I am here on this site because of an E-type Jaguar...
I was 17 years old. Didn't even have a driver's license yet and zero interest in cars. My parents were not "car" people either (somehow I survived -
).
One day my Mom and I were out at a friend's ranch. He had a tractor shed, which is a tall three sided building. No front, you back everything into the building then pull straight out when you leave. There was a big ugly green canvas tarp covered with bird strikes and saturated with dust. It was covering a long, low object. Something with wire wheels - that's all I could see, one wire wheel.
He asked if I wanted to see it and drug the filthy tarp back. Underneath was an E-type 12 cylinder coupe (2+2). I thought the roofline was a little ungainly, but the rest of the car was so beautiful... I didn't know that cars could look like that. Didn't know they could kiss your soul just sitting there...
I fell in love with cars that day. Been downhill ever since - lol! The air-cooled 911's are my favorite, but no one ever forgets their first love, do they?
angela