68 XKE FHC is finally now mine
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68 XKE FHC is finally now mine
My father bought a 1968 chocolate brown (sable?) 2+2, automatic,in Philidelphia in the evening of August 4, 1969 when I was 7 years old. When I opened the garage door the next morning I was stunned. It looked like a spaceship in the garage. Id never seen a car like that before. We lived in farm country in PA, so no car looked like that in my modest town.
So, my love affair with the car began. When I got older and we migrated west to Northern Calif, I drove the car as much as my very very strict father would allow. I moved away to college, and after my brother rebuilt the engine in 1985, the car sat in my parents' garage.......until 3 weeks ago.
My aging father is not doing well, so my mother is selling the house and needed the car to be gone. I told her I want nothing else from them other than that car. You see, I could have purchased my own XKE. But I wanted THAT XKE. I told my mother I would have the car shipped to my house here in so cal. My mother told my father I was taking the car and he said "ok".
I had the car shipped and received it 3 weeks ago Saturday. I even had a Car Coming Home party at my house, attended by friends, 2 of my children and grandson. Day 1 I washed the car and cleaned it a bit and took inventory of things. And Day 2....well..believe it or not, I disconnected the fuel line from the fuel system, injected the carbs with fresh gas, installed a battery and cranked the engine. And then....oooops, I forgot...this car has a choke.... Ok. choke on. Cranked the engine and car fired up and ran beautifully.....after sitting a third of a century.
I have dialed in what I would like to do to the car by extensively researching information online. By the way, there is a Jag parts store 2 miles from my house....yippee!!
So, my love affair with the car began. When I got older and we migrated west to Northern Calif, I drove the car as much as my very very strict father would allow. I moved away to college, and after my brother rebuilt the engine in 1985, the car sat in my parents' garage.......until 3 weeks ago.
My aging father is not doing well, so my mother is selling the house and needed the car to be gone. I told her I want nothing else from them other than that car. You see, I could have purchased my own XKE. But I wanted THAT XKE. I told my mother I would have the car shipped to my house here in so cal. My mother told my father I was taking the car and he said "ok".
I had the car shipped and received it 3 weeks ago Saturday. I even had a Car Coming Home party at my house, attended by friends, 2 of my children and grandson. Day 1 I washed the car and cleaned it a bit and took inventory of things. And Day 2....well..believe it or not, I disconnected the fuel line from the fuel system, injected the carbs with fresh gas, installed a battery and cranked the engine. And then....oooops, I forgot...this car has a choke.... Ok. choke on. Cranked the engine and car fired up and ran beautifully.....after sitting a third of a century.
I have dialed in what I would like to do to the car by extensively researching information online. By the way, there is a Jag parts store 2 miles from my house....yippee!!
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Welcome to the forum DeusExMaxima,
Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums. Unusual to know exactly where an E-Type has been for the last fifty years!
Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/e-type-xk-e-59/ to the E-Type forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues.
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Good to have you with us at Jaguar forums. Unusual to know exactly where an E-Type has been for the last fifty years!
Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/e-type-xk-e-59/ to the E-Type forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues.
Please add vehicle details to your Signature to help others to give relevant advice. Go to the User CP button on the left of the top menu bar, then Settings & Options under Your Control Panel. Select Edit Signature and enter the details.
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Welcome, and I can definitely see why you held out for this one. Very nice Jag, and with a little love a beautiful survivor. Congrats.
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