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2002-12-12 23:05:04  |  Roger writes:

Please see the photos for the ongoing saga of the restoration. I bought the car sight unseen from the other side of the country after it had been inspected by a fellow who was an E-Type enthusiast, but without an eye to originality or rust--I ended up getting a lot of one and not a lot of the other, in the opposite proportions to what I wanted. Oh, well.

2003-05-14 21:33:57  |  Roger writes:

As of May 2003 the paint is just about finished up. I have set myself the utterly unrealistic goal of having the car on the road within a year. Hah!

2003-05-20 16:01:56  |  Roger writes:

As work progresses on this car, it becomes increasingly clear how far off the mark the contention that "this car could run in a weeked" was!

2003-05-29 21:36:13  |  Mark writes:

Nice work on the carb section, Roger. This is the kind of information that comes in very useful for the restorers who go such things on their own!

2004-11-06 05:12:00  |  Roger writes:

Still working on this machine. In limbo as I've moved YET AGAIN. Sheesh.

2004-12-20 06:45:43  |  rivet writes:

Hello Roger, I own 876099, which was more or less in the same state as your car when I bought it in 1994. 876073 is very intesresting, with many original parts, specially the steering wheel. It is funny because my car (originally opalescent dark blue) had been (badly) repainted in the same color as your car and is comming from California. With the old paint of my car, they look at sisters! 876099 is now fully retaured since april 1999, I had more or les the same little problems of rust which seems to be the case for all unrestored E type. Looking at your photos, I think you are doing a great job

2005-03-14 23:23:44  |  Roger writes:

Hi Rivet,
Glad to see another early car come back from the dead. Believe it or not, I'm moving yet again. I hope to have this car done by the time I'm 40, which is about two years away. We'll see.

2005-11-03 22:08:20  |  Roger writes:

I begin to wonder if I should stop setting dates!

2006-02-28 22:46:54  |  Andre Cassis writes:

Congratulations is all I can say. Your attitude is exemplary.I had a similar experience but on the mechanical neglect side....cost?Prohibitive because I am unskilled mechanically.My car is ue1s24352...also bought in New Jersey!Anyways keep us in the loop and again congrats! Cheers!

2006-04-06 14:39:18  |  Roger writes:

Thanks for all the encouraging comments. Bill, don't know much about old Jag saloons, sounds like you have a nice car.

2006-09-27 12:42:21  |  Anonymous writes:

WOW - this is really great and helps others to complete / maintain and restore their cars.

Fingers crossed it will come to a successful end and one early roadster will be back on the road. What scares me is the fact that I have a broken in two halfs E-Type sitting in my garage (already completely disassembled) and need complete restoration some time in the future. It also a very early roadster (875268) but a hell lot of work.

2007-04-05 10:21:29  |  mike writes:

Roger, you continue to do an outstanding job. These are all the things I had envisioned when I bought the car in 1978, I was the happiest guy in he world that day. While I was in the Army she saw the plains of kansas, she was stored in Iowa while I was in Germany, went to New Mexico where she was painted in 86. In Illinois from 91-97, and in Md until I sold her to you. Looking forrward to seeing the final product.

2008-10-15 03:36:26  |  Roger writes:

Testing...

2008-10-16 17:48:12  |  Bill A. writes:

road-testing, I hope . . .

2009-03-23 14:04:59  |  chuck goolsbee writes:

C'mon Roger, finish it! We'll go for a drive.

2009-03-24 03:02:34  |  Roger writes:

Chuck, expect some movement soon on this. We have our vacant land up for sale, and I'm not buying anything that isn't ready for E-Type reassembly.

2009-04-04 15:57:54  |  Anonymous writes:

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