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Ginger’s 1966 E-Type is a very original car finished in the not often seen Golden Sand color. The photo to the left shows it with her other E-Type, in equally splendid condition.

In order to clean up the car pages, I now by default hide the history of changes to the dataplate. If you want to view them, there is a link to the right of the plate which will show them.

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Check out the photos of this beautiful XK150 Fixed Head. I’m particularly fond of the photo shown here–the owner when he was a boy on the left, and his son sitting in the same spot, on the right. Hopefully a grandchild will one day pose for a photo while perched on the same fender!

Longest sequences of E-Type numbers in the database:

Series 1

• Right-Hand Drive
  OTS: 850001 - 850031 (31)
  FHC: 860001 - 860013 (13)
  2+2: 1E50035 - 1E50036 (2)
• Left-Hand Drive
  OTS: 875001 - 875032 (32)
  FHC: 885001 - 885010 (10)
  2+2: 1E77232 - 1E77235 (4)

Series 1.5

• Right-Hand Drive
  OTS: 1E1893 - 1E1894 (2)
  FHC: 1E21708 - 1E21709 (2)
  2+2: 1E51106 - 1E51107 (2)
• Left-Hand Drive
  OTS: 1E16178 - 1E16180 (3)
  FHC: 1E35393 - 1E35395 (3)
  2+2: 1E77695 - 1E77697 (3)

Series 2

• Right-Hand Drive
  OTS: 1R1008 - 1R1010 (3)
  FHC: 1R20912 - 1R20914 (3)
  2+2: 1R35031 - 1R35032 (2)
• Left-Hand Drive
  OTS: 1R8596 - 1R8599 (4)
  FHC: 1R28216 - 1R28219 (4)
  2+2: 1R43732 - 1R43735 (4)

Series 3

• Right-Hand Drive
  OTS: 1S1200 - 1S1202 (3)
  2+2: 1S51708 - 1S51711 (4)
• Left-Hand Drive
  OTS: 1S20003 - 1S20006 (4)
  2+2: 1S70506 - 1S70509 (4)

You’d have to be pretty sad (like me) to find this interesting, but here’s the longest contiguous sequences of serial numbers in the database. XK cars tonight, E-Types tomorrow!

XK-120

• Right-Hand Drive:
  OTS: 660430 - 660434 (5)
  FHC: 669002 - 669004 (3)
  DHC: 667237 - 667244 (8)
• Left-Hand Drive:
  OTS: 670059 - 670063 (5)
  FHC: 679049 - 679050 (2)
  DHC: 677293 - 677294 (2)

XK-140

• Right-Hand Drive:
  OTS: 800005 - 800006 (2)
  FHC: 804501 - 804504 (4)
  DHC: 807008 - 807010 (3)
• Left-Hand Drive:
  OTS: 811456 - 811458 (3)
  FHC: 814488 - 814489 (2)
  DHC: 817701 - 817703 (3)

XK-150

• Right-Hand Drive:
  OTS: 820080 - 820083 (4)
  FHC: 824103 - 824107 (5)
  DHC: 827094 - 827097 (4)
• Left-Hand Drive:
  OTS: 830279 - 830280 (2)
  FHC: 834102 - 834103 (2)
  DHC: 837874 - 837876 (3)

It has been mentioned a few times over the years that it would be nice to have a parts registry for those serial numbered items–Engines, heads, gearboxes, and bodies–that we can determine are E-Type or XK items but which are no longer attached to the car they belong to. If the online registry ever approaches a critical mass, we may be able to determine what car number they belonged to and assign a tentative “this car may have been scrapped” tag to the number.

It might also be a useful resource (though one with very long odds) on reuniting an original component with its original car.

However, I’m not clear whether every numbered component (bodies aside) can be conclusively assigned to an XK or an E-Type. I don’t really have a desire to record all loose XK engines of the period (for example) if they could have been fitted to any of Jaguar’s numerous models. Thoughts are appreciated.