E-Type

[grudk]

Originally Posted by DARISC

WHOA! Hot hot car! The doctor's daughter, not so much, it turned out.

That car would make her a ten in my book. 'MARRY ME!'

(XKSS?)

[Joeaksa]

Its a "D-Type"... A good friend of mine has one. Its a real hoot to ride in!

[Joeaksa]

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by Joeaksa

Its a "D-Type"... A good friend of mine has one. Its a real hoot to ride in!

Yup! Predecessor to the E-Type road car. Your friends car is beautiful! These little beauties won Le Mans three years in a row:

1957 Ron Flockhart
Ivor Bueb Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type 327 laps 4397.108 km

1956 Ron Flockhart
Ninian Sanderson Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar D-Type 300 laps 4034.939 km

1955 Mike Hawthorn
Ivor Bueb Jaguar Cars Ltd. Jaguar D-Type 307 laps 4135.38 km

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by grudk

(XKSS?)

Yeah. Thatr's what McQueen had.

[speeder]

Most all Jags up until the '70s are beautiful cars, some are just stunning. My Dad had a '67 420G sedan and then a '74 E-type roadster, 4-speed w/ wire wheels. (They also came w/ slush-boxes, which was gay).

Joe is knowledgeable and correct on all counts, the early 3.8s were actually the fastest ones. Absolute screamers. Our V-12 was not bad, sort of a tame personality but pretty scary if you really buried your foot in anger through the gears. Once again, the beauty of them was an awesome thing. I can still smell the leather in that car. We sold it in '76 w/ only ~6k miles for $4k more than it cost new, they were instant classics when production stopped.

I worked at the British Leyland dealer in HS in the mid-'70s and drove them all, I was a service "runner". It was also a Pontiac dealer, so on a daily basis we got to drive GTOs and Trans Ams, Jags/MGs/Triumphs/Jensens/etc., the hands-down most fun car for parking ramp drifting was the V-8 Sunbeam Tiger. What sweet memories for a teen-aged gear-head. Sigh...

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by speeder

the early 3.8s were actually the fastest ones. Absolute screamers.

Brings to mind the early Austin Healey. I owned a 100-4, not as powerful as the later 100-6, but a much better balanced car, much more satisfying to drive in the twisties.

Same applies to the Jag. The V-12's were heavy, the cars were nose heavy and plowed. Similar comments apply to the later Cobra's - the 427 was a point and shoot brute which plowed through corners, whereas its little brother was much more agile, much more a driver's car than a quarter mile muscle car.

[pwd72s]

rolling phallic symbols, those old Jags. So much more pleasing to the eye than the rolling jelly beans of today. Just my opinion, of course.

[grudk]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

rolling phallic symbols, those old Jags. So much more pleasing to the eye than the rolling jelly beans of today. Just my opinion, of course.

There once was a woman named Alice...

[DARISC]

There once was a woman named Alice
whose car posts were chock full of malice.
Well, I grabbed the air bag,
stuffed her into my Jag,
dumped her way far away, ah sweet solace!
(she's a looker, now locked in my palace )

[Superman]

D-type Jags were a force to be reckoned with, back in the day. Their engines had a virtually undiscoverable top speed. Like a steam engine.

I cut my teeth on a '67 E-type. My friend's dad was going through his second childhood when we got our drivers' licenses and we drove the piss out of that thing all summer. To this day, that seat and driving position is my all time favorite. Quite frankly, that car beat the heck out of a 911 for driving comfort and position. Makes driving a 911 seem like driving a truck. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, here is an example and a suggestion: The shifter in a 911 is IN FRONT OF the steering wheel! WTF? Wrong. Sit in a E-Type some time. You can practically rest your elbow on the door threshold. The controls are in easy reach. If you close your eyes and place your hand where you would like a shifter to be and close your hand, you'll be grasping the knob.

[sand_man]

Originally Posted by DARISC

Briefly dated a girl at Kent State years ago (before the massacre that Sammy laments not being able to reenact to deal with today's protesters) who's doctor daddy bought her one of these to toodle around campus in (Steve MxQueen nad a more civilized version with full windscreen, top and wind wings) - WHOA! Hot hot car! The doctor's daughter, not so much, it turned out.

That's pretty cool. I have it in a book some place at home (I'm at the office), but there were only like 52 or 53 "customer" D-types made. Even fewer factory team cars...under 20 and even fewer of the XKSS (sort of a converted D), as a fire at the factory destroyed them.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by Superman

You can practically rest your elbow on the door threshold. The controls are in easy reach. If you close your eyes and place your hand where you would like a shifter to be and close your hand, you'll be grasping the knob.

Ever sit in a 944?

[Superman]

Is that the car that looks like a fat RX-7?

[scottmandue]

Yes,

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by Superman

Is that the car that looks like a fat RX-7?

Oh, that could hurt later!

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by Superman

Is that the car that looks like a fat RX-7?

HA! Knew a woman who bought an RX-7; "It'e silly to spend so much more money on a Porsche. They look the same to me!"

I'd have chosen the turbo RX-7 over the 944 myself . Had a 95 RX-7 TT R1 that was electrifying - light, quick, fast and sooo good lookin'!

[Superman]

Originally Posted by Joeaksa

Oh, that could hurt later!

It already has. I've been handed my ass on the autcross course by 944's on many occasions.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by DARISC

HA! Knew a woman who bought an RX-7; "It's silly to spend so much more money on a Porsche. They look the same to me!"

Rumor has it Porsche has put turbos on a few cars too.

(Waiting to Jeff to post about their flammability)

Truth be told I was shopping for a RX-7 when I bought my 944.

[Rob Channell]

E-type is a beautiful car.

I hear all the good stuff about the 6 cylinders versions but I have to say that one of the best sounding engines I have ever heard (ever) was a nice race prepared E-type with the 12 cylinder motor. Music......