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This month's highlight's...
Featured Article
When is an E-type not an E-type?
Martin Andrews shares his recent TV filming experiences
The title of this article is not some existential question, but a reflection of my recent visit to the Classic Motor Hub at Bibury to take part in the filming for the popular TV series Shed and Buried Classic Cars.
Sarah, from E-type Club HQ, contacted me, because they had received a request from the series producer for a few E-type owners to take part in the filming, as they had just acquired an E-type.
If you have not seen Shed and Buried, it features a chap called Henry Cole, along with Fuzz Townshend, who visit various sheds or lock-ups in search of interesting classics, and usually end up striking a deal, improving the car and selling it on. My brief was to turn up and be prepared to discuss aspects of E-type ownership, as well as giving a view on what Henry had bought.
Having put a call out to the West Midlands Area, due to other people’s prior commitments I ended up as the solo attendee and duly turned up at the venue.
The production team were delayed, as their car had broken down (twice) en route, with a suspected alternator problem. This gave me a chance to browse the impressive array of classic machinery at the Classic Motor Hub. When the Shed and Buried team arrived, their E-type purchase was not what I expected… It turned out...
Editorial
Attending the CKL Developments 25th anniversary celebration (a report will
follow next month), it emphasised to me how massively the whole classic car
movement has changed since I first became involved 50 years ago.
In those days, there was just one magazine – Classic Cars which became Thoroughbred & Classic Cars – and most of the specialists were one-man bands operating from scruffy premises under railway arches, or in sheds in their back gardens. Many failed because they were clever engineers, but hopeless businessmen, or because they had very dubious ethics and thought it was an easy way to get rich quick.
The dealers, generally, were no better, and the advice ‘buyer beware’ was never more appropriate. Restorations were often done to a price and so not carried out properly. The parts companies were mainly selling old stock (nothing wrong with that, of course) and remanufacturing began with just a trickle, with many parts difficult to find.
The wonderful thing is that most of the rogues have gone, although one still hears a few horror stories...
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Es in the News
Two interesting E-types for sale in upcoming Bonhams
auctions
The Bonhams auction at Goodwood Revival on 7 September sees a Series 1 flat-floor E-type Roadster, Chassis No.49 offered for sale, with an estimate of £180,000–£250,000, while at The Zoute Sale, at Knokke-Heist, Le Zoute on 6 October, a 1965 Series 1 4.2-litre FHC is scheduled to be offered, with an estimate of €100,000–€140,000. Details of both cars are available from Bonhams.
In other recent Bonhams auctions, a 1973 Series 3 2+2 with three former keepers, fully restored by XK Engineering in 1996, with further work carried out by Eagle E Types in 2002, and 7,800 miles on the odometer, sold for £50,406 including buyer’s premium. A 1973 Series 3 Roadster, with matching numbers and Heritage Certificate, 82,184 recorded miles (with 1,021 miles covered since 2018), and owned by the vendor since 1993, sold...
