From: EDDIE.MIT.EDU!mit-eddie!cbmvax.commodore.com!augi (Joe Augenbraun)
>As far as using the term XKE, I think it must have come from the factory some-
>how. Look at it this way, no-one calls C and D Types XKC's and XKD's. And
>"incorrect" term XKE for the E-Type? It must have come from somewhere, and
>I suspect the source was at least pseudo-official for it to have had the
>penetration that it does.
>
> Joe
I think the term XKE may have been an unofficial factory term at one time.
The first E-Types I saw in the very early '60s were always refered to as XKEs.
I don't even remember hearing the name E-Types until much later.
Roland
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