A fully restored 1964 E-Type Series 1. I would love to own this!

1964 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 3.8-Litre Roadster | Villa Erba 2015 | RM Sotheby's

 

Agreed, it's beautiful!

 

The only issue with the Series One cars that is really annoying is they put the convertible top cross piece right over the driver's head so if you hit a bump you violently discover it. That and not having to deal with 3 SU carbs is why I like the Series II cars better. I'm still tempted to run down a flood car and pop a current generation motor and trans in it along with updated electronics. It is amazing how many fuses that entire generation could eat. But man is that car ever pretty.

 

You need to have a look at the Eagle Speedster then.


Eagle Speedster // Home

 

Whether I could afford that entirely depends on if that's a comma or a decimal in the price. From a US perspective, that is.

 

The Eagle a Speedster costs a FORTUNE! There'd be other cars I'd choose first.

 

It would depend on whose money I'm spending.


EDIT: Here's a Series 1.5 that's listed as restored to driving conditions:

http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/...Inline-6%20Cyl

 

While mine is not as nice (or dear $) as the link..





I do like having the model Jag denied existing for years.

 

I have but that puppy is half a million dollars. That's crazy money. I'm pretty sure I could build a better (faster, more comfortable etc.) one for around 1/4th that. It doesn't even have a top. It sure is pretty though.


Oh and wow, I'd thought my '68 was a series II hadn't seen the Series 1.5 thing before. Damn now I really wish I'd kept it (though by now I'd of likely put a V8 in the thing and reworked the dash).

 

I agree, but if I had Bill Gates type money, or even Clive Palmer type money there would be one on the list. I would be more likely to buy one of these than run a private jet.

 

I've loved the look of the E-Type... my entire life??
Friend has Series 2 in factory red, beautiful car, I've occasionally helped him wrench on it as I maintained my TR6 for years. He pointed out I could have a "very nice E-Type driver, even a show car" for F-Type money.
I pointed out I wanted to drive my car and not work on it, hence the sale of the Triumph and the purchase of the F-Type.

I've seen "re-manufactured" E-Types in the UK; nice but silly money for well-sorted ones and people cry that they are "no longer original."

I'd rather have the private jet than the E-Type, but I admit it's close. I hope people feel this way about our cars in 40 years.

 

Most dealers can no longer work on E-types or other older carbureted cars because the trained mechanics have retired, the new age techs cannot tune or balance the carbs etc., or diagnose w/o OBDII. I work on mine myself. Unless Jaguar releases manuals and code info to hobbyists , our F-types will be off the road when the dealers deem them too old/uncommon to fix.

 

Totally right about that! I can't get parts for my Jaguar 2006 X-Type Sportwagon, I needed an AC relay and an AC pressure sensor, the dealer doesn't have them. Car is 5+ years out of production and JLR doesn't have to support it. I found the relay on eBay from a breaker in the UK, the AC pressure sensor is Unobtanium.

However, British Motor Heratage is a fine organization that continues to supply OEM quality parts like body panels for older collectable cars (like E-types and my old TR6). I recall when BMW bought them their was a fear that BMW would close BMH, but they said "no! we need BMH to show us how we can (profitably) supply all the enthusiasts who run old BMWs like 2002s."

Our cars have electronic modules that are unlikely to be available in 30 or 40 years, hopefully they'll still be cherished and not recycled like used aluminum cans. Hopefully the next generation will figure out electronic work-rounds to run our 2015 cars with 2060 electronics.

 

Some of us won't be "available" in 30 or 40 years...

 

Try finding parts for a 40 year old Land Cruiser or Moto Guzzi. The internet actually makes it quite easy. I found the best source of NOS Cruiser parts in Iran, and the best source of Guzzi parts in Germany. I'm certain the Jag community has its legendary suppliers as well. Just like you need a multi-manometer balancing tool for the multi-carbed Jags from 50 years ago, you'll need a scan tool for the current models. When ECUs were first introduced into cars, I thought that would be the end of hot-rodding. Not so. Tuning is far easier than it used to be with the right software and a laptop.

Not to worry. There will always be gearheadz out there able to tune and maintain your 50 year old F-Type with the parts (NOS, aftermarket or fabricated) to keep it running.

 

Here are a few E and F together pics. Amazing how the scale of the cars has changed over time.

 

They are making strides in making replacement parts for us, but I think our warranty expired some time ago...

 

Yes, I already voided the warranty by installing some aftermarket tuner parts.

 

Well I hope for your sake that they were not installed by you, but rather someone "board-certiifed."

 

And that they weren't just 'replacements', they were 'enhancements.'


[Sorry Lovemonet, for taking your thread in this bizarre direction.]