2016-07-27 18:08:28 | pauls writes:

Car to be at auction 7/16
www.handh.co.uk/buy/19631990s-jaguar-d-type-evocation/13070

Auction description:
Lot 72
D-Type Evocation
Year 1963/1990s
Vehicle Registration YVG 354
Chassis Number 306411BW
Engine Number 7B58105
CC 3781
Body Colour B.R.G.
Trim Colour Green / Tan
Estimate £20000 - 30000

- Straight-six Jaguar engine with triple carburettors
- BRG with green leather seats, Hardura carpets and Mota-Lita four spoke steering wheel
- Part of a deceased estate, in dry storage for c.12 months
One of the better kits available, the RAM D-Type was praised by Kit Cars & Specials magazine as having 'undisputed mechanical integrity,' and to be 'one of the most desirable replicas we have yet laid our hands on.'

Understood to have been built in the early 1990s using a 1963 Jaguar 340 as the donor vehicle, this fibreglass bodied example boasts a number of interesting features including Hardura carpeting, a Mota-Lita four spoke wood-rimmed steering wheel, alloy gear knob and period dip switch. The engine is believed to be of 3.8 litre capacity and the car appears to have been constructed to a good standard. With its period registration number and replica D-Type style alloy wheels shod with Pirelli tyres it certainly looks the part. Forming part of a deceased estate, having been in the late-owner's ownership since 1995, it has been in dry storage for at least a year and will require careful recommissioning before use. Reminiscent of the later cars with high fin and wraparound windscreen, YVG 354 is offered with a Swansea V5C registration document.

Please Note: The V5 document shows the make as Jaguar but no model or type details are recorded. The chassis number quoted on this document appears to relate to a Jaguar MkX 3.8 saloon and the engine number quoted ends in 5 and not 3 as recorded on the chassis plate. Details of the engine number stamped on the engine will be available once the car is delivered to the sale venue.

The car has been running and driven under its own power briefly when delivered to the sale.

The engine number on the engine is obscured by the oil filter but appears to start with a 7 and end with an 8 which we believe would be consistent with a MkX 3.8-litre unit.