E-Type - unrestored .....

[pgk]

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..... and not going to be. I like the idea of displaying such a car 'as is'. M9 c/w 35 Summilux. IoM.

 

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Edited August 29, 2018 by pgk

[stuny]

Very nice.  Are you certain you didn't originally find it during a dive?

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[pgk]

Very nice.  Are you certain you didn't originally find it during a dive?

 

Not this one. There is a car sitting on its roof in a nearby lake - not sure what make or model. Never quite plucked up the courage to open the boot .....

[pedaes]

Interesting to see in this original 'barn' condition. Maybe its not going to be restored soon, but bet it will be one day.

[pgk]

Interesting to see in this original 'barn' condition. Maybe its not going to be restored soon, but bet it will be one day.

 

The museum owner said not.

[Graham (G4FUJ)]

Where is the museum Paul?

The E-type is interesting, but I spent more time staring at the bikes in the background

[pgk]

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Where is the museum Paul?

The E-type is interesting, but I spent more time staring at the bikes in the background

 

Its in the Isle of Man - other museums there might be even more interesting to you - I was intrigued by the Norton Rotary on display though. I was there briefly during the Classic TT which sadly I could not see - but I could hear it, even from the harbour as we sailed away!!!

[Ouroboros]

Reminds me of the time an E Type V12 ran into the back of my 100E Ford Popular in 1971. I got out of my car whilst the other driver was trying to reverse his car out from underneath mine. It became clear he did not intend to stop and exchange details and I had to leap out of the way as he roared off.

 

He didn’t get very far, he crashed his E Type into a wall about 100 yards away and what started off as a minor incident ended up with him in Court.

 

Sublimely beautiful cars, though, even when crumpled and surrounded by broken glass and plastic.

[stuny]

I've heard that Enzo Ferrari thought it the most beautiful car in the world.