The Design

The Series 1 3.8-litre cars used the triple SU carburetted 6-cylinder engine from the Jaguar XK150S and all 3.8 models used the Moss ‘non-synchro first’ gearbox throughout. All E-Types featured fully independent suspension and four- wheel servo-assisted disc brakes. Jaguar was one of the first car manufacturers to equip cars with disc brakes as standard, developed from the Le Mans- winning Jaguar C and D-Types.

The Series 1 can be easily recognised by glass-covered headlights (up to mid- 1967), small ‘mouth’ opening at the front, side lights and tail lights positioned above the bumpers, and exhaust tips under the number plate in the rear. The first 92 right-hand-drive and 386 left-hand-drive roadsters featured the outside bonnet locks, but by August these had been superseded by internally- positioned bonnet locks. The initial separate bonnet louvres remained until around the end of 1961 and footwells were added to the previously flat floorpans by RHD Roadster chassis No. 358 and LHD No. 582.

The Shirt

• Wash shirt inside-out to preserve the graphic
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Heather colors contain polyester
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping