Even though my mum’s car was old English white with a black factory, hardtop the best colours in a series 1 Opalescent blue and gunmetal grey easily best ❤❤
Cannot believe it my dare mother from Spice island of beautiful Grenada 🇬🇩 owned a Series 1 4.2 Roadster and and with a black Factory hardtop wow RIP Mum love you
Specifically enzo was looking at the unveiling of the series 1 coupe on day 1 of the 1961 auto show,and jaguar was so unprepared the roadster didn't make it until day 2,at which point Enzo was gone..the most misquoted statement in automotive history, perpetuated by series lll auto a/c roadster owners.
Today the E type is seen through rose tinted glasses. When new the first E types ran on crossply tires, had rubbish brakes, poor headlights and overheated. The gearbox was pre historic with no syncro on first or reverse gears and the seats were hard and uncomfortable. It sold solely on looks.
In 1961 most cars on the road had crossply tyres, far worse brakes, dim bulbs and crash boxes - many boxes up to recent times didn't have syncro on reverse. They also didn't have a 6-pot engine which had won at Le Mans, looked like a space ship and were priced way below anything remotely competitive. If you want to judge cars on modern metrics, run the same rule over an equivalent sports car of the era, with cart springs, wheezy pushrod engines, separate chassis. Simple fact is your faulty analysis applies to the lot of them.
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the e-type is simply a piece of art - I see Eagle Uk cars are film in. Congratulation
It Truelly is an awesome looking car ...even today that car is awesome ...imagine in 1961 !
To look at yes, to drive no.
@@jjefferyworboys8138 yes your probably right their ....but that could be said of some other manufacturas at the time too
@@jjefferyworboys8138 I drive mine every time I feel like and it's always a blast
Brilliant 😊
The E-Type is actually far more beautiful in person than in video/pictures!
I personally think only only Series1 Etype it’s the most beautiful car ever made 3.8-4.2 Series 1 complete different ball game exquisite
Even though my mum’s car was old English white with a black factory, hardtop the best colours in a series 1
Opalescent blue and gunmetal grey easily best ❤❤
Cannot believe it my dare mother from Spice island of beautiful Grenada 🇬🇩 owned a Series 1 4.2 Roadster and and with a black Factory hardtop wow RIP Mum love you
No no no, the xj220 removed that title from the e- type
Specifically enzo was looking at the unveiling of the series 1 coupe on day 1 of the 1961 auto show,and jaguar was so unprepared the roadster didn't make it until day 2,at which point Enzo was gone..the most misquoted statement in automotive history, perpetuated by series lll auto a/c roadster owners.
This aged well
Best of British old boy ching ching bottoms up down the hatch gin and tonics all round.
Today the E type is seen through rose tinted glasses. When new the first E types ran on crossply tires, had rubbish brakes, poor headlights and overheated.
The gearbox was pre historic with no syncro on first or reverse gears and the seats were hard and uncomfortable. It sold solely on looks.
In 1961 most cars on the road had crossply tyres, far worse brakes, dim bulbs and crash boxes - many boxes up to recent times didn't have syncro on reverse. They also didn't have a 6-pot engine which had won at Le Mans, looked like a space ship and were priced way below anything remotely competitive.
If you want to judge cars on modern metrics, run the same rule over an equivalent sports car of the era, with cart springs, wheezy pushrod engines, separate chassis. Simple fact is your faulty analysis applies to the lot of them.
spoken truly like someone who wished he had one, but can't afford it! 😂
My ‘E’ is a 1960 Sprite. It’s built like a D type.