I saw this puppy on a trailer today with a "Make offer" sign on it. I havent a clue. My background and love is my 1971 Opel GT that I've had since I was 2 and a half years old. Im in the middle of restoring it and thought that maybe I could make an offer on this car, do a little work to it and then sell it. The profit I would use on my Opel.

The car has cancer pretty bad. Drivers side floor pan, all around all of the fender wells. There is obvious body putty work on it that is chipping off in huge chunks. Basically tha car needs to have a complete frame off restoration done on it. I would LOVE to have a car like this, but this is probably a $45,000 - $60,000 restoration job and that just isnt feasable at this point.

Any help would be appreciated. Also, what year is it? 69? 71? How can I tell? It said 4.1L ?? On the back. Im assumming that's a straight 6?

Sorry the pic is crappy. The lens on my camera phone is cracked.

Thom

Submitted by thom@ttwatchwo… on Sun, 07/24/2005 - 08:37

Ah, so the E-Type is just like my Opel. No Frame and a unibody. And yes, I could do all of the metal and mechanical work myself.

Well, thanks guys. If I was at another point in my life, then this might of been a good deal and lots of fun. But, for what I was wanting to do with it, it just doesnt seem feasable.

Thanks

Thom

Submitted by pascal@jcna.com on Sat, 07/23/2005 - 19:52

if it's rusty you're lookin at probably 10,15, 20k in body work alone.then the mechaincals... for a car that's unlikely to be worth much over 20k...

it's only worth it if VERY cheap AND if you can do all the metal work yourself.. and have a lot of free time!

foret makin any profit...

etype don't have a frame, it's monocoque... so rust quickly becomes a structural issue.

Pascal Gademer
72 E-type 2+2
00 XKR Coupe

Submitted by SE98-32482CJ on Sat, 07/23/2005 - 15:36

You might post this in the E type forum. The picture I got is very poor but from what I think I see it is a 1968 2+2 E-Type (I think the headlamps are open) could be a late 67. It is worth about 3 to 5 thousand for parts if all the good bits are still there. In perfect condition it would bring less than half of your cost of restoration. George Camp