[Leica] Red Jag E Type

[Henning Wulff]

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
>>> 
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Henning Wulff
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