Dirt-Cheap E-Types ... in 1975
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In the very late 60s I went with my friend to pick up his E-type from a London dealer down the Old Kent Road. He part-exed an MGB for it. It was a lovely red coupe but he didn't have it all that long before he swapped it for a white roadster. Then the need to purchase a flat meant the E-type had to go, but he was soon back with an E-type in the form of another coupe, Midnight Blue in this case, but not as good as the first two cars. As Doug says, they were just "used cars" ! I was into motorbikes at that time as I didn't really have much money.
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In 1974 I was starting Community college at Merrit College in Oakland Ca. There was a guy trying to sell his pretty nice E type convertible for a grand. It sat in the student parking lot everyday the seller was in class. i remember it was for sale for weeks. It didn't get any attention from me at the time. I was into motorcycles and old Cadillacs at the time. Moral of the story? If you can stretch and buy something you really want right now, do it! Happy New Year!
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Currently the XJS seems to be in this hybrid phase. Project cars sell for $750 while a few top examples already go for $30,000. Time to get the barn ready.
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Its all relevant, John Wyer was selling his GT40's after the 1969 season first to his drivers then to the public as they were not legal for the 1970 racing season.
I quote DAVID HOBBS a friend of mine........John came to us and said , you can have your old race car for only $5,000.
The race car drivers all replied......5 grand for a piece of crap that could have killed me!
I cleaned up the answer.
Now they are 15 million each in racing Gulf form.
All relevant!
I'm enjoying today because gas will be irrelevant in just a couple of years.....
Enjoy
GTJOEY1314
I quote DAVID HOBBS a friend of mine........John came to us and said , you can have your old race car for only $5,000.
The race car drivers all replied......5 grand for a piece of crap that could have killed me!
I cleaned up the answer.
Now they are 15 million each in racing Gulf form.
All relevant!
I'm enjoying today because gas will be irrelevant in just a couple of years.....
Enjoy
GTJOEY1314
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