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Re: How did we pick our Marque?

To: "FloridaDiving@aol.com" <FloridaDiving@aol.com>, healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: How did we pick our Marque?
From: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:00:48 -0500
Hi Ginger---Welcome to the "other" list.  Hey Guys I have had the pleasure
of reading lots of Gingers posts on the e-Type list and she is a very
welcomed addition to this one. 

Regards
Tom


> [Original Message]
> From: <FloridaDiving@aol.com>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 1/4/06 11:10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: How did we pick our Marque?
>
> Not nearly as cool a story as all of yours (very interesting stuff!)
....but 
> here goes.  I guess this can serve as my introduction to you guys.
>
> Just call me lucky, I guess, to be the niece of a man with taste.  My
first 
> LBC was inherited from my very cool uncle a mere 6 years ago (when I was
38).  
> A 1971 V12 E-Type that he purchased new in California, but it was in 
> Washington at his place, and was in Florida at mine 3K+ miles away. 
Oblivious to the 
> whole LBC world and driving an American muscle car at the time, I didn't
have a 
> clue about E-Types until I took the tarp off of it in his barn where it
had 
> been sitting in disrepair a few years. It needed an engine rebuild ($$)
and 
> some of the expected mechanicals (brakes, hoses, etc.) before I could
even drive 
> it for the first time. Got it on the road on the 4th of July, 2000.  It's
a 
> rust-free original except for a nice respray he had done at some point. 
I 
> joined a Jag club, took on the editor job, really got into it.  The car
meets 
> introduced me to the rest of the LBCs, but that is the car that changed
my life.  
>
> Thanks to the Internet and the good fortune of being neighbors with one
of 
> the best restorers in the land, I have come a long way.  I continue to
listen 
> and learn. The competition (concours, slalom, rally) has been fun. I kept
my 
> cars as nice drivers, and actually placed 3rd in North America for the
slalom in 
> my class this year.  The concours wins don't mean as much to me, but I
did get 
> North American 1st twice in my class with my uncle's E.
>
> Then, a couple of years ago I felt ready to take on another car, and
decided 
> it was either going to be a 66/67 BJ8 or a Series 1 XKE roadster.  I
lucked 
> into a beautiful 66 Golden Sand XKE from Arizona and added it to the
stable. 
> Made some upgrades (alum. radiator, new interior, etc.) and am really
enjoying my 
> first convertible ever.  
>
> Well, here I am again... itching for another LBC (you understand, don't 
> you?).  I really wanted to go in on the AH 100S that was recently sold
for way out 
> of my range. Just dreaming, I suppose.  Instead, I have now purchased a
yet 
> unseen BJ8 that I will pick up less than 36 hours from now... I can
hardly wait. 
>  It's been fully restored and probably won't be the driver that my Jags
are, 
> but it will see road time once it's *my* car.
>
> I suppose that's enough about me for now.  I'm used to being the only one
- 
> or one of few - chicks in the coo-koo's nest with you guys.  I know some
of you 
> from the LBC circles, and hope to meet the rest of you and your cars
someday. 
>  In the meantime, I will listen and learn and continue to drive and have
fun!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ginger Corda
> Lakeland, FL
> 1967 BJ8 (getting it this Friday morning)
> 1966 Jaguar OTS
> 1971 Jaguar V12 2+2 FHC
> -- somebody stop me




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