Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice to see, Howard. Hope he wired it up better than when it left the factory :-). I also though it one of the most beautiful when it came out. Later it got less and less beautiful, when the 2+2 came out, the headroom was increased, etc. The first 3 I saw in person all were at the side of the road somewhere with their hoods up. An indicator, and it became a bit less appealing. But then, the 60's produced a number of cars with those kind of issues. The car I consider the most beatiful is the Lamborghini Miura. At least that one was so far out of my reach that its unreliability, exorbitant servicing and the fact that it was a dog to drive (apparently) didn't matter. Henning On 2015-03-09, at 10:38 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Henning Wulff henningw at archiphoto.com