1967 XKE Coupe

Just to add fuel to the subject, when I was at Browns Lane ( the Jaguar factory they had a "special" in house service unit. Dealers, for a number of reasons may not have the rescources to satisfy a customer complaint or even to diagnose unusual faults.The client would often be given a "loaner' and the car brought back to Coventry. They would do anything there, often having the car for prelonged periods. Would anyone know if those changes/modifications/updates were recorded in the build sheet? If not , what then?

William:

Which is correct? Well.... in your example, that all depends on what your goal is, or mind set is, really. For the purposes of JCNA Concours, both are correct. One is "original" (and can be documented via JDHT Certificate), the other is "authentic".

If someone had a pale primrose E-type with suede green interior, and claimed it was original from the factory, I would either want to see the original invoice or the Heritage Certificate.

P

Yes, I simply quoted from Philip Porter's "Orig. Jaguar E-Type", page 51. But I didn't go far enough in saying that almost any color combination was possible if special ordered from the factory. The Heritage Certificate would confirm or deny this special color combo.

There is also the distinct possibbility that the car was re-sprayed to Opal. Silver Blue, while retaining the black interior. Only way to know is to check the inside firewall up high, or in the fuse panel for hints of the original color. Unless this car has been taken down completetly where everything was sprayed, parts of the original color are easy to find.

Or it could indeed be a special-order car.

(yes, I agree with Mark)

Patrick

Gentlemen, bear in mind that -in Europe almost exclusivly, and in many other markets on request, via the selling dealer- an owner could choose to have his car assembled with any of the options provided by the factory, ie, any colour combination! That then became the original specification, the next owner may have thought he would improve it and may decide to return to factory recommended combinations; which is correct?

I am going to disagree with Patrick. I have a "catalogue" from Jaguar Cars Ltd. which states;

"Jaguar Color Guide (North America)

Exterior Colors
Carmen Red
Opalescent Light Maroon
Cream
Beige
Pale Primrose
Golden Sand
Opalescent Silver Grey
Opalescent Silver Blue
Dark Blue
Willow Green
British Racing Green
Black

Interior Colors
Red leather (VM 3171)
Maroon leather (VM 893)
Tan leather (VM 3280)
Light tan leather (VM 3104)
Beige leather (VM 3234)
Gray leather (VM 3230)
Light blue leather (VM 3244)
Dark blue leather (VM 3197)
Suede green leather (VM 3510)
Black leather

Jaguar distributors and dealers will suggest the most suitable exterior and interior color combinations.

The color finishes and combinations described are those in current use at the time of publication of this catalogue. Jaguar Cars Ltd. reserves the right to alter of withdraw any color finish without notice."

This is specifically for 1966 model year cars, but I would assume that there would be no material change for 1967 model year, except possibly colours available. Thus from this, ANY exterior colour was available with ANY interior colour, if it was ordered by a customer that way.

Having said that, there were some very common colour combinations, such as pale primrose with black interior, and as Patrick has stated, the most common combination for opalescent silver blue exterior was gray, or dark blue interior. These are the only combinations that I have actually seen myself. However, there is a car on Ebay right now that says it has the original colour combination of opalescent silver blue with black interior. Perhaps this is the car you are asking the question about.

No, the only "standard" interior colors for 1967 Opal. Silver Blue were Grey and Dark Blue.