Jaguar E-type Lightweight (1963)

The Twelve E-type Lightweights

• #S85006 - ‘4 WPD’ - The John Coombs Prototype (UK)
• #S850659 - ‘5115 WK’ - Team Cunningham (USA)
• #S850660 - ‘5113 WK’ - Kjell Qvale (USA)
• #S850661 - ‘86 PJ’ - The Atkins Lightweight (UK)
• #S850662 - ‘4868 WK’ - The Lindner Nocker Low-Drag (UK)
• #S850663 - ‘49 FXN’ - Peters Lumsden and Sargent (UK)
• #S850664 - ‘5114 WK’ - Team Cunningham (USA)
• #S850665 - ‘5116 WK’ - Team Cunningham (USA)
• #S850666 - ‘YVH 210’ - Peter Sutcliffe (UK)
• #S850667 - ‘BEN 152’ - Robert ‘Bob’ Jane (AUS)
• #S850668 - ‘2 GXO’ - Richard ‘Dick’ Wilkins (UK)
• #S850669 - ‘PS 1175' - Phil Scragg (UK)

The fourth of twelve original Jaguar E-type lightweights to be built, '86 PJ' as it has been registered and referred to from new, was first supplied to Tommy Atkins in 1963. With the exception of the prototype Coombs car, this would mark the delivery of the first lightweight to the UK. Finished in light metallic green as it presents today, Atkins had Roy Salivadori lined up to competed in the 1963 season with the car. Lining up at Goodwood for the Easter meeting, he would face stiff competition from Graham Hill in the prototype E-type lightweight and from Mike Parkes in a 250 GTO. Salvadori would place third on his first outing.

Despite extensive competition at the hands of Salvadori and later, Roger Mac, 86 PJ escaped unscathed and largely original. Benefitting from the most sympathetic of restorations by marque specialists Eagle, 86 PJ even retains its original interior to date.

Supplied new to Tommy Atkins, ‘86 PJ’ was the fourth of just twelve Lightweight specification E- types completed, and with the exception of John Coombs’ prototype, the first delivered to the U.K.

Under Atkins’ stewardship, the car was entrusted to the masterful British driver, Roy Salvadori for the 1963 season. Qualifying 1st for the Sussex Trophy at Goodwood’s Easter Meeting, Salvadori would encounter stiff competition in the form of Graham Hill and Mike Parkes; piloting the Coombs E-type and 250 GTO respectively. Salvadori would place 3rd on his first outing.

• 15.04.1963 - Goodwood Sussex Trophy - Roy Salvadori - Race No: 48 - Result 3rd (Qualified 1st)
• 11.05.1963 - Silverstone International Trophy - Roy Salvadori - Race No: 44 - Result 2nd
• 13.07.1963 - Grovewood Trophy Mallory Park - Roy Salvadori - Race No: 44 - Result 3rd
• 24.08.1963 - Goodwood Tourist Trophy - Roy Salvadori - Race No: 9 - Result 3rd
• 02.05.1964 - Silverstone International Trophy - Roy Salvadori - Race No: 38 - Result 5th

Throughout the remainder of the 1963 season, Salvadori would go on to achieve a number of podium finishes at Silverstone, Mallory Park and once again Goodwood, in the Tourist Trophy. Salvadori was to race ‘86 PJ’ on only one occasion in 1964 - at Silverstone - after which Tommy Atkins decided to part ways with the car; selling it to Jac Mac Motors.

Roger Mac, son of the owner, and up-and-coming talent, found great success at the wheel of ‘86 PJ’ throughout the remainder of the 1964 season, before listing the car for ‘£3,500 or nearest offer’ in 1965.

• 23.05.1964 - Oulton Park - Roger Mac - Race No: 89 - Result 1st
• 06.06.1964 - Oulton Park - Roger Mac - Race No: 95 - Result 1st
• 13.06.1964 - Crystal Palace Pontin Trophy - Roger Mac - Race No: 26 - Result 2nd
• 14.06.1964 - Brands Hatch - Roger Mac - Result 1st
• 20.06.1964 - Mallory Park - Roger Mac - Result 1st
• 11.07.1964 - Brands Hatch - Roger Mac - Result DNF
• 03.08.1964 - Brands Hatch - Roger Mac - Result 17th
• 29.08.1964 - Goodwood Tourist Trophy - Roger Mac - Race No: 33 - Result DNF
• 13.09.1964 - Mallory Park - Roger Mac - Result 1st
• 19.09.1964 - Silverstone GT - Roger Mac - Result 1st
• 26.09.1964 - Snetterton Autosport 3 Hours - Roger Mac - Race No: 9 - Result 2nd
• 18.10.1964 - Church Lawford Sprint - Roger Mac - Result 1st
• 26.12.1964 - Mallory Park - Roger Mac - Result 1st

Roger Mac sold ‘86 PJ’ to Peter Mould, a Birmingham based businessman, already well versed with XK-powered competition cars, having previously owned a Jaguar C-type and Lister. Mould would only find a modicum of success with ‘86 PJ’ - most notably - a class-winning, fourth-overall at Mallory Park. Mould advertised the car in October of 1965, by which time the Lightweight was nearing the end of its career, such was the case, the car proved a tough sell, and Mould relisted 86 PJ for a second time in April 1966 and for a third in November, 13 months after it’s original listing, Mould eventually sold the Lightweight to dealer and racer, John Harper, who kept the car for just 3 months before passing it on to collector and motorsport photographer, Guy Griffiths, in exchange for an XK150. Enter Penny Griffiths (later Woodley): Guy’s daughter, who was entrusted with ‘86 PJ’ for competitive use in a number of events. Having been threatened with the deprival of use should any harm befall the car, Penny wisely chose to stick to mostly sprint events and hill- climbs - including Shelsley Walsh in August 1968. After 40 years, ‘86 PJ’ changed hands once more, by which time - having been cared for fastidiously and masterfully driven - the car was the best-persevered of the factory E-type Lightweights, and therefore, the new custodian set about the intricate task of ensuring it remained as such.

Having been purchased by life-long enthusiast, Paul Michaels, the next stage of the car’s life would be centred around protecting its remarkable originality. Nowadays a highly commendable state in which to present a car, the opportunity to preserve does not often come knocking, and should not be taken lightly. In 2004, Michaels entrusted world-renowned marque specialists Eagle with the task of preservation. The intention was not to create a show-car, but return it to a state in which it appeared most authentic. With fond boyhood memories of seeing Salvadori compete in the car at Goodwood, Michaels chose to return ‘86PJ’ to light metallic green, having arrived at Eagle in Griffiths’ favoured hue of Old English White.

Upon removal of the hardtop, the team at Eagle soon found clear traces of metallic green. Always learning; they also suspected that the car had originally been supplied to Atkins in bare aluminium. Despite being driven 2,600 miles in competition, the car only experienced the lightest of knocks, and such was the nature of its subsequent care, the body and mechanicals were found to be in exceptional condition. Awash with an air of authenticity impossible to replicate, the car’s stunning leather interior was ‘painstakingly’ removed and cleaned, before being returned and left in situ. Once more, despite being a competition E-type, roll protection had never been fitted, thus adding to the allure of the car’s remarkable originality.

Upon completion, ‘86 PJ’ was reunited with Michaels in time for an appearance at the 2005 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the very grounds on which he’d witnessed Roy Salvadori drive the car some four-decades previous. This time, the car was to be driven by Michaels’ long-term friend and ex-Jaguar works driver John Watson. Watson would pilot the car up the famed hill-climb before it was later reunited with Roy Salvadori for interview purposes - a full-circle moment of incomparable nature. In 2006, ‘86 PJ’ was acquired by a deserving new owner who’s collection boasted some of Jaguar’s most significant exports - including E2A, a D, and C-type. It remains one of the most significant competition Jaguars to date, boasting incomparable originality and remarkable history.

86PJ is accompanied by an extensive report by CKL Developments. In summary, ‘86 PJ’ more than lived up to expectation: Rob Hewes, CKL’s managing director, gave a glowing conclusion: ‘Having had the opportunity to inspect this car, it does not take long to conclude that it is in every way authentic and unmolested. Rare to see with a car of such a long history, it has an unchallenged provenance and is very well documented throughout its life.The car is a very good example and should be carefully maintained to ensure it remains in its current and historic form.’ - CKL Developments Ltd.

Sold by DK Engineering to its current custodian in 2020, this remarkable E-type has since been shown at the Heveningham Concours and at the 2025 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este where it notably recieved the Schedoni Award for Best Preserved Interior.

• The 4th of just 12 Lightweight E-Types completed
• Piloted by Roy Salvadori throughout 1963, securing four podium finishes, including 3rd at the RAC Tourist Trophy
• Achieved multiple race victories with Roger Mac during the 1964 season
• Campaigned by Penny Griffiths during the mid-1960s and beyond, remaining in her family's care for a further four decades
• Preservation-focused restorative works completed by Eagle E-Types in 2004
• Awarded the Schedoni Trophy for Best Preserved Interior at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2025