JAGUAR E-Type Expedition: Navigating the USA's Classic Car Market
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Embark on an exciting journey with consultant Maikel Lemke as he explores the vibrant classic car scene across the USA, focusing on the iconic Jaguar E-Type! Join Maikel as he visits dealerships and meets with private collectors, offering an insider's perspective on the quest for the perfect E-Type.
🔍 Expert Evaluation: With Maikel's expert eye and thorough analysis, each E-Type is carefully assessed, providing viewers with invaluable insights into the world of classic car acquisition.
💼 Exclusive Access: Gain behind-the-scenes access to dealerships and enthusiasts as Maikel delves deep into the classic car community, uncovering hidden treasures and insider knowledge along the way.
🌟 Beyond the E-Type: While the primary goal is to find the ideal E-Type, Maikel's expedition leads to encounters with a diverse array of classic cars, offering a fascinating journey through automotive history.
🏁 From Consultancy to Acquisition: Whether you're a seasoned collector or new to the classic car scene, Maikel Lemke's E-Type Expedition offers an exciting blend of expertise and adventure in the pursuit of automotive perfection.
Don't miss this immersive exploration of classic cars and consultancy expertise, guided by Maikel Lemke himself. Hit play now and join the expedition for the ultimate E-Type experience!
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00:00 Intro
00:32 It's Alive Dealership St. Louis
13:08 Unmolested Jaguar XK 120
17:17 Jaguar XK E Type showroom
21:22 white Jaguar OTS flat floor
28:47 Autosport Designs Dealership Long Island
37:46 Restored blue mid 62 Jaguar E Type OTS
43:09 change location to PA private collector
44:13 unbelievable unrestored Jaguar E Type 67 FHC
55:04 incredible original paint late 'on Jaguar E Type 62 OTS
59:15 Jaguar E Type remarkable spot welds on
01:10:26 spot welds on Jaguar E Type wings and sill
01:15:28 the other handprint on bonnet
01:23:00 Ford / Willy jeep 1942 
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Thank you Maikel. Wonderful to see those original survivors. My old '61 OTS is far from original, but i love it. I can't turn back the clock, so it is what it is. Once again,thanks for all the detail. Steve...Australia
Maikel takes us on a wonderful trip as he evaluates E-Type Jaguars. How wonderful! And all from the comfort of my own home (although I would love to have been present!") I'm still adding to my stash, Mark. It may be another year or so but I have to replace the E-Type that I foolishly sold in 1983. I had a Series 1 OTS and a Series 2 FHC when I was young and E-Types were relatively inexpensive. At 43:58 in the video, as you got on the Washington bridge, I was reminded when I was driving from Boulder, Colorado to Connecticut in an E-Type and came across a "grate bridge" entering Chicago and the wire wheels created a harmonic vibration. I swear the Jag was coming apart! I slowed down to around 30 MPH and all was OK. I had no idea! Thanks for sharing your deep knowledge concerning these beasts! Cheers from Connecticut in the States!
Hi Robert,
many thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. Don't regret having sold your car. That was the only way how I and some others got one. I just love driving the E Type. For me, it is one of the coolest things on earth, and I can decide to go anytime I want. I was lucky to go in the grey and the white car in Pennsylvania. I had so many thumbs up and people cheering at me. I am thankful for the entire trip and thought it might be worth sharing. Will be back. Stay tuned 👍 and let us know when you are going to your own E Type again. 😀
Great work Maikel, I love the original grey ots, credit to its owner. Thanks for showing us
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Many thanks for your feedback, thought you would like the detailed info and pictures. Please share them with others. 👍🏻
Loved the expert insights and the pleasure to share these moments! Life is too short, enjoying g it in an E Type is definitely unique. Thanks Maikel.
You are most welcome 🙏. I really love and enjoy these cars as many of us are doing. Did a 100 miles yesterday in our OTS, cought some rain. Had to close the roof and was flying back home on the Autobahn. I am sure I shocked some people but enjoyed the trip and certainly inspired others to get their classic 🚗 out. The 3 wipers are spectacular 😁.
Keep sharing. 👍
Interesting video, Maikel!
That's a great video, with some amazing detail on the E Type. Nice to see a original unmolested with all that patina which you cannot replicate in restoration. You have changed my whole outlook on viewing these cars Maikel. You must have been a forensic scientist in a past life.
Hi Paul, thanks for watching and the very much appreciated comment. As you must have noticed, I am so passionate about these cars that I am trying to put myself back into the 60's to understand the conditions, these cars were built and driven. It is a kind of study not just restoring and driving them today. These cars do feel like part of my own body.😃😃. Good to hear you are studying these cars as much as I do. You are getting more and more into details and you probably appreciate and find the original cars more exciting. Keep sharing 👍
@@JaguarEType I went to a car show in Lytham -St Annes close to home yesterday and looked at E Types in a whole new way. My 40 yr career was in facial prosthetics, so detail was a given to achieve a realistic result for my clients ,it's not what your eyes see, but what your brain sees through your eyes and that takes many years of training and studying the human face, just like you with the characteristics of the cars we both love. Until details are pointed out by someone with your in depth knowledge we see only the overall picture, were as I would say to clients, when you look at the television you see a picture, while I see the pixels that make up that picture.
@paulcharlesworth319 You have the skill to put it in words. I am only trying to show some pictures and hope everyone understands 😀. Well said.
so much interesting stuff, opinions and so on, sills on last for example . . . .- very very interesting !
Interesting comment, I was surprised too... but keep up the comments. I didn't mention a few things I saw, I wanted to leave it up to the audience. And you are very attentive. 👍
@@JaguarEType I try my hardest ; )
Ok, another intriguing episode from arguably one of the most knowledgeable e type experts on the planet.
Can I stimulate debate? I veered from excited by the original, unmolested e types and xk 120 but many of the “restored” e types frankly depressed me. Excessive seam sealing, thick paint, questionable boot floors, etc. We all can’t own or drive $300000 cars, that’s for sure and keeping them alive is fantastic, but cutting cars in half? If the prices reflect this, fair enough, but in my lengthy car restoration experience, it won’t! Better to walk away from a quaint English iconic, shiny “not quite right car”. Hearts and heads my friend! I await the inevitable flack!
Wow, thank you for the 💐. What a good debate, I am sure we will have all different opinions. But I have been reading here that Paul C. also enlarged his point of view towards these cars. May I remember the CMC restored OBL 875256 which sold in February 2024 in Paris auction and then has not been sold. Offered again in Monaco and did not sell either. It seems that an original car, restored or unrestored is the REAL thing. That XK 120 at 0:13:08 is the best I have ever seen and it is priceless. Same with the 63 OTS and white 67 FHC. Probably not for long distances, but certainly worth keeping as is.
What do all the other say? I am curious.
Very enjoyable video thank you.
I wish there were still cars being made so utilitarian like that Jeep.
Hello Maikel . Well ! This was special . I must confess that l was less than impressed with your first venue . If my "e" looks as bad , l'll scrap it ! (Which l won't!)Your second visit, so promising, but fell at the last fence . ( but with modern 2 pack paints the density /thickness will give far greater depths . So your last visit was a real treat . However , clear over base system was not introduced until the the XJS . So you cannot "polish" through a clear coat , but you can polish through the top coats that can give the appearence of polishing through a clear laquer . Finally, l thought spot welding the splash plates stopped after the OBL bonnets but , there's no doubt this was spot welded . As always Maikel , many thanks for your undisputed wisdom and knowledge .
Hello John, for a while I thought you disappeared. Good to see you back, and many thanks for your feedback. Always very much appreciated.
Well yes, the locations could not have been more different. It seems, every market has its customers and different customers have different needs. That is why we need to release that not all cars are the same, albeit they are all E Types. Most of my customers are in love with the shape and only see with their eyes. I do see the potential or the problems and that is where my customers have their benefit. Talking about E types and all the different models and years, they are getting a much better picture and start making up their mind about what they want, can live with or what they do not want at all. It was a great trip, really enjoyed it but at the same time I wanted to show the world how different the market is and that buying an E Type is a simple thing but buying an E Type to meet your requirements can be a challenge and sometimes you have to go different steps, to enjoy your car. As in the end, there is no better car to enjoy and feel special than the E type. Hope to see your E on the road soon. Best, Maikel
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Lovely Original Gunmetal Roadster that’s how I would want them seriously.
When all restored proper you cannot drive them they are too nice man. Want one exactly like gunmetal just wants proper proper clean polish in and outside all little bits missing replace with original parts like wiper grommets rubbers door rubbers Where they are perished but I lovely straight car I learned so much about the welds spots thank you.
Just wish I never sold my dad’s series 1 4.2 roadster in 2005 never mind. Was sitting in the garage for years on axle stands complete complete car solid as a rock no rust, I mean no no rust with her original factory hard top in black I was saying the only thing I ever needed was a new bonnet. We should’ve bought that years ago when they were like 3-4 grand from Martin Robby way back in day They came in a crate I should’ve bought it and stuck in the Spare back room never my dad, rest in peace.
@joemorgan636
you are right, and I thinks it comes through. That grey OTS hits the jackpot. I have never ever seen something similar. Sure, there were days when someone replaced the gear box but luckily they kept all the original parts. I would just rebuilt the original parts and put them back it to make it running as it was and drop it at a museum. This piece has to be rescued by someone who can afford this sort of money and preserve it for the future generations to come. This car is so much different from the newly restored cars. What a luck it did not damaged in an accident and all the original bits are still there.
The XKSS at about 30 minutes is left hand drive, so it must be a replica.
Many thanks Paul,
I was not aware only RHD were built. Actually, I learned it is a Lynx creation. Very good 👍
SOME ADJUSTMENTS: Clear coat was not on any E-Type out of the factory, no matter plain or opalescent lacquer. They used single coating with synthetic enamel throughout. And thus there was no "polishing through clear coat" or"leaving out clear cote on areas, which cannot be seen from outside". What a fairy tale....
You should know that as deep expert on that matter.
The horizontal logo on the headlight glasses can be consistently found on early 1961 cars. From then on, definitely from 1962 it can be found either way, consistently horizontal, mixed with a vertical logo or only vertical. Latest time stamp on horizontal logo found so far: Jan 1963.
But noone can exactly tell, when the first horizontal logo appeared (probably very late 1961) and also not, when the horizontal logo was discontinued
Cross hatch dash panels: from your visit at Angus / moss jaguar: firstly known to have appeared Oct. 1962, not March 1963. Also E-Type basics....
So nice to see a survivor. Not many left with original paint.
Hi Sam, many many thanks for your feedback, that is the discussion I was hoping for. Always good to have some feedback on dates, as that is what I am after. I was working with Roger Payne for a long period on tools and manual sets, and it was so difficult to determine a specific date as change over. Almost impossible as new stock were put on old stock and some cars were hold back other were shipped to US. Then, also what date are we referring to, the production date, dispatch date or registration date. So, we can only vaguely determine the change over period. The grey OTS actually is a February 63 car and I personally have not seen an earlier car with cross hatch console. Would love to ask everyone watching this video checking their cars and letting all of us know who of you has an earlier car with cross hatch covers. Or maybe Sam can point us to the first car with cross hatch pattern.
Regarding the paint. Well, I have to say, I have seen many, many E Type but only a dozen which claimed to be original paint. I have always noticed the difference between the inside and the outside. And I now I can imagine why there are so very few cars left with original outside paint, especially the opalescent ones. In some of my other videos you do see some original paint on the engine frames and inside bonnet. If that would be the same shade on the outside, it explains why we never see any original outside paint. I think the opalescent would suffer even more.
Sam, I really loved to read your feedback, and I am seriously hoping you come up with more verifications and also the others viewers. Please verify your cars and help all of to narrow down certain change over dates. Albeit we will never be 100% sure.
For example, when did the fragile hood clamps on the early cars did change to the more chunky type
When did the swan neck water rail disappear.
When was the short A - post cap replaced with the larger one that continued forever.
When was the soft-top hood with the three straps was replaced with the one that only had 2 straps.
Many thanks and looking forward to your comments. 👍🏻
How many times you're going to mention "original" for Christ sakes ?...
You need to watch my other video ruclips.net/video/QBXl7ie5LHk/видео.html, that will be more to your liking. BTW, that car is still for sale, albeit having been auctioned in Paris and Monaco. Maybe I did not mention ORIGINAL often enough. 😜