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Re: Want convertible, thinking G37x
« Reply #100 on: July 08, 2015, 10:38:57 AM »

My dad has a '71 E-type 4.2 Series II. It looks absolutely absurd in modern parking spaces parked next to modern cars, like a toy because of how small it is. It also makes the current gen XK8 parked next to it in the garage look like a fat whale.

Your dad has taste. I congratulate you with an E-Type in the family.
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Re: Want convertible, thinking G37x
« Reply #101 on: July 08, 2015, 05:23:14 PM »

Your dad has taste. I congratulate you with an E-Type in the family.

Yeah it's cool. Of course his preference would be a later run S1 when it still had the covered lights, aluminum dash and original switchgear instead of the awful switches of later cars, but S1s are BIG money these days.
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Re: Want convertible, thinking G37x
« Reply #102 on: July 08, 2015, 05:29:30 PM »

I have a storage unit in Manhattan Beach and the guy in the unit over has an E-type he stores inside his unit WITH the rest of his storage.  The thing really is tiny when he rolls it out.

Years ago I had a V12 XJ-S that was fun at the time, but had endless eletrical issues.  If you turned on one thing, something else unrelated would come on.  I had to unplug the battery each night to keep it from draining.  Ever time they "fixed" the problem, something similar would pop back up.
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Re: Want convertible, thinking G37x
« Reply #103 on: July 08, 2015, 08:55:39 PM »

Could you not strip the electric gizmos, keep the essentials and have a great bare bones Jaguar with a glorious engine? I am not the petrolhead I used to be but there is something about Jaguars and the engines they developed for decades.

If I would be a millionaire I would buy a Lister GP Jaguar "official replica" and call it a day with that glorious 3.8 V6. Enough dreaming for me... 
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Re: Want convertible, thinking G37x
« Reply #104 on: July 09, 2015, 12:49:14 AM »

Yeah, I wish I had it now.  At the time it was just my wife's typical luxury car so it got traded in after too much trouble.
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Re: Want convertible, thinking G37x
« Reply #105 on: July 09, 2015, 04:19:15 AM »

Years ago I had a V12 XJ-S that was fun at the time, but had endless eletrical issues.

Remember what year it was?
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