The 'E' Type Forum

Sad news indeed - his book is his gift to us all

Not unless you count George Clooney......

Curious. Whilst out and about last week I bumped into a Scottish Wildcat, and looking back through my photos it seems that it was attempting a passable impression of a Jaguar growler......

Gfhug wrote: ↑

Fri May 23, 2025 3:55 pm

Am I allowed to disagree?

We can agree to disagree!

Thanks Nick If I can get the JPS, then I'll be well on my way to forming a Boston tribute band: https://preview.redd.it/xgelv5z9dnsz.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=75402975ad41687cc9a5bc1925c24a2820d8a7dc I've already got a bicycle, so it's then just a motorbike and one of those funny little ...

6d? The price of stamps has risen even faster than the price of E-types over the years!

Well done! Lovely looking car - but then I'm biased because it looks very similar to my own :thumbsup: You're going to have a lot of fun. Good to see that you've arrived here via a Lotus Europa too. I ran a yellow Special back in the Eighties and currently have my eye on a JPS car as a restoration p...

Woo hoo! Lightbulbs!

Happy Christmas All

Simon

"Copy Nothing" - but do take the time to check what others have been getting up to first: https://iot-automotive.news/lancia-pura-hpe-the-first-car-in-lancias-new-era/ (Came out over a year ago, and no, we Lancisiti aren't exactly forming an orderly queue either - although I do think there's more de...

Nice!

And Congratulations!

rfs1957 wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 01, 2024 2:51 pm

Unfortunately I appear to be off-scale (although, with a nod to Peter Crespin - if he's still around - I can do the Ventoux)

Chapeau!

Superb!

All Series 2s are '7R's but they switched from using the -8/-9 suffixes at the end of 1970. From Philip Porter's book: From: Engine No.14269 Following engine number, letters replace figures to denote compression ratio. Henceforth: H - denotes High Compression S - denotes Standard Compression L - den...

It'll be good to see you there! They're very well organised once inside, so my best advice would simply be to get there early so that you're not having to nurse your 'E' through London traffic any more than you have to. They're likely to bring us in via the main entrance on City Road, but there's a ...

There's a Nando's across the road......

I'll be there! Always a good event. They always get a fabulous selection of cars in, and the venue is pretty spectacular.

Only just seen this. Very sad news. Always very knowledgeable and 'correct'. He sent me a very nice PM a few years back after I'd been off-air for a while due to illness. He'll be missed.

Rest in Peace.

The original chassis number quoted will not be wholly incorrect. The 'P' prefix denotes power-steering - relatively uncommon on a Series 2 car.

Late '69 (which from the chassis number will likely be right) to Feb '71 was a long time for the car to have sat around unsold

Simon

Just to add for context that by that point the car would have had around 70-80,000 miles under its belt - although the passenger door would have seen far less use than the driver's door of course.

The less said about the bonnet gaps the better!

As the owner of a Webasto-roofed car I've never bothered too much about the security or otherwise of the door locks. Any car that a child can break into with a pair of scissors........