1964 Jaguar E-type

1964 Jaguar E-type (1)

There could easily be a trend occurring with my staff cars that goes along desired car A, bought car B. Ownership of my 1964 3.8 E-type coupe began like most these days, by browsing on the web. But this was ten years ago and it’s hard to believe but buying cars off the web was a new concept.

Tuesday, 27 July 2010 11:55

1964 Jaguar E-Type

Written by Kevin Leaper

There could easily be a trend occurring with my staff cars that goes along desired car A, bought car B. Ownership of my 1964 3.8 E-type coupe began like most these days, by browsing on the web. But this was ten years ago and it’s hard to believe but buying cars off the web was a new concept.

At the time I was mature student funding my course by servicing cars at weekend and drinking at student bar prices. When the letter came offering a student loan I nearly threw it in the bin as I didn’t need a loan but the bit about zero interest grabbed my eye. I could get ten grand interest free and back then interest rates were pretty high. So I took the loan and started looking at cars I’d always dreamed of owning. E-types came top of the list but....

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