I remember buying my first E-Type, it was such an overwhelming experience. To be privileged to actually acquire, own, possess a real European masterpiece that I can sit in and drive and experience the feeling of freedom in an exotic piece of art. Was almost more than I could bare. I could not have been more thrilled. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. !!!!!!. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. !!!!!
I once rode in a BRG E-Type convertible as a teen in northern Michigan and I'll never forget it as long as I live. Its the absolute best car ever. It was a sensory overload. Pure passion, style and sound all rolled into one. Thanks.
As close as I came to having a Jag back then was the large-scale plastic model of the E-Type Jaguar that I built as a kid in the early 60s. Today, I own a Nissan 370Z sport coupe with a 6-speed manual gearbox. It's not in the same league as the Jag but it is a reasonably close facsimile to the real thing.
As for the comment of the coupe being better looking I'm lucky enough to own a 66 roadster which in my humble opinion is far better looking than the coupe as the coupe's greenhouse is entirely too tall for the car and the rear end looks like a fully loaded babies diaper --- Both beautiful but the roadster has it ....hands (and top) down.
I must be out of step. I had a series one 3.8 Coupe and the quality was rubbish. By the early 70s the chrome was pitting and small rust holes appearing around the rear sills and arches. I was glad to sell it on for £795 at the time. Yes, it was beautiful but at £2200 new, one gets what one pays for (hence quality materials were not a priority). After that I had two more Jaguars and they were both very unreliable. Now, fifty years later, I have a Lexus LS made in Japan and, dare I say it, have the performance of the E Type, but have total reliability and quality. Sometimes, rose tinted spectacles distort our memories !
The people who mindlessly profess their "love" for the E-Type are only moved by their eyes. They have no idea that the car was seriously unreliable and deeply problem plagued. Like headaches and problems? Then buy an E Type and suffer.
My father Dennis Pritchard bought a 1968 series 4.2cc coupe, opalescent blue. OBU 608F, How lucky was I to be taken to school in it as school boy!
I had a 63 roadster during my last two years of college (76/77). Heaven to me would be an endless drive through an endless forest.
I remember buying my first E-Type, it was such an overwhelming experience. To be privileged to actually acquire, own, possess a real European masterpiece that I can sit in and drive and experience the feeling of freedom in an exotic piece of art. Was almost more than I could bare. I could not have been more thrilled. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. !!!!!!. A thing of beauty is a joy forever. !!!!!
I once rode in a BRG E-Type convertible as a teen in northern Michigan and I'll never forget it as long as I live. Its the absolute best car ever. It was a sensory overload. Pure passion, style and sound all rolled into one. Thanks.
I bought a 1968 Series 1 1/2 in 1972, $2800, cheap money, even then. Wish I still had it!!
As close as I came to having a Jag back then was the large-scale plastic model of the E-Type Jaguar that I built as a kid in the early 60s. Today, I own a Nissan 370Z sport coupe with a 6-speed manual gearbox. It's not in the same league as the Jag but it is a reasonably close facsimile to the real thing.
Jeremy Clarkson's old Top Gear full review of Aston Martin DB5/Jaguar XK-E is TOTALLY HILARIOUS !!!
The E-type is a classic unsurpassed beauty from the mid 60's. I can't afford one now, but I can still fantasize.
NICELY I MA FAN OF THIS TOO
Wow, can I have one to drive somewhere around immenstadt oberallgäu germany... VPO.. TY!
Sound in NA, also the Jag he's driving, 848 Cry, its the italian Job Jaguar E type that was mach destroyed in that.
They said it would snap knickers elastic as it drove past.
But I need a park place not that the neighborhood push me around, send me outside in this flat where I live... VPO.. TY!
JC hasn't changed a bit
dont get me wrong i love the e-type very much, but uncle steve's keep on running with a jag. well they ran but often they broke down.
As for the comment of the coupe being better looking I'm lucky enough to own a 66 roadster which in my humble opinion is far better looking than the coupe as the coupe's greenhouse is entirely too tall for the car and the rear end looks like a fully loaded babies diaper --- Both beautiful but the roadster has it ....hands (and top) down.
British masterpiece🇬🇧
The 1963 Corvette Stingray did it better. Change my mind.
I must be out of step. I had a series one 3.8 Coupe and the quality was rubbish. By the early 70s the chrome was pitting and small rust holes appearing around the rear sills and arches. I was glad to sell it on for £795 at the time. Yes, it was beautiful but at £2200 new, one gets what one pays for (hence quality materials were not a priority). After that I had two more Jaguars and they were both very unreliable. Now, fifty years later, I have a Lexus LS made in Japan and, dare I say it, have the performance of the E Type, but have total reliability and quality. Sometimes, rose tinted spectacles distort our memories !
The people who mindlessly profess their "love" for the E-Type are only moved by their eyes. They have no idea that the car was seriously unreliable and deeply problem plagued. Like headaches and problems? Then buy an E Type and suffer.