don't you also have pals with hardcore antique cars as this!

PostPost by: el-saturn » Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:43 pm

........................................... and yes, if he asks me i WILL trade! sandy
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PostPost by: reb53 » Mon Mar 26, 2018 5:37 am

One of my Dads friends had one.
Took me for a ride, interesting to see 110mph on the speedo, and know it had 65mph left.....
The same car actually got a NZ speed record in some class or another.
Over 170mph, the driver vowing "never again"!
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PostPost by: elansprint » Mon Mar 26, 2018 7:30 am

A friend of mine bouhgt an e type new and takes his then new girlfriend to Paris for the weekend. On the way home he decides to show off the speed as the first 150mph production car at an indicated 151 mph the thing is shaking like hell and wandering & he can see a red spot on the mirror as he is trying flick to this small red ant off the mirror a ferrari daytona overtook him LOL
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PostPost by: reb53 » Mon Mar 26, 2018 7:39 am

If it had had the blue printed motor, the D type head, and the over sized tyres, it would have been an actual 151 mph !
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PostPost by: el-saturn » Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:40 am

E-Type.......................is the car my wife wishes i'd have instead of my noisy s3 - i'd NEVER trade and btw: they REALLY leak!! sandy
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PostPost by: nomad » Mon Mar 26, 2018 1:21 pm

Sold my E type for a couple of reasons. One being that I couldn't keep it below any legal speed limits. Every time I looked at the speedometer I was 15 to 20 over. The other was that it got too valuable to enjoy driving. :( Had a home for the cash as well.

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PostPost by: Davidb » Mon Mar 26, 2018 5:32 pm

"Antique"! that thing is nearly new.

This is a photo of a myself and a group of friends out for a long drive-we are in the bar:
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PostPost by: el-saturn » Mon Mar 26, 2018 6:06 pm

lovely picture and thanks for sharing! i agree with you, those are older but here in switzerland you can get veteran status registration at 30 years, so a 45 year old is getting there! e type jags are soon 60!! sandy
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PostPost by: Davidb » Mon Mar 26, 2018 10:50 pm

Sorry, I realise my response was a little off... Hearing a Daytona described as "Antique" gave me so much whiplash I couldn't think straight.
A friend had a Daytona for a while but he found it too aggressive to use-it was great as long as you wanted to go somewhere at a minimum 100 mph-at regular highway speeds it was just uncomfortable he said.
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PostPost by: el-saturn » Tue Mar 27, 2018 9:30 am

my dad ran a ferrari 212inter in the early fifties while we were living in eugene: he had to go to SF for car maintainance! i was still a small kid
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PostPost by: Davidb » Tue Mar 27, 2018 3:46 pm

Until very recently I owned an Aston DB2-the main competitor to the Ferrari 212-it was a wonderful car and under rated.
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