Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The XK-E type coupe is the most beautiful, followed by the convertible. Sad they spoiled the lines with the license number on this one. I will NEVER forget the first one I saw in person. I remember the moment. It was parked next to a Silver 300 SL gull wing at Gateway Gardens Housing Area of Rhein Main AFB. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Jim Gmail <jplaurel at gmail.com> wrote: > Ah, the E-Type. I agree with Enzo Ferrari...the most beautiful car ever > made. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 9, 2015, at 03:26, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Luggers, > > While walking from the tram stop to the White Stag Pub on Sunday for the > Trivia Contest I came across this beautifully restored 1962 E Type Series > One > > Jaguar. I talked to the owner who is the Vice Chairman of the Classic > Car Club of Hong Kong and he is in the process of restoring a second E Type > - shipping the car to England to have the work done. He told me there are > three other E type Jags of similar colour if not the same year still on the > road in Hong Kong. > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/RedJag1.jpg.html> > > > > A second view: > > > > <://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/RedJag2.jpg.html> > > > > And the view from the rear: > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/RedJag3.jpg.html> > > > > Walking around the car made me quite nostalgic. I owned a 1972 E Type V > 12 when I lived in LA. It was not really suited to hot LA weather and slow > traffic and I finally sold it in Vancouver to a Chinese Architect. I still > see it sometimes on the streets near where I live when I am in Vancouver. > > > > Please look large - C&C always welcome. > > > > Howard > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA