My grandfather recently passed away, and owned this 1967 XKE back in the '70s on Long Island, NY. He loved this car. My dad said he sold it for $1500 because my grandmother wanted to put carpeting in the house. In cleaning the house out and going through stuff, we came across the registration card he had for it. I thought it would be neat to find the car and see what it looks like today. We also have a couple of old pictures from when he owned it.
VIN is 1E14505. I found the car on XKEdata, which stated it was relocated to Geneva, Switzerland in 2006 and restored. The engine was rebuilt by VSE in UK, but from what i have read they retired and are no longer around. I did send an email to the person that said it was restored in 2006, but have not had any response.
1967 XKE - HUNT
#3 Re: 1967 XKE - HUNT
Can't help but love those stories, good luck in finding her.
Danny
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#4 Re: 1967 XKE - HUNT
Thank you! Havent gotten any leads yet, but i am determined to find it. I realize it could take some time though.
I think if i found someone with a connection to VSE in UK, that may help. But not sure where to go with that - it seems they retired and went out of business around 2018.
I think if i found someone with a connection to VSE in UK, that may help. But not sure where to go with that - it seems they retired and went out of business around 2018.
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#5 Re: 1967 XKE - HUNT
There is a Swiss Jaguar e type club.....maybe you can find some help there.
https://www.jaguar-e.ch/
https://www.jaguar-e.ch/
Danny
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#6 Re: 1967 XKE - HUNT
Awesome! Thank you. I sent them an email about it.
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#7 Re: 1967 XKE - HUNT
If you look at the JEC website they have a Swiss contingent. https://jec.org.uk/regions/switzerland
They could be another way of trying to contact the owner.
Good luck
Geoff
They could be another way of trying to contact the owner.
Good luck
Geoff
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