2013-04-24 07:30:31 | pauls writes:

Ebay item 4/24/13
cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-Jaguar-E-Type-Coupe-Series-1-5-RESTORATION-NOT-2-2- ...
Current bid $7,000, no reserve, 5 bids 6 days left in auction. 62k miles.

Sellers description:
This is a 1968 Jaguar E Type Coupe (NOT a 2 + 2), Series 1.5, Old English White with black interior, in dire need of a restoration. It is a one owner car with a sad story. It was placed in secured storage in the late '80s when the owner was temporarily relocated for his work. While away, he fell seriously ill, returned to the States only to discover his car had been stolen. He was determined to find the car. Two years later, a ticket related to the car arrived in the mail which helped him track it to a neighboring county where he found it at a trim shop. He confronted the shop and told them it was his car and he was there to take it back. They didn't give it to him. He left, the police finally got involved. Later he received a call from the police to come get the car and bring a tow truck because most of the windows had been shot out. Still ill, he had the car towed to his brother's house who put the car in the garage, but at some point over the decades it was moved outside and there it sat.

The good news is the car is pretty complete. The shift knob and some windshield trim is missing. All the chrome bumpers are straight and excellent candidates for rechroming. The bonnet has some rust holes but fits really well. The car will need sills and floors and lots of detail welding. Of course, it will need some windows.

This is an ambitious project but it can be restored. After all, they're not making them anymore! And starting with a car like this you know there will be no surprises!

I am the owner of the shop that used to work on this car back in the day when it was beautiful. The owner has asked me to handle the sale of his car. He did confirm that the car had never been wrecked, he did have it painted before it was stolen, and when he got the car back from the theives it looked the same except for the windows. Oh, if he had just had the glass replaced! He said he was really too ill to address it.

2013-05-13 18:42:14 | pauls writes:

Car returns to ebay 5/13/13
cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-Jaguar-E-Type-Coupe-Series-1-5-STOLEN-SHOT-PARKED-N ...
Current bid $10,400, no reserve, 10 bids 4 days left in auction.

Previous auction ended at $15,100 after 30 bids.