We all know that certain classic cars, like the Jaguar E-type, are highly sought after. And when a car gets highly sought after, its price shoots up, and collectors start obsessing over getting the most factory-accurate specimens out there. As of late, Jaguar Classic has noticed this with the E-type and its original toolkit and now they’ve decided to capitalise on the situation.
You see out there in the free-market, the original toolkit from the early 1970s can fetch as much as £5,000 or RM26,000! So they’ve taken the liberty of reproducing this toolkit according to the original specification for just £732 or about RM3900 before taxes and duties.
The tools included in the Jaguar Classic E-type Toolkit are:
- Adjustable spanner
- Tyre valve key
- Pliers
- Tyre pressure gauge
- Points screwdriver
- Feeler gauge
- Three-piece screwdriver
- Spanner ¾ x 7/8 AF
- Spanner 9/16 x 5/8 AF
- Spanner ½ x 7/16 AF
- Spanner 11/32 x 3/8 AF
- Box Spanner 7/16 x ½
- Box Spanner 9/16 x 5/8
- Box Spanner ¾ x 7/8
- Sparking plug spanner
- Tommy bars (one short, one long)
- Valve timing gauge
- Grease gun
- Handbrake adjusting wrench
- Brake bleed tin and tube
Here’s the press release with more information.
PRESS RELEASE
Jaguar Classic is reintroducing the original Jaguar E-type toolkit, making it available for the first time in nearly 50 years.
The owner’s toolkit was originally offered with Series 1 and Series 2 E-types and hasn’t been available since the final Series 2 was produced in 1971. Complete original toolkits are highly collectible rarities, fetching as much as £5,000.
Now, thanks to their unique access to engineering records, Jaguar Classic’s Genuine Parts experts have reproduced the toolkit to authentic specifications. The Jaguar branded tools come in a period-correct leatherette-covered canvas roll, and feature all items needed to carry out routine maintenance on the iconic sports car. The reproduction toolkit is priced from £732 in the UK.
The tools included in the Jaguar Classic E-type Toolkit are:
- Adjustable spanner
- Tyre valve key
- Pliers
- Tyre pressure gauge
- Points screwdriver
- Feeler gauge
- Three-piece screwdriver
- Spanner ¾ x 7/8 AF
- Spanner 9/16 x 5/8 AF
- Spanner ½ x 7/16 AF
- Spanner 11/32 x 3/8 AF
- Box Spanner 7/16 x ½
- Box Spanner 9/16 x 5/8
- Box Spanner ¾ x 7/8
- Sparking plug spanner
- Tommy bars (one short, one long)
- Valve timing gauge
- Grease gun
- Handbrake adjusting wrench
- Brake bleed tin and tube
The E-type toolkit can be purchased directly from the recently-launched Jaguar Land Rover Classic online parts shop: www.parts.jaguarlandroverclassic.com, which gives access to more than 50,000 Jaguar Land Rover Classic Genuine Parts and accessories including E-type body panels and the Jaguar Classic Infotainment System.
The toolkit is also offered as an option for E-type Reborn restoration customers. E-type Reborn is a complete service from Jaguar Classic, offering the unique opportunity to buy a fully restored and highly collectible E-type direct from the vehicle’s original manufacturer.
Every E-type Reborn, which starts with a base vehicle sourced by Jaguar Classic’s E-type experts, is restored according to the company’s original 1960s factory specification. Unique access to build records, original drawings, and the team’s decades of experience ensures absolute authenticity, which has resulted in E-type Reborn restorations winning concours awards in Europe and North America in 2019. Jaguar Classic Parts are used to maximise the vehicle’s quality, longevity and collectability.
For more information on the full range of cars, services, parts and experiences offered by Jaguar Classic, visit: www.jaguar.com/classic
