Tuesday, October 19, 2021

E-Type

 


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  1. In British Racing Green. Nice.

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  2. The most beautiful car ever designed.
    (Keeping it going....another matter!)

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    1. I totally agree. The culmination of the XK series. The Jag designers really had a great feel for just the right curves. I much prefer the shape lines on the convertible compared to the hardtop.

      Between the poor electrics and temperamental mechanicals, a challenge to keep it running, but worth it.

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  3. Drove one of these for 3 days in 1972. Little did I know that the guy that traded it in had hidden $4,000 in cash under the driver's seat. My ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend found it when detailing it. Found out later that he had paid $4,500 for it when he bought it. Geesh

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  4. my mom had a 1973 etype v12 dad said he had it up about around 120mph and it started getting a little hairy.

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  5. Had a 1965 XKE 1974. LOVED it. Loved the smell of that leather!

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  6. That car. That spot. Perfection.

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  7. In 1963 I believed the lines of the Jaguar E-Type and those of the GT40 would be immortal; that neither car would ever look dated. I still believe that about the GT40

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    1. Despite 15-years of tweaking 3-Series of the XKE, Jaguar failed to roll out a “new & improved”. In contrast, builders of the GT40 remained true to it’s lineage and essentially produced a new car that’s still 40” tall.

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  8. Many years back I worked at a youth camp on the coast. After the day was 9ver a few of would walk down to the beach to spend the evening around a camp fire. There was one of these, green, parked under a carport. I would admire every time we walked by. Considering the less than ideal conditions where it was stored (it never seemed to move), I wonder if it survived.

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