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Lara Farr - Our love for our E-Type Jaguar began in quite an unusual way. The House Next Door
We moved into our new house at Goolwa two years ago. As we were loving the area, we decided to stay there until retirement. We kept looking out our kitchen window down to the house next door, dreaming of the day it would come onto the market so that we could purchase it and essentially extend our own property. What we didn’t know was that there was something very special being housed in the garage in a ‘Barn-State’. After seeing a real estate agent leaving the property, my husband asked our neighbour if they were interested in selling their house to us?
What Was In The Shed?
The owners agreed to sell the house to us after we agreed to purchase it at the price they wanted. However, they told us the purchase of the house couldn’t be finalised until the old car in the garage that had been sitting around since 1984 got sold. Everything looked rosy until a couple of weeks later when we asked how the sale of the car was going? This made my husband and I begin to feel anxious because the owners didn’t want a deposit for the property, they just told us we needed to trust them on their word and we could go ahead with the purchase when the car in the garage was sold. Being an older couple, I was interested in assisting them to sell the car on Carsales or Gumtree to hurry the process along. After speaking to them, and recognising the car in the garage that nobody seemed to want, was actually a classic 1969 beauty. Yes, that’s right - a green E-Type Series 2 Jaguar that had been sitting in a ‘Barn Find’ state all these years - just waiting for someone to restore it, right under our noses.
Fatal Attraction
Well, with a little encouragement my husband was prepared to look at it. Of course, objecting initially, because at the moment we have a 1977 XC Falcon at
South Coast Custom in Victor Harbour getting restored. So, to take on another project before one was even finished wasn’t going to be an easy sell for me to do on my husband. If it wasn’t for the fact that we couldn’t purchase the house until the car was sold, we would never have ended up owning this gorgeous piece of British history. Gary initially said that he would just sell the car, after all it’s in a “Barn-Find’ state. But after looking over it for some time while the property purchase got finalised, and falling in love with its shape and style, I’m thrilled to say it’s a keeper and when the Falcon is restored the E-Type will be next.
Lara Farr
Editor- A great story. Thank you. I hope you very much enjoy the time with our club. The E-Type & GT Register members have loads of knowledge and experience that may be of some help in the future.
NOTICE BOARD
The following applications for membership have been lodged with the Membership Secretary and are listed in accordance with clause 6 (B-C) of the Constitution. If there are no objections, membership will be ratified one month from this October, 2021 magazine: ▪ Lara & Gary Farr: 1971 Jaguar E-Type 6 Cylinder Coupe. ▪ Kim Justice & Karen Watkins: 1973
Jaguar XJR 6 Cylinder Sedan. ▪ Geoffrey Richards & Jarrad Rogers: 1975 Jaguar XJ6 S2 6 Cylinder Sedan. ▪ Steve Hutchison & Helen Galdes: 1973
Jaguar E-Type V12 OT Tourer. The following applications listed in the August 2021 Classic Marque magazine have been accepted: ▪ Greg Souter: 1987 Jaguar XJS-C 5.3L
Cabriole. ▪ Stephen Noble: 2013 Jaguar XKR 5L
Coupe. ▪ Steven Meins: 1964 Jaguar S-Type 3.8L
Sedan. ▪ Andrew Toomes: 1981 Daimler
Sovereign 4.2L Sedan. We hope you will take advantage of the benefits available, and that you will contribute in your own way to make this a better club for everyone. I particularly ask that Register Secretaries and current members make these new members welcome at meetings and functions.
