#1 New Memeber in Frankfurt/Main Germany with some 3.8 E-Types
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:07 pm
Hello everyone!
I am a new member and happy to have joined. My name is Stefan, I am 37 and mad about E-Types since a long long while. Well I will try my best with my English but begging for forbearance.
My E-Type journey is already ongoing for a while now, whereby I have the feeling that it just could have come to an end.
I started at the age of 20, which is now 17 years ago. All of my cars were self earned.
Loving this car since I am 10 year old, the prices came just back from the hype in the late 80ies early 90ies, and in 1994 my saving matched for the first time the one and only offer below 20k (Deutsche Mark) for a S2 FHC with engine compartment fire. So I bought the car, sold it for a bad 4.2 S1 FHC, then sold this one, got my first drivable S1 4.2, did some work on it and then exchanged it again into a much better red FHC S1 4.2. Having achieved already the magnificent S1 car, I started now to look for earlier cars. Why? Well I think I just wanted the purest E-Type. And so I bought an additional FHC Flatfloor for restauration. At this time my desire was born to once own an ouside bonnet latch car and if possible an FHC coupe.
My exchange journey went on and so I sold both FHCs and first time bought a Flatfloor S1 Roadster, which I still own. It is 875521 with matching numbers, almost no corrosion and original bonnet. I know, I am a jerk but it still awaits restoration since 1997. The engine as well as axels, brakes etc. need attention. But I focused first in investing into the internet bubble, then started fulltime working (not only beside school and university) and additionally bought a DHC wreck but an outside bonnet latch roadster in 2002. Beforehand I purchase also in 1997 a title with original VIN plate of 875303. Unfortunately I sold this piece after the purchase of "the wreck". At this stage my portfolio remained until last year (well I added a MGB GT V8 Costello Mk1 to my collection).
Last year I decided not to try anymore to lose more money at the stock marked and bought a 63 FHC and decided that it should be done by a professional rather than doing it by myself!
And just the last month I sold my outside bonnet latch roadster "the wreck" and purchase imho the last available outside bonnet latch coupe on the marked. This is why I feel my journey could have come to an end. Supposedly this car is the only white (cream) / red outside bonnet latch coupe ever produced and if so, it could be that she was the motive for a huge advertising campagne initiated by Jaguar Cars New York (a cream MK2 and a cream outside bonnet latch coupe at a blue background). I have to admit, that white or cream is not my first choice of colour but there is not alternativ, no choice....
So, I hope I did not bore you too much with my E-Type story. Pictures of my cars will follow soon (potentially in the next 4-8 weeks.)
Regards
Stefan
I am a new member and happy to have joined. My name is Stefan, I am 37 and mad about E-Types since a long long while. Well I will try my best with my English but begging for forbearance.
My E-Type journey is already ongoing for a while now, whereby I have the feeling that it just could have come to an end.
I started at the age of 20, which is now 17 years ago. All of my cars were self earned.
Loving this car since I am 10 year old, the prices came just back from the hype in the late 80ies early 90ies, and in 1994 my saving matched for the first time the one and only offer below 20k (Deutsche Mark) for a S2 FHC with engine compartment fire. So I bought the car, sold it for a bad 4.2 S1 FHC, then sold this one, got my first drivable S1 4.2, did some work on it and then exchanged it again into a much better red FHC S1 4.2. Having achieved already the magnificent S1 car, I started now to look for earlier cars. Why? Well I think I just wanted the purest E-Type. And so I bought an additional FHC Flatfloor for restauration. At this time my desire was born to once own an ouside bonnet latch car and if possible an FHC coupe.
My exchange journey went on and so I sold both FHCs and first time bought a Flatfloor S1 Roadster, which I still own. It is 875521 with matching numbers, almost no corrosion and original bonnet. I know, I am a jerk but it still awaits restoration since 1997. The engine as well as axels, brakes etc. need attention. But I focused first in investing into the internet bubble, then started fulltime working (not only beside school and university) and additionally bought a DHC wreck but an outside bonnet latch roadster in 2002. Beforehand I purchase also in 1997 a title with original VIN plate of 875303. Unfortunately I sold this piece after the purchase of "the wreck". At this stage my portfolio remained until last year (well I added a MGB GT V8 Costello Mk1 to my collection).
Last year I decided not to try anymore to lose more money at the stock marked and bought a 63 FHC and decided that it should be done by a professional rather than doing it by myself!
And just the last month I sold my outside bonnet latch roadster "the wreck" and purchase imho the last available outside bonnet latch coupe on the marked. This is why I feel my journey could have come to an end. Supposedly this car is the only white (cream) / red outside bonnet latch coupe ever produced and if so, it could be that she was the motive for a huge advertising campagne initiated by Jaguar Cars New York (a cream MK2 and a cream outside bonnet latch coupe at a blue background). I have to admit, that white or cream is not my first choice of colour but there is not alternativ, no choice....
So, I hope I did not bore you too much with my E-Type story. Pictures of my cars will follow soon (potentially in the next 4-8 weeks.)
Regards
Stefan