Subject: Time:4:03 PM
OFFICE MEMO Re: Jag E restoration project Date:10/7/94
>Mike Lee writes:
> '65 XKE Roadster. rebuilt 4.2L, Body dipped, good condition. $12.9k obo
>The car is currently completed disassembled.
> The tub is at a body shop; it's been dipped, and primered to prevent rust,
> a lot of repair work is need (all the replacement sheetmetal has already been
purchased. The engine was supposedly rebuilt by some former owner, but has
> not been turned over in about 8 years, and never by the current owner, so
> it's
> condition may be suspect. The car comes with a synchromesh tranny, and the
> owner is willing to throw in another complete spare tranny as well; again
> condition for both are unknown. The interior and top are both trashed and
> need to be replaced. The remaining misc bits are all at a third location,
> but are supposedly boxed up and labelled. According to the owner, all the
> parts are there, though heck if I can spot that or not
How much is rusted away on the body tub? If it needs all new floors, sills, etc
its no job for the average body shop, better to take it to a place that has a
lot of experience with E-types. New panels don't always fit right.
Engine is probably ok but ask for receipts about that rebuild or take it with a
grain of salt. Carbs could be gummed up with old petrol. Someone on the jag
list just started up a 64 E that hadn't ran in 20 years and its apparently ok.
Trannys don't usually give much trouble.
If you can't recognize what's missing, make a list of what you know you should
look for and get the owner to go over it with you, or take along an expert.
$12,900 US is a bit high even if you clear up the unknowns so haggle for it,
but on the other hand its a roadster and one of the best years.
A few years back the automotive writers association voted it the most beautiful
car ever built.
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