The 'E' Type Forum

A great article at "Classic Driver": The art of trading collector cars with Bastian Voigt How would you summarise the state of the market and what trends do you anticipate in the future? Growth slowly came to a halt around two years ago, which I think is a normal and healthy process. Things have set...

Cheers Chris

I'll stay quite from now on

Cheers Paul! :drinkingcheers: Hi Goran, You may or may not have gathered that the forum primarily consists of enthusiasts far more interested in the restoration, improvement, driving and sheer joy of owning an E Type of any description. For me, the fact that it also may have gone up a little in valu...

Price corrections this week: https://i.postimg.cc/YS99qygT/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-22-17-14.png https://i.postimg.cc/QCpNyLGK/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-22-17-25.png https://i.postimg.cc/1R6ztFnR/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-22-17-38.png https://i.postimg.cc/Gt0hKLN1/Screenshot-2020-04-01-at-22-17-56.png...

We have noted in the past that the long-term outlook for British cars is uncertain since younger buyers in general still shy away from them. That still seems to be the case, but budget-conscious buyers looking for maximum fun and style per dollar should keep an eye on this segment. - Andrew Newton,...

Hi All, still doing a lot of research and learning about the car. I got a lot of recommendations to stick with SII and its 4.2 engine because it is more reliable, easier to maintain, gives more enjoyment in driving then the V12 which is more complex, harder to maintain and adjust, makes nose of the ...

Hi Rich,

only material or with hands included?

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For a complete kit for my 3.8 fhc, it was around £3k.

Hi All, From your experience, anyone has an idea how much would it cost to change the complete interior upholstery (leather seats, carpets, doors, boot...) from i.e. black colour to red or beige colour? Anyone done it? Cheers, G. http://olczak.com/foto/jaguar-e-type/jaguar-etype-tapicerka-01-2000x13...

Global stocks are down already -30% in the last month, but we don"t know where and when will this end. 9/11 crisis: -49%. 2008 financial crysis: -57%. Recession? We are already there. Great Depression? If it continues this way (Italy, US...) everything is possible. Like every crysis this one also fo...

Steve, I"m following these auction websites: Hemmings Bring A Trailer The Market Motor Klassik ...any other to suggest? I was close in making a deal for EUR 29k for this '69 SII 4.2 2+2 E-Type with original docs, JHC, my perfect colour comination (silver+red), even the first GB license plate... but ...

Agree with you Steve. There are great opportunities and very good E-Types (SII/SIII 2+2) at around EUR 40k, but usually they are gone in couple of days/weeks. Current situation, regardless of being generally negative, excites me since I'm looking to buy an E-Type and keep it forever, that"s why I"m ...

Interesting stuff to read and watch: https://youtu.be/-F4qTZGq7II https://wolfstreet.com/2019/09/22/asset-class-of-vintage-cars-drops-into-bear-market-down-by-more-than-in-2008-2009-but-this-time-there-is-no-crisis/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-07/the-classic-car-feeding-frenzy-is...

And my wife found one in the city... 5 min from where we live : https://www.premiumgarage.at/impressionen

Found one across the border in Switzerland: www.madmotors.ch https://i.postimg.cc/MTSdm4QM/Screenshot-2020-03-07-at-11-18-32.png They even have a rent-a-classic: http://www.rentaclassic.swiss/de/fahrzeug-buchen.html great chance for me to test an E-Type! https://i.postimg.cc/qqZsSZzG/Screenshot-2020...

Hi All, does anyone from DACH region, preferably Austria (Vorarlberg) has a restoration company and repair shop to recommend near Vorarlberg or its surroundings? Garage that works with and has experience with E-Type's would be preferred of course. Cheers, G. https://i.postimg.cc/yNxmVHVw/Screenshot-...

Hi Malcolm! Thanks... Cheers!

Thanks Steve, I added my name into signature. I was pretty sure I needed to be a club member to access the forum, so thanks for the heads up on this... I just learned something today :-D

Thank you Julian.
This seems to be a great place with great people and vast amount of useful information.
For sure I'll have a lot of questions and I'm looking forward to our discussions.
Cheers!

Hi All, my name is Goran and I am proud owner of the Jaguar E-Type 4.2 GTSpirit in 1:12 scale :bigrin: Yeah, been in love with this car for quite some time but I traveled and moved a lot in the last 10 years (Middle East and the UK)... so hopefully I'll finally manage to settle here in beautiful Vor...