Tracking down an E Type.
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My parents-in-law bought one of the first E Types new in 1961. They went in it on their honeymoon through France. My father-in-law died recently and this photo came to light.
I thought it might be fun to track it down for my mother-in-law. Does anyone have any top tips which might help me track it down?
I thought it might be fun to track it down for my mother-in-law. Does anyone have any top tips which might help me track it down?
MikeE said:
That looks like an outside locking bonnet to me, if so I really hope it's survived and it's the most valuable of the production E-types being one of the first 90 or so produced
I think my father-in-law said it was the 6th produced. He said driving through France was amazing as, well you can imagine, nobody had seen anything like it.MikeE said:
a8hex said:
Looking on http://www.xkedata.com "6" seems not to be listed. RHD OTS seem to start at 850001, only 850006 seems to be missing in the first 40 numbers.
You could try the E-Type club. I suspect they'll have someone who tracks these things, their sister club, the XK Club certainly does.
You could try the E-Type forum on Jag-Lovers too.
850006 is missing because that's 4 WPD which became the first lightweight E-type in 1963, so I think we can discount the car in this thread being #6You could try the E-Type club. I suspect they'll have someone who tracks these things, their sister club, the XK Club certainly does.
You could try the E-Type forum on Jag-Lovers too.
MikeE said:
roygarth said:
I'll check with my mother-in-law to see what else she remembers re. build number etc.
If you know the interior and exterior colour when new and where in the country it was bought you should be able to identify it on the e-type register as it's only chassis number 850001 - 850090 you need to consider, and most of these have the original spec colour and interior listedMikeE said:
roygarth said:
It was bought near Grimsby. I'll confirm interior colour but pretty sure it was black. Do you have a link please to the register?
Maybe it's this one then:850029 supplied to J.M. Greatham, Lincs?
So what do I do now to see if its still alive so to speak? Many thanks BTW.
MikeE said:
roygarth said:
MikeE said:
roygarth said:
It was bought near Grimsby. I'll confirm interior colour but pretty sure it was black. Do you have a link please to the register?
Maybe it's this one then:850029 supplied to J.M. Greatham, Lincs?
So what do I do now to see if its still alive so to speak? Many thanks BTW.
If so then I guess this is the car in the picture here http://www.xkedata.com/cars/detail/?car=850029
Look at the comments at the bottom of the http://www.xkedata.com/cars/detail/?car=850029 page, you'll see it was reregistered as 29XKE so you could update the comments to say it was originally registered REE 300
It's also shown being restored at the bottom of this page http://www.classicautosports.com/Work_in_Progress.... so these guys might be able to put you in contact with the current owner
This such good news. My hope was to find the current owner and see if my mother-in-law (Elizabeth Greatham) could be re-united with the car. Would be fun to make it a surprise and film it etc. I'll keep you all posted on developments.
Again many thanks for your help thus far.
Carsie said:
What a great end to a story, bet you're feeling seriously chuffed at that response Roy 
Well done PH lads!
Very chuffed! I'll speak to Classic Autosports and see if they can put me in touch with current owner.Well done PH lads!
Just realised that the new number plate refers to the fact that it was 29th XKE built. Cool.
Thanks again. I'll keep everyone posted.
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