Barn Find

MarkE · Post by **MarkE** » Sun May 05, 2013 10:45 pm

They are very well ventilated, although a hood and sidescreens are provided. Driving above 50 mph with those fitted that is like driving a tent in a hurricane, but then the old E Type gets a bit gusty as well, just at a higher speed!

Post by **Heuer** » Wed May 08, 2013 2:44 pm

"CMC?s managing director Nick Goldthorp said: ?The car will be undergoing a full ?nut and bolt? rebuild. The amazing thing about this E-type is that every original part is there, although in a very rusty and corroded condition"

PeterCrespin · Post by **PeterCrespin** » Wed May 08, 2013 2:59 pm

So, the owner will be in for the thick end of a quarter million before they even get behind the wheel.... Oooer missus!

I'm off to the shops in my super-solid S2 coupe, which has been my only car for a while and cost less that the auction buyer's premium on that. Different worlds, but I know who will be getting the most E-type road time...

Maybe it's something to do with motorbikes, but to me the time actually spent behind the controls and exploring new places with a classic machine is what it's all about. The rest is just the means to that end. When the financial equations tips drastically towards the process and away from purpose and use, I totally lose interest.

Envious? Moi?

Pas du tout! :-)

Pete

Dave K · Post by **Dave K** » Wed May 08, 2013 4:15 pm

It's in better condition than mine when I got it!

Dave

SteveG · Post by **SteveG** » Wed May 08, 2013 6:28 pm

Peter, In this day and age that is so nice to hear. I appreciate that the business of restoration is very much 'horses for courses' and fortunately there is plenty of room in the world for those who wish to have trailer queens, rarely driven and acquired / restored for both that purpose and the investment potential. I however wonder where all this will end.
I am currently mid, slow restoration of my S1 2+2 and whilst the purists will cry this is not a proper 'E' and is so much less desirable than other models, the car has sentimental value to me having been owned by my father for 33 years before I purchased it. As such I remember everything about it, all the childhood memories and work he put into it when I was younger. Essentially it was a bit of a barn find, matching numbers and fairly original aside from having been blown over in re-sale red at some point in its life. I intend to restore it to a good, usable but non concours car that hopefully will serve me for a good time to come, even though the cost will inevitably exceed the value of the car at the current time.
In my humble opinion, we are only temporary custodians of these great machines, use and enjoy before passing onto the next generation!

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu May 09, 2013 8:23 am

I notice it has a white number plate. What year did the white and yellow number plates come out?. I imagine it originally had a black and silver plate?

Simon P · Post by **Simon P** » Thu May 09, 2013 8:39 am

Good spot! The changeover was at the start of 1973. The description of the car says that it has been 'inactive for 30 years' which would mean it was on the road up until the early 80s - therefore I guess it's quite possible that in the ten years or so between 1973 and being laid up it had a knock, or the inevitable bonnet de-rust and respray, and the plate was changed at the time for a contemporary style plate (happened to my Dad's 1969 car when it had a rear-end knock in 1975 - when the repair was finished the garage changed both rear and front plates).

richard btype · Post by **richard btype** » Sun May 12, 2013 4:57 pm

Gents

I think all this talk about cars, use, mileage, values what's is right, what is wrong, restoration, originality, what will happen etc etc is all very interesting but is it missing the point?

I would suggest it is all about diversity and that is the diversity of the owner - the what and why is completely individual and that goes for the emotion involved and whether they might be well heeled or otherwise.

Richard

MarkE · Post by **MarkE** » Sun May 12, 2013 5:37 pm

Well said, Richard. It doesn't matter what car forum you go on, there are always the preachers who will attempt to justify their viewpoint and undermine others.

Original or modified, racing, rallying or pottering in a flat cap, driving it every day or keeping it in an air-conditioned showroom, self restore or chequebook restore, it takes all sorts, and what's the 'right' thing to do is just a subjective viewpoint.

But it's great to see folks getting a little excited about this stuff thinking that they genuinely are the only ones who have interpreted the scriptures correctly!

Opinions do brighten up the day though, eh?

wol916 · Post by **wol916** » Sun May 12, 2013 10:05 pm

I'm inclined to agree after all it's your car, your money, if it makes you feel good and it's legal do it.

Warren

richard btype · Post by **richard btype** » Mon May 13, 2013 11:31 am

Mark

You are quite right it does brighten up the forum, what has me excited at the moment is having gone back through the owners via the old buff log book of my 1962 FHC.

I managed to make contact with the son of the first owner - a farmer in Yorkshire who now into his 80's recalls the car and used to drive it. I will be heading north next week and hope to take him up on his invitation to call in for lunch and a chat - just need to do some further fettling for the first long distance drive the car will have experienced since 1983!

I hope the recently purchased AA membership can remain unused!

Richard

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