The 'E' Type Forum

Ouch! Good old Peter, never one to let a good rumour get in the way of the truth, very sad :-(

Peter, I honestly didn't know you were a comedian, I should have guessed by reading your various musings/thoughts over the years, you've certainly missed your true vocation, hilarious.



"Whoever envies another confesses his superiority" ~Samuel Johnson, The Rambler

This is a serious question, I would be grateful for peoples thoughts.
How many Jaguar enthusiasts/lovers worldwide?
Kind regards, Tom.

Peter, you really do get angry over things/events you know absolutely nothing about, neither myself nor Mark Dale have to justify anything to you or anyone else for that matter, I have no intention of answering ridiculous speculation based upon innuendo and rumour, suffice to say that Classic Car He...

Hi David, thank you for the information, do the original records show this change?
Its just that an article on http://www.imcdb.org seems to dispute this?
They seem to doubt the cars provenance which considering its fame seems unbelievable.

I think everyone knows 9600 HP started life as a LHD, when did it change to RHD, before Mr Porter found it, or after?

Welcome Ralph, just spent a few days in Ypres (Ieper) mainly to visit the war memorials.
You will find lots of help and advice on this forum, good luck for the future, Tom. UK.

Hi Steve, sorry, I'm not privy to that information, I'm only a volunteer :-)
Kind regards, Tom.

Where do you get this information, Tom....Great stuff!! Hi MarkE, I work as a volunteer for Mark Dale who owns Classic Car Heritage This allows me to peruse the records at my leisure, I previously worked for Jaguar in a similar position for over two decades. I'm more than happy to help people out w...

Hi Jon, just an extra bit of trivia you may be interested in, on 9th November 1967 (your cars DOB) there were 15 cars built, one of which was Dark Blue with Red trim and Blue top, delivered to owner in Fallsburg, NY.
Kind regards, Tom.

Hi, I am in the process of restoring a 1968 OTS. The car is Dark Blue. The previous interior was black, but I have to replace the complete interior and am not sure what color to choose. The most important is to get a nice combination, but if the combination also were a combination delivered in 1968...

Hi Vince, your car was built on 16th November 1962, Silver Blue paint with Grey trim.
Fixed Head Coupe, 80 HOH is correct, delivered to 1st owner in Birmingham by PJ Evans dealership.
Hope this helps, kind regards, Tom.

Hi Matt, your car was built on 17th September 1969, dispatched to Henly?s, London (dealers) on 1st October 1969. Cream with Black trim. Original owner, records are sketchy but looks like, Hartnell Estates Ltd, Copperfield, Station Rd, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire. Original reg CEV 50 H. Hope this help...

Thanks Christopher, I just copied and pasted from the auction site, I was watching it live via the web.
Kind regards, omnipeta.

Just may interest a few members, yesterday at H&H Auctions a 1971 Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster, Chassis No: 7S 40055A fetched, ?30,500.
Omnipeta.

Beautiful photos, thanks for posting, congratulations.
Omnipeta.

Vipergts, the following paint codes have been taken from various sources. These codes will provide you some basic information about what paint code may have been used by a paint manufacturer at some time. As you can see the first two definitely show the year you refer to (1965) please use these code...