: It's a personal taste thing, I know. To play devil's advocate, I
: also think the Jaguar E-Type is an ugly car. Yes, ugly. The
: proportions are wrong, the bonnet is way too long and
: exaggerated, the windscreen far too upright.

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:

: Pininfarina had been doing the same thing much better with the
: Ferrari 250 GT TdF for years:

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:

: Hmmm, any more sacred design cows I can knock down while I'm at it?
: ;)

Mark - you know you had me going with the Carrera's, but you lost me at bashing the E-Type.
Traded my 1967 MGBGT in on a 1969 E-Type and $68/month for 36 months in 1973 while going to Cornell.
Kept it for 30 years and finally sold it when I started my hunt for the 1989 930 Targa. Which sadly is now a garage queen in
Texas. I am stuck riding weekends on my Chopper