E-Type and F-Type to go Hand in Hand for the Lord Mayors Show
The 1600 RW is one of the most famous E-Type ever built and it is to accompany Olympian Jessica Ennis when she will drive the new F-Type at the Lord Mayor’s Show. The 1600 RW was owned by Classic Motor Cars of Bridgnorth joined the F-Type when Olympian and Jaguar Academy of Sport Ambassador Jessica Ennis announced she is to drive the new Jaguar car in the Lord Mayor’s Show on November 10th.
Jessica commented: “I’m so excited to be driving the Jaguar F-TYPE at the Lord Mayor’s Show next week. I had a go in the V6 S at the Gaydon proving ground on Monday and was amazed how well it sticks to the ground. It was fun but fast and very different to my XKR.” 1600 RW or Chassis No. 4 was the fourth E-Type to leave the production line and the first one to be sold. It was completed and dispatched in April 1961 to its new owner who was none other than Jaguar’s own Racing Team Manager, Frank ‘Lofty’ England. After sitting in a garage for 25 years, the car was bought and restored by CMC.
Nick Goldthorp, CMC’s Managing Director who will be driving 1600 RW at the Lord Mayor’s Show, said: “We are excited about this year as we will be accompanying the all-new F-TYPE with two iconic E-Types, which will show the strong historic links that exist between the two cars.”