In a message dated 3/15/00 3:35:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
matttrebelhorn@netscape.net writes:
<< BTW, there is also conflict over E-type vs. XK-E. The Letter-Type (C-type,
D-Type) nomenclature at Jaguar was, up to that time, for pure race cars. The
XK-Number (120, 140, 150) was for more civilized GT/Sports cars. E-Type
would
be stretching the truth a bit (it was, after produced by the thousands,
mostly
used on the street), but XK-E is a combination of the two. Jaguar only
rarely
used the name E-Type. And Jan and Dean, of course, used XK-E (Dead Man's
Curve). >>
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Thanks for the info, Matt. Very interesting. Didn't Jaguar put "E-TYPE" on
the boot lid on some of those cars? And in America, largely due to Jan and
Dean, we called it XK-E. Just speculation on my part, I couldn't afford one.
Allen Hefner
SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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