[SnS_12]

Saw this ultra rare Jaguar E Type driving around Bandstand in Mumbai. It was a dream to see one in person and that too driving around in Mumbai

I am not sure on the specs but looks like an early 1970’s 5.3 litre V12. And it had a very throaty exhaust note as well..

[SnS_12]

Some more classics I had spotted on a Sunday Morning ride back in 2019

Well maintained Willys Jeep



Triumph Spitfire MK2



Is this pre independence beauty a Riley? Beautifully restored.







Volkswagen BUS T2 (Late Bay)







Fiat and Ford Mustang





Convertible Bug



A beautiful Packard Clipper

[SnS_12]

A few more classics spotted over the years

[AirbusCapt]

Saw this well maintained classic in my apartment parking lot. Not sure of the model or year though.

[SnS_12]

Originally Posted by AirbusCapt

Saw this well maintained classic in my apartment parking lot. Not sure of the model or year though.

If I am not wrong its a W110.

[AirbusCapt]

Originally Posted by SnS_12

If I am not wrong its a W110.

Thanks for identifying. I went online and read about it. By shape it looks like a 1961 mercedes benz "Heckflosse", however I faintly recollect this car having the D200 batch on the boot, which means it should be the later year model? I think the 200D was introduced in 1965, but I'm not sure if that year model lost the fins (Heckflosse) or not.

[ajay99]

Originally Posted by AirbusCapt

Thanks for identifying. I went online and read about it. By shape it looks like a 1961 mercedes benz "Heckflosse", however I faintly recollect this car having the D200 batch on the boot, which means it should be the later year model? I think the 200D was introduced in 1965, but I'm not sure if that year model lost the fins (Heckflosse) or not.

It is not a200 D but a W110 200 which is a petrol engine and it is most likely a 1965 model.this car is in Chennai or Hyderabad??

[AirbusCapt]

Originally Posted by ajay99

It is not a200 D but a W110 200 which is a petrol engine and it is most likely a 1965 model.this car is in Chennai or Hyderabad??

Thanks. It's in Hyderabad

[Jeroen]

Originally Posted by SnS_12

Saw this ultra rare Jaguar E Type driving around Bandstand in Mumbai. It was a dream to see one in person and that too driving around in Mumbai

I am not sure on the specs but looks like an early 1970’s 5.3 litre V12. And it had a very throaty exhaust note as well..

This looks like a serie 3 Jaguar E type (1971-1975), the serie 2 did not have a V12 I think.

Actually, the E-type was build in quite good numbers. The serie 3 about 16000 or thereabouts. Total number of E-types is around 72.000. Almost half of that are Series 1.

Quite a few have survived. I would not call them rare perse. (Maybe a rare sight in India?)

To put that in context: Alfa Romeo Spider serie 105 production is about 110.000. At the time it cost a fraction of the E-type. In terms of production numbers my Alfa Romeo Spider S3 QV is more rare than this particular E-type!

There is hardly a car museum in the world, not a classic car tour that will sport several Jaguars in its line up. It is easily one of the most recognisable classic cars in the world.

Rare is not necessarily an indicator of potential value. A type A-Ford is much more rare these days then any E-type, but it’s trading value is miles apart.

There are dozens and dozens of cars that are much more rare than an E-type. But very few command the sort of price a well sorted E-type does.

It all comes down to desirability and demand. The E-type is one of those car that always had a very high degree of desirability and prices over the last couple of decades have gone upwards steadily. Whereas an Alfa Romeo Spider 105 series value has remained relatively stable. (With the exception of the very first series, the Duetto.

If you want to be very sceptical, one might call the E-type one of the most over valued classics of our time. Even so, it remains gorgeous!

Enzo Ferrari is rumoured to have proclaimed the E-type to be the most beautiful car ever.

Jeroen

[SnS_12]

Originally Posted by Jeroen

Quite a few have survived. I would not call them rare perse. (Maybe a rare sight in India?)

Jeroen

Yes, that is what I meant that it is a rare sight in India.

BTW this particular car belongs to Mr. Viveck Goenka, who is the president of Western India Automobile Association (WIAA) and Chairman of The Indian Express Group. Apart from owning many vintage and classics cars he also restores them.

Here is a video giving a glimpse of his 4X4 collection

https://youtu.be/Xa2mN5PkzZk

[SnS_12]

Some more from my phones archive

This 74 Pontiac is now part of Dhoni’s garage. Clicked this snap when it was still in Mumbai.

[TractionAvant]

I hope this is the right thread. This is a picture of me taken in the early 1990s. It was at the farmhouse of a person known as "La Gajjar". There were some fabulous cars inside the shed, including what I remember to be a 20s Mercedes tourer. Cant quite recollect what the other cars were. The caretaker did not allow pics inside. He did, however, let us take one of this Wolseley that was languishing outside. I wonder where it is now.

regards,
Aditya

[TractionAvant]

I took these pics at a handicrafts emporium in Jaipur around 1999/2000. I hope this contraption survives.

regards,
Aditya

[KartikeyaL]

Originally Posted by TractionAvant

I took these pics at a handicrafts emporium in Jaipur around 1999/2000. I hope this contraption survives.

regards,
Aditya

It does still at the same place, earlier it was regular at the annual Jaipur rally.

[cheetahrd]

Originally Posted by TractionAvant

I took these pics at a handicrafts emporium in Jaipur around 1999/2000. I hope this contraption survives.

regards,
Aditya

I found this online article of the same car.

http://www.svvs.org/rytecraft.htm