Dutch Barn Find: the first left hand drive 2+2 E-Type ever made

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Dutch Jaguar enthousiast and mechanic Derk Geurts bought the car in 1989. At that time he was just 24 years old. The car was imported from the US in May 1989. 

At that time they had no clue about the significance of this car, nor could they tell anything about the history. The car carries a key tag (starting key nr. 947) from Tim Gallagher Ass. 700 State Hwy 436 Altemonte Springs (North of Orlando ) in Florida and on an old picture a shipping paper is visible from Brunswick Georgia to Antwerpen. 

As there was no US-Title with the car, Derk went to the Dutch RDW first and showed them a copy of the import document. This was sufficient and Derk bought the car. In the 1980's Titles were often taken in by the customs when you visited them with the imported car and paid the Import tax, VAT and Dutch BVB taxes at their desk.

The car was in need for full restoration although some work was already done in America. Derk disassembled the car and welded in new floors and inner sills. The body was on a rolling frame. He preserved the car with etch primer. The bonnet is in partsm the engine is still assembled. The IRS is mostly assembled.

The car was stored at the farmhouse of his aunt in Valburg in the Netherlands.

While working on the car in his leisure time, Derk had the interior parts stored in the attic of his aunts house. The car was in a separate barn next to the house. Unfortunately a fire destroyed the house in 2000.

 Luckily the car survived in the barn, but the interior, including the windows and some tires, were lost. Such a disaster is a part of the history of a classic car sometimes.

 Derk solved this by buying another 1966 E-Type 2+2 parts car for the necessary interior parts.

When he moved to Luxembourg, Derk had no time to work on the car during the occasions when he was visiting his parents and realized he would not have the time to finish this car due to a high workload.

And that is how it came to be in a barn in Oirschot.

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