Found this E-Type in the "Penny Saver" in Hayward Ca. in 1985. Purchased it from the original owner John Sedlak who bought it new in New Jersey. Sadly he has passed. He drove it two or three times from New Jersey to the Bay area where he worked. The car had no rust and was all original,,,well except for the bonnet. John had wrecked the car in San Francisco so he purchased a used bonnet for $50.00 from a local junk yard. This bonnet is from an early car as that cars' i.d. number is stamped on the inside, upper right side of the bonnet. Later bonnets did no have this stamp on them.
I drove it for three years and then decided to restore it. The restoration took two years. A local Jaguar shop rebuilt the drivetrain and I spent hours bead blasting all the many parts and schlepping them to the cad plater. I also rewired the car with new harnesses from Rhode Island Red. The painter had the body for a year and a half and charged me $5000.00! The paint still looks fantastic! I showed it for over twenty years in the L.A., San Diego, Inland Empire Jaguar and San Francisco Concours. Many JCNA awards sit in the den.
Now she resides in the garage and is driven around the local neighborhoods. My wife hates this car, "too low, too hot, too stinky..no room" O.K...O.K.... so I found (again in the Bay area) a 1996 XJ6 VDP Saloon. This she likes. Then I found a 2004 XKR in Palm Springs. Then a 2003 XJ sport Saloon in L.A. They only made 1,009 of these in 2003. It has the "R" suspension, trim and interior but no supercharger. When you buy one Jaguar, you wind up with many more, so watch out!

Updated January 30th, 2020. Not legal proof of ownership.