is on top of the scuttle, in the middle, and North American cars also carry the number on a plate seen through the windscreen (windshield) and on a label on the door pillar.

  • The engine number. On the Series 1 it is stamped on the right of the block above the oil filter, and on the front of the cylinder head, in its central valley. Series 2 engines of 1968 and 1969 have it in the same places; those of 1969 and 1970 have it only on the left of the bell-housing flange. On the V12 it is at the back of the engine, in the valley by the bell-housing flange.

  • The body number. On the Series 1 it is on the scuttle under the bonnet (hood) or on the left of the boot (trunk), and on 4.2s in the recess for the rear number plate (license plate). On the Series 2 a small plate sits behind the rear number plate; on the Series 3 roadster too, and on the 2+2 on the left inner wheel arch below the tailgate hinges.

  • The gearbox number. On a manual box it is on a shoulder at the left rear of the casing and on the rim of the top cover's core-plug hole; on an automatic, on a plate on the left of the casing.

The Trust adds that early cars may carry a different number on the tag in the boot from the one on the main plate, so a body number on an early car needs care. It can also be the best evidence there is: Motor Sport told in 1989 of a very early roadster whose identity, with its chassis plate missing, was traced from a body plate hidden under a switch.⁠11​12

An E-Type's six-cylinder engine from above, with polished cam covers, blue ignition leads and three carburettors.
An XK six, the 4.2 by its uploader's account, photographed in August 2022 with open trumpets in place of the factory air box: on a Series 1 the engine number is stamped on the right of the block, above the oil filter.Jack1956, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Heritage Certificates

The Trust's certificate gives a car's entry in Jaguar's production records "exactly as it was recorded at the time of production": the original colour and trim, the dates of building and dispatch, the original destination and, where it was recorded, the first registration. It adds nothing the records do not hold, whatever other evidence says, and the Trust does not inspect cars. A separate service gives the original paint name and code. The Jaguar Clubs of North America, which judge E-Types at concours, print on every page of their judges' guide that a certificate "supersedes Jaguar color charts".

What a certificate cannot do, the Trust says plainly:

a Certificate is not in itself confirmation of the identity, provenance, originality or present condition of a particular vehicle. A Certificate does not represent proof of ownership of a vehicle.

Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, "Heritage Certificates"

A certificate says what the factory built under a number. "Matching numbers", in a buyer's language, means that the engine, body and gearbox numbers on the car agree with the ones recorded for its car number, and whether every certificate prints all three, no source read says. In Britain a car never registered there, or re-imported, needs a certificate and an inspection by an authorised club, such as the Jaguar Enthusiasts' Club, before the DVLA will register it. The buyers guide says how to read a certificate against a car.

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Works and heritage cars by number

The factory's own cars of 1961 and the cars the Trust keeps have these numbers:

CarCar numberWhat it was
9600 HP885002The coupé driven to Geneva in March 1961 and lent to The Autocar; body V1002
77 RW850003The roadster driven to Geneva overnight and lent to The Motor
The Geneva display coupé885005The car on Jaguar's stand in the hall, unveiled in March 1961
HDU 555N1S 2872The last E-Type, built on 12 June 1974; body 4S 8989

The New York show cars of April 1961 have numbers too, which the Jaguar Clubs of North America's guide gives as 875002, 875003, 885003 and 885004. Jaguar kept HDU 555N from new, and it is in the Trust's collection today.⁠8​15​16​17​3​6​18

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Production

Production: how far the sources agree

15,498, 3.8L, the register's "Built" count (OTS 7,828 + FHC 7,670); Jaguar's 15,481 counts cars sold (motor-sport-1975-05-e-type-end-of-production)
One good source.
15,481, 3.8L, Jaguar's figure, cars "sold", 1961-64
One good source.
15,496, 3.8L, Skilleter's figures, OTS 7,827 + FHC 7,669
One good source.
7,670, FHC, the register's "Built" count, 1,798 RHD + 5,872 LHD; Skilleter's 7,669 (motor-sport-1989-04-e-type-38-42-v12) agrees within one car (ERRATA-generations §2a)
One good source.
7,669, FHC, Skilleter's figure
One good source.
1,938, 3.8 Roadster (flat floor), "The first 2,616 (1,938 OTS and 678 FHC) 3.8L flat floor E-Types were produced"; Jaguar's Service Department Bulletin P.51 as reproduced by the JCNA draft guide; 357 RHD + 1,581 LHD
One good source.
678, Flat Floor, "The first 2,616 (1,938 OTS and 678 FHC) 3.8L flat floor E-Types were produced"; Jaguar's Service Department Bulletin P.51 as reproduced by the JCNA draft guide; 175 RHD + 503 LHD
One good source.
476, Outside Bonnet Latch, roadsters 850001-850091 RHD (91) and 875001-875385 LHD (385): 91 + 385 = 476 (our sum of the guide's ranges); SDB P.46 (January 1962) as reproduced by the JCNA draft guide (ERRATA-generations C2: 500 in all)
One good source.
24, 3.8 Coupé (outside latch), coupés 860001-860004 RHD (4) and 885001-885020 LHD (20): 4 + 20 = 24 (our sum of the guide's ranges); SDB P.46 (January 1962) as reproduced by the JCNA draft guide (ERRATA-generations C2: 500 in all)
One good source.
7,828, Roadster, the register's "Built" count, 942 RHD + 6,886 LHD; Skilleter's 7,827 (motor-sport-1989-04-e-type-38-42-v12) agrees within one car (ERRATA-generations §2a)
One good source.
7,827, Roadster, Skilleter's figure
One good source.
31,693, the register's "Built" count, its own "Series 1" row: 15,498 + 16,195, excluding the 6,726 Series 1½ cars (counted on series-1-5); Jaguar's series figures (15,481 3.8s "sold"; 22,908 4.2s, which include the Series 1.5) do not split at the same point (ERRATA-generations §2a)
One good source.
1, Low Drag Coupé, "Six were planned, but ... only one was built" (EC1001, 1962)
One good source.
1, Low Drag Coupé, built 1962
One good source.
12, Lightweight, "Only 12 ... were eventually built, the last in 1964", of a project of February 1963 to build 18 "Special GT E-type Cars"; ERRATA-competition C1: twelve; the older counts (15 with three steel-centre cars, Motor Sport 1984; 13 on the register, with S850817) are rows
Good sources agree.
15, Lightweight, 12 alloy-centre + 3 steel-centre (14 raced, 1 road car)
One good source.
13, Lightweight, register entries incl. S850817, the Ropner road car
One good source.
5,830, 4.2 Coupé, the register's "Built" count to the SDB P.59 open-headlamp numbers, 1,582 RHD + 4,248 LHD
One good source.
3,616, the register's "Built" count to the open-headlamp change, 973 RHD + 2,643 LHD; Series 1 only (5,599 with the Series 1.5 2+2s, which the tree holds on its own node)
One good source.
1,983, 2+2, XKEdata's "Series 1.5" count, from the SDB P.59 open-headlamp numbers (ERRATA-generations C5), 405 RHD + 1,578 LHD; the tree's 1,986 is not a reading
One good source.
2,801, Roadster, XKEdata's "Series 1.5" count, from the SDB P.59 open-headlamp numbers (ERRATA-generations C5), 321 RHD + 2,480 LHD
One good source.
6,726, Series 1½, the register's "Built" count, OTS 2,801, FHC 1,942, 2+2 1,983, from the SDB P.59 open-headlamp numbers (ERRATA-generations C5); about 6,232 from the Stromberg / September 1967 numbers (Karpovitch, JCNA appendix B) is a row
One good source.
about 6,232, Series 1½, from the Zenith-Stromberg / September 1967 numbers (Karpovitch, appendix B)
One good source.
5,326, Series 2 2+2, the register's "Built" count, 1,040 RHD + 4,286 LHD; JDHT car-number spans 5,328 (our sum of RG001F's number spans, last - first + 1; ERRATA-generations §2a)
One good source.
18,809, Series 2, the register's "Built" count, OTS 8,628, FHC 4,855, 2+2 5,326; Jaguar's 18,841 ("between 1968 and 1971") is a row
One good source.
18,841, Series 2, Jaguar's figure, "between 1968 and 1971"
One good source.
7,297, Series 3 V12 2+2, the register's "Built" count, 2,115 RHD + 5,182 LHD; JDHT spans 7,299 (our sum of RG001F's number spans, last - first + 1)
One good source.
7,990, Roadster, the register's "Built" count, 1,871 RHD + 6,119 LHD, including the 50 Commemorative cars; JDHT spans 7,992 (our sum of RG001F's number spans, last - first + 1)
One good source.
15,287, Series 3 V12, the register's "Built" count, OTS 7,990, 2+2 7,297; Jaguar's 15,292 is a row
One good source.
15,292, Series 3 V12, Jaguar's figure, to 1975
One good source.
6, Continuation, "Just six customer Lightweight E-types will be built", each "assigned one of the remaining chassis numbers originally allocated in 1963"; the prototype Car Zero "will not carry one of the six Lightweight chassis numbers" and is not counted; V2 with jlrna-2016-07-jaguar-classic-xkss-lightweight ("the famous 'Missing Six'")
One good source.
72,584, Jaguar's figure, all E-Types, "produced": the sum of its market split (USA 49,032, Canada 2,439, other export 8,793, UK 12,320); the register's 72,515 and Motor Sport 1989's 72,507 are scoped rows (ERRATA-generations C4: "never one figure as 'the' total")
One good source.
72,515, E-Type, register "Built" count, series x body x steering side; source of the counts not stated
One good source.
72,507, E-Type, "examples of all series"
One good source.

  1. 15,4983.8L, the register's "Built" count (OTS 7,828 + FHC 7,670); Jaguar's 15,481 counts cars sold (motor-sport-1975-05-e-type-end-of-production)

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  2. 15,4813.8L, Jaguar's figure, cars "sold", 1961-64

    Motor Sport, "Jaguar E-type: the end of production and end of an era – but not of a legend", May 1975, p. 29⁠5

  3. 15,4963.8L, Skilleter's figures, OTS 7,827 + FHC 7,669

    William Kimberley, "The Jaguar E-Type 3.8, 4.2 & V12", Motor Sport, Apr 1989, p. 81⁠12

  4. 7,670FHC, the register's "Built" count, 1,798 RHD + 5,872 LHD; Skilleter's 7,669 (motor-sport-1989-04-e-type-38-42-v12) agrees within one car (ERRATA-generations §2a)

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  5. 7,669FHC, Skilleter's figure

    William Kimberley, "The Jaguar E-Type 3.8, 4.2 & V12", Motor Sport, Apr 1989, p. 81⁠12

  6. 1,9383.8 Roadster (flat floor), "The first 2,616 (1,938 OTS and 678 FHC) 3.8L flat floor E-Types were produced"; Jaguar's Service Department Bulletin P.51 as reproduced by the JCNA draft guide; 357 RHD + 1,581 LHD

    Jaguar Clubs of North America, Series 1 E-Type Judge's Guide (draft), part 1: Intro–Exterior, Draft, version of 21 Jul 2026⁠3

  7. 678Flat Floor, "The first 2,616 (1,938 OTS and 678 FHC) 3.8L flat floor E-Types were produced"; Jaguar's Service Department Bulletin P.51 as reproduced by the JCNA draft guide; 175 RHD + 503 LHD

    Jaguar Clubs of North America, Series 1 E-Type Judge's Guide (draft), part 1: Intro–Exterior, Draft, version of 21 Jul 2026⁠3

  8. 476Outside Bonnet Latch, roadsters 850001-850091 RHD (91) and 875001-875385 LHD (385): 91 + 385 = 476 (our sum of the guide's ranges); SDB P.46 (January 1962) as reproduced by the JCNA draft guide (ERRATA-generations C2: 500 in all)

    Jaguar Clubs of North America, Series 1 E-Type Judge's Guide (draft), part 1: Intro–Exterior, Draft, version of 21 Jul 2026⁠3

  9. 243.8 Coupé (outside latch), coupés 860001-860004 RHD (4) and 885001-885020 LHD (20): 4 + 20 = 24 (our sum of the guide's ranges); SDB P.46 (January 1962) as reproduced by the JCNA draft guide (ERRATA-generations C2: 500 in all)

    Jaguar Clubs of North America, Series 1 E-Type Judge's Guide (draft), part 1: Intro–Exterior, Draft, version of 21 Jul 2026⁠3

  10. 7,828Roadster, the register's "Built" count, 942 RHD + 6,886 LHD; Skilleter's 7,827 (motor-sport-1989-04-e-type-38-42-v12) agrees within one car (ERRATA-generations §2a)

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  11. 7,827Roadster, Skilleter's figure

    William Kimberley, "The Jaguar E-Type 3.8, 4.2 & V12", Motor Sport, Apr 1989, p. 81⁠12

  12. 31,693the register's "Built" count, its own "Series 1" row: 15,498 + 16,195, excluding the 6,726 Series 1½ cars (counted on series-1-5); Jaguar's series figures (15,481 3.8s "sold"; 22,908 4.2s, which include the Series 1.5) do not split at the same point (ERRATA-generations §2a)

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  13. 1Low Drag Coupé, "Six were planned, but ... only one was built" (EC1001, 1962)

    Damien Smith, "Cut and pace", Motor Sport, Mar 2005, p. 86⁠20

  14. 1Low Drag Coupé, built 1962

    collectordata.com (the XKEdata family of registers), Coventry Racers: Jaguar C-Type, D-Type, XKSS and Lightweight E-Type register⁠21

  15. 12Lightweight, "Only 12 ... were eventually built, the last in 1964", of a project of February 1963 to build 18 "Special GT E-type Cars"; ERRATA-competition C1: twelve; the older counts (15 with three steel-centre cars, Motor Sport 1984; 13 on the register, with S850817) are rows

    Jaguar Land Rover (Jaguar media newsroom), "The Lightweight E-type is Reborn" (press release), 14 May 2014⁠22; Motor Sport, "Jaguar E-type: the end of production and end of an era – but not of a legend", May 1975, p. 29⁠5

  16. 15Lightweight, 12 alloy-centre + 3 steel-centre (14 raced, 1 road car)

    Gordon Cruickshank, "Jaguar's Lightweight E Types", Motor Sport, Sep 1984, p. 33⁠23

  17. 13Lightweight, register entries incl. S850817, the Ropner road car

    collectordata.com (the XKEdata family of registers), Coventry Racers: Jaguar C-Type, D-Type, XKSS and Lightweight E-Type register⁠21

  18. 5,8304.2 Coupé, the register's "Built" count to the SDB P.59 open-headlamp numbers, 1,582 RHD + 4,248 LHD

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  19. 3,616the register's "Built" count to the open-headlamp change, 973 RHD + 2,643 LHD; Series 1 only (5,599 with the Series 1.5 2+2s, which the tree holds on its own node)

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  20. 1,9832+2, XKEdata's "Series 1.5" count, from the SDB P.59 open-headlamp numbers (ERRATA-generations C5), 405 RHD + 1,578 LHD; the tree's 1,986 is not a reading

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  21. 2,801Roadster, XKEdata's "Series 1.5" count, from the SDB P.59 open-headlamp numbers (ERRATA-generations C5), 321 RHD + 2,480 LHD

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  22. 6,726Series 1½, the register's "Built" count, OTS 2,801, FHC 1,942, 2+2 1,983, from the SDB P.59 open-headlamp numbers (ERRATA-generations C5); about 6,232 from the Stromberg / September 1967 numbers (Karpovitch, JCNA appendix B) is a row

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  23. about 6,232Series 1½, from the Zenith-Stromberg / September 1967 numbers (Karpovitch, appendix B)

    Jaguar Clubs of North America, Series 1 E-Type Judge's Guide (draft): Appendices, Draft, version of 21 Jul 2026, pp. 167 ff.⁠10

  24. 5,326Series 2 2+2, the register's "Built" count, 1,040 RHD + 4,286 LHD; JDHT car-number spans 5,328 (our sum of RG001F's number spans, last - first + 1; ERRATA-generations §2a)

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  25. 18,809Series 2, the register's "Built" count, OTS 8,628, FHC 4,855, 2+2 5,326; Jaguar's 18,841 ("between 1968 and 1971") is a row

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  26. 18,841Series 2, Jaguar's figure, "between 1968 and 1971"

    Motor Sport, "Jaguar E-type: the end of production and end of an era – but not of a legend", May 1975, p. 29⁠5

  27. 7,297Series 3 V12 2+2, the register's "Built" count, 2,115 RHD + 5,182 LHD; JDHT spans 7,299 (our sum of RG001F's number spans, last - first + 1)

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  28. 7,990Roadster, the register's "Built" count, 1,871 RHD + 6,119 LHD, including the 50 Commemorative cars; JDHT spans 7,992 (our sum of RG001F's number spans, last - first + 1)

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  29. 15,287Series 3 V12, the register's "Built" count, OTS 7,990, 2+2 7,297; Jaguar's 15,292 is a row

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  30. 15,292Series 3 V12, Jaguar's figure, to 1975

    Motor Sport, "Jaguar E-type: the end of production and end of an era – but not of a legend", May 1975, p. 29⁠5

  31. 6Continuation, "Just six customer Lightweight E-types will be built", each "assigned one of the remaining chassis numbers originally allocated in 1963"; the prototype Car Zero "will not carry one of the six Lightweight chassis numbers" and is not counted; V2 with jlrna-2016-07-jaguar-classic-xkss-lightweight ("the famous 'Missing Six'")

    Jaguar Land Rover (Jaguar media newsroom), "Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations Reveals 'New' Lightweight E-type" (press release), 12 Aug 2014⁠24

  32. 72,584Jaguar's figure, all E-Types, "produced": the sum of its market split (USA 49,032, Canada 2,439, other export 8,793, UK 12,320); the register's 72,515 and Motor Sport 1989's 72,507 are scoped rows (ERRATA-generations C4: "never one figure as 'the' total")

    Motor Sport, "Jaguar E-type: the end of production and end of an era – but not of a legend", May 1975, p. 29⁠5

  33. 72,515E-Type, register "Built" count, series x body x steering side; source of the counts not stated

    XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics"⁠19

  34. 72,507E-Type, "examples of all series"

    William Kimberley, "The Jaguar E-Type 3.8, 4.2 & V12", Motor Sport, Apr 1989, p. 81⁠12

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Sources

Sources are given as plain text; their addresses are on the sources page.

  • Primarymade at the time, by the maker or by people who were there
  • Referenceserious later work: clubs, specialists, magazines, books
  1. Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, Research Guide No. 001F: Chassis Number Runs and Change Points by model – Jaguar E-type, Issue 3, January 2023, pp. 1–2, chassis, engine and body numbers for every run; pp. 1–2, the first and last numbers of each run; pp. 1–2, the general notes: P, BW, 2R, UC, UD and UE; engine and body prefixes; pp. 1–2, the year rows and the "September 1967" row; "a guide only". Primary
  2. Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, "Heritage Certificates", the numbers an applicant supplies; what a certificate records and does not confirm; inspection; the DVLA. Primary
  3. Jaguar Clubs of North America, Series 1 E-Type Judge's Guide (draft), part 1: Intro–Exterior, Draft, version of 21 Jul 2026, the index: "Commission Plate"; the launch cars: the Geneva display coupé and the New York show cars; p. 5, flat floors; pp. 5, 9, outside bonnet latches. Reference
  4. Paul Skilleter, Jaguar Sports Cars, Haynes (first published by G. T. Foulis, 1975), 1988 reprint, 1975, the car-number table. Reference
  5. Motor Sport, "Jaguar E-type: the end of production and end of an era – but not of a legend", May 1975, p. 29, p. 29, "the very last one" and its body number; para 4; "Only 12 full lightweights". Primary
  6. Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, "1974 Jaguar E-type Series 3 V12 OTS HDU 555N: The Last E-type Built", the last car, built on 12 June 1974; HDU 555N. Primary
  7. XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Enter data" (car-number entry page), the prefix list; "six digit number starting with '8'"; the prefix list. Reference
  8. Paul Skilleter, The Jaguar E-type: A Collector's Guide, Motor Racing Publications, 1979, the engine numbers, "R or RA" and "7E"; 9600 HP as 885002. Reference
  9. Chris Cowin, "History: Exporting British cars to the USA – Part Two", AROnline, 31 May 2025, updated 21 Oct 2025, 1974: the convertible only. Reference
  10. Jaguar Clubs of North America, Series 1 E-Type Judge's Guide (draft): Appendices, Draft, version of 21 Jul 2026, pp. 167 ff., Appendix B, Karpovitch's table of the 4.2 2+2 in 1965 and 1966; Appendix D, the change points of 1967; the page footer: "supersedes Jaguar color charts"; appendix B. Reference
  11. Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, Research Guide No. 002: Vehicle numbers locator Guide, Issue 7, October 2026, pp. 8–9, the E-Type rows. Primary
  12. William Kimberley, "The Jaguar E-Type 3.8, 4.2 & V12", Motor Sport, Apr 1989, p. 81, p. 81, the body plate under a switch; para 6; para 3. Reference
  13. Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, "Paint Codes", the paint-code service. Primary
  14. XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "About This Site" (with FAQ), "About This Site": the build sheets. Reference
  15. XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), Car page 885002 (9600 HP), the register's entry. Reference
  16. XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), Car page 850003 (77 RW), the register's entry. Reference
  17. Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, "1961 Jaguar E-type 77 RW: The First E-type OTS", the Trust's page on 77 RW. Primary
  18. XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), Car page 1S2872 (5.3 open two-seater, HDU 555N), the register's entry. Reference
  19. XKEdata (xke.collectordata.com), "Statistics", statistics, Series 1 3.8; statistics, Series 1; statistics, Series 1 4.2; statistics, Series 1 4.2 2+2; statistics, Series 1.5; statistics, Series 2 2+2; statistics, Series 2; statistics, Series 3 2+2; statistics, Series 3 OTS; statistics, Series 3; statistics, totals. Reference
  20. Damien Smith, "Cut and pace", Motor Sport, Mar 2005, p. 86, para 7. Reference
  21. collectordata.com (the XKEdata family of registers), Coventry Racers: Jaguar C-Type, D-Type, XKSS and Lightweight E-Type register, car page EC1001; model search. Reference
  22. Jaguar Land Rover (Jaguar media newsroom), "The Lightweight E-type is Reborn" (press release), 14 May 2014, editors' notes; para 2. Primary
  23. Gordon Cruickshank, "Jaguar's Lightweight E Types", Motor Sport, Sep 1984, p. 33, paras 4, 7. Reference
  24. Jaguar Land Rover (Jaguar media newsroom), "Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations Reveals 'New' Lightweight E-type" (press release), 12 Aug 2014, text. Primary

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