This is a Terrible Idea

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale) 11/17/2016 at 13:38 • Filed to: e-type, jaguar, vintage, classic cars, driver, gentlemen drivers

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I really really want a Series 1 E-Type. But money is a factor to me and unless it’s a piece of rust with a Vin plate on it, I probably can’t afford it. There is an amazing !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for sale from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Its the wrong engine (I love the V12, but come one, straight 6!), it’s the wrong color (I want Opalescent Dark Green), and it is beat to hell. I really want to sell all my vehicles and buy this. Being a ‘74 means CARB doesn’t give a fuck and I can rip all the smog equipment off, cam it, put on bigger carbs, and a blow through turbo setup. I think this would be an amazing driving project. Fix the rust and just enjoy that classic British Motoring. I really wish I had the confidence to pull this off... Just look at it in all it’s wonderful glory.

Such Beauty

Such Grace

I love how beat up it is. I just can’t help staring. I want it in my life. I have driving gloves and a scarf already...

Just pull off the safety bumpers

Top Up

HAS OPTIONAL HARD TOP!!!!!

Seat covers are all i need

It is so perfect with all those switched!!!! And manual DUH!

I love old school Smith gauges, but they need chrome rings.

Comes with everything.

Look at that complicated mess..... I WANT IT!

So fucking pretty!

I really, really want this car, like really badly. To just have a patinaed E-Type is a dream of mine. I need some classic motoring especially after watching !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! videos this morning. Like this Jonnie Walker ad.

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McMike > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 13:43

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Looks like someone has been sorting Hemmings results by price: low to high.

LongbowMkII > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 13:45

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BHCC means that it’s double it’s price. You can find better series 3's around.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 13:45

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Wow, that’s still so much money for a S3. Are you looking specifically for a roadster? Early 2+2s are still reasonable in price, my uncle has a really solid series 1.5 that’ll probably be sold for a number somewhere in the teens. I’d buy it myself, but it’s FHC or nothing for me...and unfortunately with the way prices are going, it’ll certainly be nothing.

CaptDale - is secretly British > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 11/17/2016 at 13:47

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Yes, roadster is a must, I hate the coupe.

CaptDale - is secretly British > LongbowMkII 11/17/2016 at 13:48

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Really? Even a roadster? This is the cheapest, maybe driveable roadster I have seen. The 2+2s sure, but not a roadster.

CaptDale - is secretly British > McMike 11/17/2016 at 13:49

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No..... No no no, You should never look for cars low to high...........

Pixel > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 13:52

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BHCC is the worst place to buy a classic, their pricing is insane.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Pixel 11/17/2016 at 13:54

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I wholeheartedly agree, still the cheapest running series 3 roadster I can find around me

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 13:57

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I have to be honest, I don’t see wonderful glory. I see a nightmare.

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench 11/17/2016 at 14:05

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That’s why I say terrible idea. It makes no sense, but it has just caught my eye and drawn me in. I can’t get the idea out of my head.

McMike > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 14:10

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:) The reason I said that, is if you do search Hemmings E-Types from low--> High, the first page is always Beverly Hills Car Club.

Sure, they have some nicer stuff too, but with those results it makes me think they have a sign at every lake and river that says, “If a Jaguar is ever pulled out of these waters, please contact the Beverly Hills Car Club”

CaptDale - is secretly British > McMike 11/17/2016 at 14:13

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Oh yeah 100%. I was joking saying I never look cheapest to most expensive...

S65 > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 14:29

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It’s beauty

It’s Grace

It will give you tetanus in the face

CaptDale - is secretly British > S65 11/17/2016 at 14:43

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Better than shrapnel

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 14:50

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Gotcha, then a S3 is probably your best bet. My other uncle (we used to be a Jaguar family) has a triple black ‘67 roadster in a shed behind his house that I bet hasn’t aged well at all.

CaptDale - is secretly British > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 11/17/2016 at 14:52

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Can I has?!

GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 14:53

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10/10 would daily as is. V12 is king. I don’t think there’s any way you’re gonna get a turbo setup to work on this engine because the carbs barely work in their stock configuration, haha, and the turbo manifold for 6 webers would probably cost a fortune or take a crazy amount of time to build. Find an engineless one if you want a straight 6, these are slower than a 240z.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 14:55

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Get in line. I think right now the dibs ranking goes his eldest daughter, me, his grandson, and then you. But he doesn’t really like me anymore, so you’re probably third.

lone_liberal > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 14:59

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That is a gloriously bad idea. Do it. The Series 3 coup doesn’t do anything for me but the roadster still has a bit of the ol’ pizzazz.

CaptDale - is secretly British > lone_liberal 11/17/2016 at 16:14

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Exactly!

CaptDale - is secretly British > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 11/17/2016 at 16:15

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I bet the rest of your family won’t want it either. I have a trailer....

CaptDale - is secretly British > GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus 11/17/2016 at 16:17

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I would build my own turbo manifold to fit up against triple side draft webers. The SU carbs are cool, but not efficient enough. Then I’d have 6 carbs to tune with turbo pressure. It’d be so much fun!

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 17:26

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If we go in there quietly at night, he probably won’t even know it’s gone for 20 years.

CaptDale - is secretly British > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 11/17/2016 at 17:26

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I am down 110%. I mean plus if he wanted it back, maybe he’d pay for any work I did.

GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus > CaptDale - is secretly British 11/17/2016 at 18:04

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Sounds like you have the same crazy gene that I inherited. We’re gonna be friends.

CaptDale - is secretly British > GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus 11/17/2016 at 18:18

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Oh I very much have the crazy car guy gene. Yes your Datsun and my Healey would friends. Even better that Jag, your Datsun, and the CleatusVette come together and we make a show.....