Hi, new member joined the Club

[EType38]

Hi, I just joined the Owners Club and looking forward to making use of the forums and other benefits!

I am currently completing a total nut and bolt restoration of a 1963 E.Type FHC and doing as much of the work myself. I previously (20 years ago) owned a 1970 S2 FHC and have had various other classics besides.

  My first E-Type, circa 1995.

[Jaguar Owners Club]

Hi Richard.....welcome to the Club

Wonderful to see the piccys of the E-Types, such a beautiful car.

The resto is looking as though its progressing nicely at the mo, please keep us updated with photos as would love to see the build as it progresses (maybe start a build thread in the forum)

Good to have you onboard

Cheers,   Trevor

[EType38]

Thanks Trevor, I will kick off a build thread as soon as poss!

[O.T.H]

Hi Richard---I also welcome you to the club and that's a great shot of the E-Type.

The rebuild already looks great and I'm sure everyone will be interested as it progresses

because I for one will be --All the best with the project.

 

Frank

[Guest]

Hi Richard,

Welcome to the club and great to see another classic E Type being brought back to life. On reading your horoscope I can see many hours of pleasure coming your way and that's even before you get it on the road.

More pics please as the project progresses.

[EType38]

Thanks Steve & Frank. I will continue to post progress pics - I have hundreds! I took lots as I stripped the car down as reference for when I put it all back together, or to document original or significant items that were past saving. Things like the crayon/chalked numbers or reference notes made during the production process. I've also been maintaining a restoration blog on the E-Type Forum since I started the work last May. If you really want something to cure insomnia, I've attached a couple of pdf's that highlight the work carried out since January. Restoration Progress Jan to Aug 2017.pdf

Restoration Progress Aug to November 2017 rev1.pdf

[JOE-DOT-COM]

Hi

Looks great, some work involved there

cheers

Joe

[EType38]

Yes, Joe - it keeps me out of trouble at the weekends!

[Old Peter]

Welcome to the club, Richards.

The E Type is a great car, and most people do believe that it was the greatest car ever built by Jaguar.  Designed by Malcolm Sayer, who could have been the greatest car designer ever but for his sudden death at 54.

Regards, 

Peter.

PS.  A photo I took last April of Mary Sayer at the wheel of an E Type Convertible.

 

[EType38]

Indeed Peter. Beauty and design excellence can be very much in the eye of the beholder, but It is well documented that Enzo Ferrari himself was quite taken with the styling when it was first shown and the New York Museum of Modern Art still has one on permanent display. I feel there  were other manufacturers who were producing some equally beautiful designs around the same time - Aston Martin, Maserati, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Jensen etc. However, where the E-Type blows them all out of the water is when you consider the design and performance you were getting for your money. It's contemporaries were 2 or 3 times the price and Jaguar made it possible for supercar performance to be within reach of a much wider market. Combine that with a proven race pedigree and clever marketing - Utter genius. 

[Old Peter]

Hi Rich, 

When Malcolm Sayer joined Jaguar his first job was preparing the XK120 into a car that could race and compete with the Mercedes,  Ferraris etc.

If I have your permission, I will email you some information that is not yet published about Malcolm Sayer and his design work.  Bill Lyons could design cars but nowadays he would be known as a Car Stylist.  More in my email.

Regards, 

Peter.

[EType38]

Peter

That sounds really interesting - does this forum have a PM feature or do I have to post my email address?

regards

Richard

[Jaguar Owners Club]

You can use the PM feature in the top right corner of the page, next to your profile and log in (the envelope icon)