A JAGUAR E-Type once owned by the man behind TV hits such as The Avengers, The Persuaders and The Professionals is up for auction.
Acclaimed screenwriter and producer Brian Clemens, who died in 2015, bought the S1 4.2 Fixed Head Coupe new. And it even starred on screen in the Avengers alongside John Steed and Emma Peel sporting Clemens’ personal reg – 140 MPH.
Having undergone a restoration in the 80s and 90s, it has just had a thorough engine overhaul plus brake and suspension fettling. The Jag is expected to sell for £65,000 to £85,000 at the H&H Classics auction in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, on October 16.
The firm’s Damian Jones said: "Given the cultural importance of The Avengers and Jaguar’s E-Type, it is no surprise that Clemens bought this car new and who can blame him for sneaking it on to the silver screen.
"For many, Jaguar’s sleek Fixed Head Coupe is just as memorable as Emma Peel’s leather catsuit or John Steed’s umbrella and bowler hat combination. An E-Type that has appeared in The Avengers is almost an overload of 60s cool.”
Clemens wrote the pilot episode for The Avengers in 1961 and was associate producer and scriptwriter for the series from 1961 to 69.
He cast Diana Rigg to replace Honor Blackman and he chose Joanna Lumley as Purdey from 700 girls when casting for The New Avengers which sold to 120 countries. He had a distinguished film career writing and producing films from 1957 to 2012.
