If Jaguar can do it..how about GM?
05-20-2018, 04:16 PM
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Details aside, very cool. Thanks for posting that info.
I thought it was cool that they chose the vintage E type, one of my favorite cars. The story on this one is even more interesting.
I thought it was cool that they chose the vintage E type, one of my favorite cars. The story on this one is even more interesting.
05-20-2018, 04:22 PM
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Don't put it past the British to figure out to keep such hallowed parts of their heritage intact: it's almost certain to leak all sorts of fluids, and short-out every circuit, at every opportunity...They might even add an oil reservoir with no apparent purpose, other than to supply the required supply of random drippage. 
05-20-2018, 04:28 PM
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They did however, pick the one and only E-type with taillights that didn't manage to bugger up perhaps the best styling ever to make a production car.
All kidding about the British car industry aside, the E-Tpye was just a gorgeous piece of automotive history, and welcome sight on any road, $500,000 or not.
All kidding about the British car industry aside, the E-Tpye was just a gorgeous piece of automotive history, and welcome sight on any road, $500,000 or not.
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05-20-2018, 04:40 PM
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They did however, pick the one and only E-type with taillights that didn't manage to bugger up perhaps the best styling ever to make a production car.
All kidding about the British car industry aside, the E-Tpye was just a gorgeous piece of automotive history, and welcome sight on any road, $500,000 or not.
All kidding about the British car industry aside, the E-Tpye was just a gorgeous piece of automotive history, and welcome sight on any road, $500,000 or not.
In both cases he wasn't exactly going "...where no man has gone before."
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05-20-2018, 05:54 PM
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05-20-2018, 06:06 PM
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At the point when I can pull my near discharged electric car into a recharge facility and drive away with a full charge which can take me 350-400 miles for the equivalent of $35 to $40 in less than 7 minutes...at that point I might get interested. Until then, you can keep the damned things.
05-20-2018, 08:59 PM
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... it's valued at about 1,000,000 Pounds (at 1:18 in the video)
05-20-2018, 09:08 PM
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05-20-2018, 09:12 PM
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Lordy - we've all heard the jokes; I'm sure...
05-20-2018, 09:25 PM
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I normally don't read anything about the royals...but when I saw a picture of the new Duke & Duchess get into a classic Jaguar to go to their wedding reception I thought, how cool. It turns out this was no ordinary Jag. It was an electric version called the "Jaguar E-Type Concept Zero" which is a modern version of the 1968 model that Jaguar can build for you for around $500k. The car was powered by a 300hp electric motor an is quicker than the original 6 cylinder and has a top speed of 150mph and rage of 170 miles. A factory "Restomod" if you will. This got me thinking if GM would ever do something like this with our beloved C1/C2's or any other classic they've made in the past?
A C1 & C2 car like this would never be accepted by the loyalist Corvette population who only want all original parts or rebuilt original parts from the factory. It would not even fit the Restro-mod category unless the body was original. This would fit the "kit category" and would get zero points by the judges. Resale value would take a huge hit and loss at resale.
I am not sure how many corvette members would pay $500K for a new GM factory C1 & C2 kit car.
05-20-2018, 10:45 PM
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That's the weird thing about these series one and two cars, put a normal size dude in the car and they turn into clown cars. Funny thing they are now worth twice as much as a series three. I passed on a super clean project series one to buy my project series three about 20 years ago. There was a time in the late 80's and early 90's when series three V12's were projected to be as valuable as Ferrari's in several years, then the bottom dropped out of the market. Only the series one came back strong. Gotta say, they are a bitch to restore, poorly made in the first place and half the aftermarket parts don't fit.
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05-21-2018, 12:02 AM
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05-21-2018, 09:15 AM
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A C1 & C2 car like this would never be accepted by the loyalist Corvette population who only want all original parts or rebuilt original parts from the factory. It would not even fit the Restro-mod category unless the body was original. This would fit the "kit category" and would get zero points by the judges. Resale value would take a huge hit and loss at resale.
I am not sure how many corvette members would pay $500K for a new GM factory C1 & C2 kit car.
I am not sure how many corvette members would pay $500K for a new GM factory C1 & C2 kit car.
Note the "L" tag--that's for someone learning to drive. I would assume Prince William already drives; I guess some lucky royal kid is learning in that cool car....
05-21-2018, 03:09 PM
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That's the weird thing about these series one and two cars, put a normal size dude in the car and they turn into clown cars. Funny thing they are now worth twice as much as a series three. I passed on a super clean project series one to buy my project series three about 20 years ago. There was a time in the late 80's and early 90's when series three V12's were projected to be as valuable as Ferrari's in several years, then the bottom dropped out of the market. Only the series one came back strong. Gotta say, they are a bitch to restore, poorly made in the first place and half the aftermarket parts don't fit.
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05-21-2018, 03:43 PM
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there was a december 61 Car and Driver review of the E type when it was just launched , side by side with a Corvette C1 https://s3.amazonaws.com/amv-prod-ca...xk-e-story.pdf
57 years later, the E type is to Europeans what a C2 is to the Americans. Great sports cars at reasonable price when compared to vintage ferrari, porsche, aston martin etc. Both cars were seen as 'affordable' in the 60ies too, which was reflected in their relatively high volume sales.
57 years later, the E type is to Europeans what a C2 is to the Americans. Great sports cars at reasonable price when compared to vintage ferrari, porsche, aston martin etc. Both cars were seen as 'affordable' in the 60ies too, which was reflected in their relatively high volume sales.
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05-21-2018, 04:04 PM
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When it was introduced in 1961 the XKE was clearly ahead of Corvette, what with innovations such as monocoque body/chassis, IRS, and disc brakes.
Corvette would not come close to catching up until the 1963 model.
Corvette would not come close to catching up until the 1963 model.
05-21-2018, 09:32 PM
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