1965 Jaguar E-Type 4.2L Petrol · TEU 508C

The most recent MOT from October 2025 shows a clean pass with no defects recorded and 2,405 miles on the clock. There were no advisories, and the pattern across the last five tests is identical: a series of clean passes with nothing to report. That suggests the car is being presented for test in roadworthy condition each year, and on the face of it the safety-critical items are being kept in check. The recurring theme is a very low annual mileage — roughly 58 miles between 2024 and 2025 — which is consistent with an older classic used sparingly rather than as regular transport. The mechanical MOT trend is stable and shows no sign of deterioration. Nothing has been flagged as worn or corroded over this period, so from a pure test-history standpoint there is no worsening pattern. The real risk here isn’t mechanical wear from hard use, but the effects of long periods standing unused. A car that averages 39 miles per year over six decades will have spent most of its life stationary. That can dry out seals, harden rubber hoses and suspension bushes, cause brake calipers to seize, and encourage internal corrosion in the fuel system. The MOT pass doesn’t rule out any of these dormant issues because the test focuses on basic safety and emissions, not on the health of components that degrade with age alone.