Comments on: Next Milestones http://xkedata.com/blog/2006/12/14/next-milestones/ Latest News on the Data Sites Thu, 4 Dec 2008 21:30:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mark Shipley http://xkedata.com/blog/2006/12/14/next-milestones/#comment-69 Mark Shipley Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:56:23 +0000 http://xkedata.com/blog/2006/12/14/next-milestones/#comment-69 My Porsche 911-crazed brother ('66 coupe/'81 SC) said that he was continually amazed at the number of classic cars he saw in garages when he drove for UPS. I'm going out on a limb here, but my guess is that every 40-year-old classic on the road has a non-running but restorable counterpart just sitting. My Porsche 911-crazed brother (’66 coupe/’81 SC) said that he was continually amazed at the number of classic cars he saw in garages when he drove for UPS. I’m going out on a limb here, but my guess is that every 40-year-old classic on the road has a non-running but restorable counterpart just sitting.

]]> By: roger http://xkedata.com/blog/2006/12/14/next-milestones/#comment-68 roger Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:53:03 +0000 http://xkedata.com/blog/2006/12/14/next-milestones/#comment-68 Mark, frankly I'm as pleasantly surprised as you are. And the majority of the cars found and put into the site seem to come from online auction reports...that says to me there are plenty more out there. Heck, on the island I live on there are at least a dozen E-Types not in the database, and maybe four to five that are. I begin to wonder...did half survive? Pretty amazing for a production car. Mark, frankly I’m as pleasantly surprised as you are. And the majority of the cars found and put into the site seem to come from online auction reports…that says to me there are plenty more out there. Heck, on the island I live on there are at least a dozen E-Types not in the database, and maybe four to five that are. I begin to wonder…did half survive? Pretty amazing for a production car.

]]> By: Mark Shipley http://xkedata.com/blog/2006/12/14/next-milestones/#comment-67 Mark Shipley Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:20:12 +0000 http://xkedata.com/blog/2006/12/14/next-milestones/#comment-67 Roger, I have to admit that I'm amazed that 8,700 E-Types still exist. A number of years ago it was surmised that of the 49,000 Frogeye Sprites built, perhaps 6,000 are left today. Sprites were obviously "used up" at a greater rate than more expensive Jaguars, but it's still encouraging to see survival rates exceeding ten percent for cars in their fourth and fifth decades. With fewer cars being broken for parts, I think the days of three cars going in for restoration and one coming out are over, so 10K cars next year sounds like a realistic milestone. -Mark 1966 FHC 1E32208 Roger, I have to admit that I’m amazed that 8,700 E-Types still exist. A number of years ago it was surmised that of the 49,000 Frogeye Sprites built, perhaps 6,000 are left today. Sprites were obviously “used up” at a greater rate than more expensive Jaguars, but it’s still encouraging to see survival rates exceeding ten percent for cars in their fourth and fifth decades. With fewer cars being broken for parts, I think the days of three cars going in for restoration and one coming out are over, so 10K cars next year sounds like a realistic milestone.

-Mark
1966 FHC 1E32208

]]>