I had one of these back in 1989 when I was stationed in England. It was a right-hand drive with the wooden interior, push-button start both inside and under the hood, and dual gas tanks you could choose by flipping a switch on the dash. Bought it for $500 and sold it in a year for $1500 when I was leaving (and couldn't afford to ship it to the states).
I was an E-2 making pennies. I had to borrow the $500 from my Director of Operations because the bank was closed for the weekend - paid him back Monday morning. Great guy.
Drove the car for about a year until a chaplain from Ramstein saw it when he was TDY to my base. He offered me the $1500 once he found out I couldn't take it home and I was an E-2 - he knew I paid $500 for it. He took it back to Ramstein to fully restore it. I guess his heirs have/will make a lot of money at some point. I'm just glad he made both of us happy.
I had one of these back in 1989 when I was stationed in England. It was a right-hand drive with the wooden interior, push-button start both inside and under the hood, and dual gas tanks you could choose by flipping a switch on the dash. Bought it for $500 and sold it in a year for $1500 when I was leaving (and couldn't afford to ship it to the states).
1966 S-Type (mine was silver).
https://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1966-jaguar-s-type-3.8-saloon-c-15336.htm
What an awesome-looking car! Too bad you didn't keep it. Seems like a collector would pay big bucks for that.
I was an E-2 making pennies. I had to borrow the $500 from my Director of Operations because the bank was closed for the weekend - paid him back Monday morning. Great guy.
Drove the car for about a year until a chaplain from Ramstein saw it when he was TDY to my base. He offered me the $1500 once he found out I couldn't take it home and I was an E-2 - he knew I paid $500 for it. He took it back to Ramstein to fully restore it. I guess his heirs have/will make a lot of money at some point. I'm just glad he made both of us happy.