[TexasGator]

"One of the most beautiful cars ever made. A friend of my mom's had an E-Type, and I thought about buying it, but I'd heard too many horror stories about the Lucas electrics. How was yours, as far as reliability?"

No problems but I only owned it for a little over a year while in the Navy.

Sold it to raise money before a 10 month WestPac cruise. Reselling cameras and lenses was very profitable.

My mistake. It looked like this:

[Rlsau1]

They were sexy for their time, but horribly unreliable (E-Type). One of my good friends had one for a time, but had to sleep with the windows in his apartment open because when the temp and humidity were just right it would start itself. That and a myriad of other electrical problems were enough to part with it.

[Rlsau1]

They were sexy for their time, but horribly unreliable (E-Type). One of my good friends had one for a time, but had to sleep with the windows in his apartment open because when the temp and humidity were just right it would start itself. That and a myriad of other electrical problems were enough to part with it.