CMC a Midlands company have restored the oldest and most famous E-Type Jaguar in the World - a full 22 years after its owner stored it away in a sleepy 16th Century Worcestershire barn! Classic Motor Cars (CMC) of Bridgnorth who specialise in the restoration of Jaguars where chosen to restore E-Type registration 9600 HP to its former glory in time to appear at the 2001 Geneva Motor Show where 40 years earlier it made a triumphant entrance and launched a motoring legend.

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At the same time, the company have restored 1 VHP, a car which can also claim its rightful place in motoring history as the very first production Right Hand Drive Fixed Head Coupe E-Type Jaguar.

For Jaguar lovers, 9600 HP is the most glamourous car ever.  It was the secret prototype that under went pre-launch testing - including high speed runs on the new M1 motorway.  It was the first and only 150 mph E-Type, and in its role as publicity ambassador it went on to become the most photographed car in history!

Author Philip Porter, who has penned a dozen books on Jaguar, owns 9600 HP. However, he only became aware of the full historical significance of the vehicle when researching his award winning definitive history of the E-Type.

9600 HP was unveiled to a selected audience at a secret location in Worcestershire during April 1999.  Then in 2001 the restoration was complete, the project will climaxed with a step-by-step reconstruction of the E-Type's triumphant 1961 drive to the Geneva motor show.

The Project was followed in the Daily Telegraph (Motoring Section),  May Issue of Classic Sports Car and issues of Jag World magazines.