Apparently a photograph of me & my father, driving in the 65E appears in the March 2009 issue of “Classic Motorsports“… I guess as part of the article titled “Jaguar E-type Buyer’s Guide.” I have yet to confirm this however.
Today at lunch I went to a local Barnes & Noble bookstore to see, and unfortunately could only find the January 2009 issue. I did note a British car magazine with a D-type on the cover so I flipped through it. As I was about to slide it back on the rack I noted a familiar image on the backside.
Sure enough, the famous “Miss January” shot of the 65E, which has graced the very first XKEdata.com calendar, as well as won the first annual SNG Barratt photo contest. I guess SNG are getting good milage from the image.
I didn’t buy the magazine, as it was $10.50(!) so I just snapped a photo with my cell phone. 😉
and just as the plate gets famous you dump it! 😉
will they let you keep it on the front with something different on the back? can imagine that could end up with traffic offence as well from a grumpy cop…
Jerome
The front “plate” has always been decorative. The British style plates are not recognized by the government here in the US Jerome.
by ‘style’ do you mean personalised plates? we have those here… and they legal replace the alpha-numerical plates cars normally have if you have the dollars….
and if so then how did you get away with ’65E’ on the road?
Jerome
I think we’re not understanding each other.
The old personalized plate on the back (Washington: 65E) was purchased specifically to match the decorative British “65E” plate on the nose of the car.
Even though I’ve given up the personalized plate, nothing will change on the nose. 😉
now I get it… you have to be aligned with a State…. can’t be State-less like on the front…
there was a bar in Wgtn that had US plates all round the walls … some of the slogans for the States were amusing…
we don’t have that sort of thing here unless you have a surround around the plate to add advertising or to make sense of the silly personalised plate… used to be a good old Lada that visited work… its plate was ‘Ivan’…. fitted very well!
Jerome
“…there was a bar in Wgtn…”
Was that meant as “Wigton,” Jerome? If so….that’s my ancestral homeland! Maybe you mean Washington?
If you wish, Jerome, I can send you some Colorado plates….;=P
Chuck, I trust you were paid and/or credited with that photo? If not, SNGB owes you some Jag bitz!
Wgtn = Wellington, NZ
so what is the saying on Colorado plates then? and do the sayings change often?
Jerome
They don’t often change but some have: the only one I know has changed in Oklahomas; they used to say, “Oklahoma is OK!,” but then I suspect someone actually *visited* OK and thought better of that!
Colorado plates are stamped with “Colorful Colorado.”
Which is a bit of a hoot, because the predominant color of Colorado…is brown.
🙂
Here’re the REAL sayings, or at least more truthful!
Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have Electricity
Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can’t Be Wrong!
Arizona: But It’s A Dry Heat
Arkansas: Literacy Ain’t Everything
California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
Colorado: If You Don’t Ski, Don’t Bother
Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy’s Don’t Own It-Yet
Delaware: We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water
Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids
Georgia: We Put The “Fun” In Fundamentalist Extremism
Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But Leave
Your Money)
Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes…Well Okay, We’re Not, But The Potatoes Sure
Are Real Good
Illinois: Please Don’t Pronounce the “S”
Indiana: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
Kansas: First Of The Rectangle States
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana: We’re Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That’s Our Tourism Campaign
Maine: We’re Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden’s (For Most Tax Brackets)
Michigan: First Line Of Defense From The Canadians
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes… And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, And Very
Little Else
Nebraska: Ask About Our State Motto Contest
Nevada: Hookers and Poker!
New Hampshire: Go Away And Leave Us Alone
New Jersey: You Want A ##$%##! state Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! state Motto Right Here!
New Mexico: Lizards Make Excellent pets
New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An
Attorney….
North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable
North Dakota: We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
Ohio: At Least We’re Not Michigan
Oklahoma: Like The Play, Only No Singing
Oregon: Spotted Owl… It’s What’s For Dinner
Pennsylvania: Cook With Coal
Rhode Island: We’re Not REALLY An Island
South Carolina: Remember The Civil War? We Didn’t Actually Surrender
South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee: The Educashun State
Texas: Si’ Hablo Ing’les
Utah: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont: A-yup
Virginia: Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don’t Mix?
Washington: Help! We’re Overrun By Nerds And Slackers!
Washington, D.C.: Wanna Be Mayor?
West Virginia: One Big Happy Family… Really!
Wisconsin: Come Cut The Cheese
Wyoming: Where Men Are Men… and the sheep are scared
I’ve always loved the REAL New Hampshire plate & state motto: LIVE FREE OR DIE
As for SNG, I’ve received ~$750 worth of parts for the photos, so I’m happy.
Hehehe…I was in WI a few years back and saw a fake plate for sale, saying, “EAT CHEESE OR DIE.”
Damn near fell off my seat, laughing!
🙂
those are good vrooomie…. 🙂
ta
Jerome