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#1 help advice please

Post by Maserati450s! » Wed May 22, 2024 2:26 am

Hi fellow enthusiasts here , i am looking to buy this series one with hardtop from Route 59 . Any thoughts on the car . https://www.route59.be/en/cars/#iLightbox[for-sale-rw-1]/3. 120 euros
i am also looking at a restored early flat car at mike abbas which is freshly redone , flat floor welded louvres for120 GBP. https://www.mikeabbasclassiccars.co.uk/carsforsale.htm

man y many thanks
thoughts please ....
cheers paul

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#2 Re: help advice please

Post by Gfhug » Wed May 22, 2024 7:46 am

Paul, your flag shows you’re in the US, are you therefore looking to import one or other from Europe to America?
Have you physically seen either car? As you can appreciate it is only when you are able to properly inspect a car that you or anyone from the forum can get a truly useful idea of a car’s value.
If you are in the UK, please change your flag and if so then I’d recommend you asking for a professional E Type restorer to view either or both cars on your behalf.
It’ll cost you their time and travel expenses but it’ll be well worth paying. You might even find they know of other cars that would suit your needs.
One on here is Angus Moss, a very well respected restorer/rebuilder of E Types. Look at his website:
https://mossjaguar.com/index.html

That’s the best advice I can suggest.

Geoff
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Post by mgcjag » Wed May 22, 2024 7:59 am

Your location can be added in your profile and will help us respond to your questions easier.....the flag typically represents your nationality....Steve
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Post by Maserati450s! » Sat May 25, 2024 1:54 am

thanks im from the uk , live in california still have a house in cambridge and france . i cant post 3 flags so i went back to GB ,
i have collected and raced jags my whole lkife so just wondering if anyone here knows these cars . obviously i am having a specialist check them .
thanks paul.

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Post by DWW » Sat May 25, 2024 11:35 am

The flat floor looks good, seems a bit cheaper than one sees them advertised for, the level of restoration and originality is paramount down to literally nuts and bolts. If you have the chassis numbers of those cars you can start by looking them up in xkdata website if you haven’t already.
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Post by paydase » Sat May 25, 2024 3:09 pm

The 61 OTS looks good but has a number of non original items.
Depends on what you are looking for (condition or originality).
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