Here is a guy that takes his E-Type seriously.
He lives in the Silicon Valley and is a mid level manager at a large tech
company. So all of his work was done at night and on the weekends. Makes
me feel small when I have a few little things to do on my Bugeye and I
cannot push myself out the door to continue to work on it.
http://www.mckennasgarage.com/xke/index.htm
PS
Me think the early 4.3's are the most desirable, drop tops. There will
probably never be another body styled to such artistic perfection as the
E-Type. From what I have heard, the straight 6 is a bullet proof engine.
It outlasted Ferrari in the '55 and '56 24 Hours of Le Mans. Although heavy
as a boat anchor, it was well thought out (other than the weight factor). I
have also been told by those who own these cars that the V12 is not much, if
any faster, than a well tuned straight 6?
A couple years ago at the Vintage Races Infineon Raceway (used to be Sears
Point) I watched a well prepped Type E running triple Webers, headers as
well as a lot of other refinements take an entire field of V8 tubular framed
Cobra types. They simply could not catch the "cat" in the corners. The
sound of that straight 6 whining down the back straight was something to
behold!
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