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  1. Pascal

    Pascal Senior Member

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    Let me help getting the thread on track... This is the current state of the restoration of 72 Etype V12. We modified the bonnet (aka hood) to use original covered headlights instead of the awful open headlights regulators imposed on the E late 60s....

    The V12 is going out for a full rebuild. Hoping to get it back on the road by the end of the year!

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  2. Loren Schweizer

    Loren Schweizer YF Associate Writer

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    ...and, surreptitiously ( a great word, that) conceals the label on the bottle of, uh, soda pop.
    Hey, trust me--I'm a Yacht Broker.
  3. AMG

    AMG YF Moderator

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    I saw one with covered lights (and triple wipers) last week and it is so much better. BTW, I love the 61 Impala you have there too...:)

    E-type.jpg
  4. YachtForums

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    LMAO! :D
  5. YachtForums

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    Should be the subject of the next YF review...? ;)
  6. Pascal

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    This looks like a 6 cyl series 1 as it has the smaller bonnet opening and the turn signal above the bumper but it has flared arches and a wider track like the series 3

    That Impala has been in the body shop for longer than my E. It belong to the owners
  7. AMG

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    It has the Series 1 4,2 l 6 cyl but as you say, a wider track than original.
  8. Loren Schweizer

    Loren Schweizer YF Associate Writer

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    Lars & Pascal:

    That E-type is pure sex.
  9. MaxPower

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    one of my all time favourites ...

    simply gorgeous ...
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    Same here.
  12. SeaEric

    SeaEric YF Historian

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    Since the conversation has gone to E type, here is the new ride of a friend who met me for lunch recently and showed up driving this beauty. Pascal, you know this owner from the HOF.

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  13. Pascal

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    Beautiful. From your area, classic car nut... The "doc" ?
  14. SeaEric

    SeaEric YF Historian

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    That would be correct.
  15. YachtForums

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    I recall reading that Enzo said the XKE was the most beautiful car in the world, but what would he know... ;)
  16. Loren Schweizer

    Loren Schweizer YF Associate Writer

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    Vote for the Most Beautiful Rear End:

    _____Jag E-type

    _____P 928

    _____Marilyn Monroe
  17. YachtForums

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    At the risk of a raising eyebrows by our predominantly male readership... E-type!
  18. AMG

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    My boats were always Marilyn in the past, here is the rear end of Marilyn 3, this is how it should look in 1968...

    Marilyn 3.jpg

    But among cars, I like both ends of my Brera...

    Alfa Romeo Brera.jpg

    Alfa front.jpg
  19. Pascal

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    Independent rear suspension with INBOARD DICSC brakes back in 1961? Nobody can beat that!

    How many cars ever had inboard disk brakes??

    Heck, until recently most "sports" (LOL) cars on this side of the pond still had solid rear axles and drum brakes !!!

    Hmmm... And these haunches / hips!!! Far more curvy than Marylin
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