Jaguar E-type 4.2 but what series?

Guys,

I recently found a Jaguar e-type that I would like to buy ... but what
series is it?

I do not want to contact the owner before knowing exactly what is it
and being able to make a reasonable offer.

Here are the pictures, not very good but should be enough. My guess is
that it is the 4.2 Series 2 OR 1.5 but I am not sure... three
windshield wipers, no cover on the headlights but quite small front
"mouth", latches for the hood are inside... btw, can the hood be
removed to make a convertible?

http://www.box.net/shared/4hu61dt7qk

TIA, it would be a dream to buy it!!!
j

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Jony <jrufigo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wittered on forthwith;

Guys,

I recently found a Jaguar e-type that I would like to buy ... but what
series is it?

I do not want to contact the owner before knowing exactly what is it
and being able to make a reasonable offer.

Here are the pictures, not very good but should be enough. My guess is
that it is the 4.2 Series 2 OR 1.5 but I am not sure... three
windshield wipers, no cover on the headlights but quite small front
"mouth", latches for the hood are inside... btw, can the hood be
removed to make a convertible?

http://www.box.net/shared/4hu61dt7qk

Looks like a Series 1.5 to me, and it is a convertible, just with the hard
top fitted.


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"Jony" <jrufigo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Guys,

I recently found a Jaguar e-type that I would like to buy ... but what
series is it?

I do not want to contact the owner before knowing exactly what is it
and being able to make a reasonable offer.

Here are the pictures, not very good but should be enough. My guess is
that it is the 4.2 Series 2 OR 1.5 but I am not sure... three
windshield wipers, no cover on the headlights but quite small front
"mouth", latches for the hood are inside... btw, can the hood be
removed to make a convertible?

http://www.box.net/shared/4hu61dt7qk

TIA, it would be a dream to buy it!!!
j

It's the so-called Series One-and-a-Half, a typical Jaguar parts bin
leftovers job while they were developing the Series Two, which makes it
1967-68. No two were the same.

I guess you are not from the UK, so not being patronising if we use
different words, but that's not a "hood" - it's a detachable hardtop, and
the cloth hood should be inside. Quite easy job to unlatch it and lift it
off, although two people required.....

If you do buy it, tell me how much you want for the hard top - I've been
after one for ages!

Impossible to put a price on it without much more information. A good one
is a joy to own, a bad one will bankrupt you and break your heart.

Good luck, and keep us posted.

Geoff MacK

Jony <jrufigo (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Guys,

I recently found a Jaguar e-type that I would like to buy ... but what
series is it?

I do not want to contact the owner before knowing exactly what is it
and being able to make a reasonable offer.

Here are the pictures, not very good but should be enough. My guess is
that it is the 4.2 Series 2 OR 1.5 but I am not sure... three
windshield wipers, no cover on the headlights but quite small front
"mouth", latches for the hood are inside... btw, can the hood be
removed to make a convertible?

http://www.box.net/shared/4hu61dt7qk

TIA, it would be a dream to buy it!!!

You're considering buying it on the strength of *those* photos?

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On May 2, 7:21 pm, "Geoff Mackenzie" <g... (AT) chapterfive (DOT) org.uk> wrote:

"Jony" <jruf... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message

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Guys,

I recently found a Jaguar e-type that I would like to buy ... but what
series is it?

I do not want to contact the owner before knowing exactly what is it
and being able to make a reasonable offer.

Here are the pictures, not very good but should be enough. My guess is
that it is the 4.2 Series 2 OR 1.5 but I am not sure... three
windshield wipers, no cover on the headlights but quite small front
"mouth", latches for the hood are inside... btw, can the hood be
removed to make a convertible?

http://www.box.net/shared/4hu61dt7qk

TIA, it would be a dream to buy it!!!
j

It's the so-called Series One-and-a-Half, a typical Jaguar parts bin
leftovers job while they were developing the Series Two, which makes it
1967-68. No two were the same.

I guess you are not from the UK, so not being patronising if we use
different words, but that's not a "hood" - it's a detachable hardtop, and
the cloth hood should be inside. Quite easy job to unlatch it and lift it
off, although two people required.....

If you do buy it, tell me how much you want for the hard top - I've been
after one for ages!

Impossible to put a price on it without much more information. A good one
is a joy to own, a bad one will bankrupt you and break your heart.

Good luck, and keep us posted.

Geoff MacK

Hi Geoff,

thanks a lot for your answer, now I understand why I could not fit in
either series I or II specs, I see that these models are really
unique.

I am trying hard to buy the car but the owner is not very convinced
about selling in the meantime the "E" is deteriorating..
.. what a mistake.

Thanks again for your help
J