Mystery car in BBC News article

[Skodillac]

Right then, who can identify the stripped down car behind Mr Duford's left shoulder? I can't, I'm horrified to say. Is it an Aston?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjevqppz4ywo

[nicanary]

E-Type ?

[Red9zero]

nicanary said:

E-Type ?

Looks like it.

[Skodillac]

Could be, but looked a bit fat and bulbous and sitty-uppy to my eye to be an E-Type.

[eldar]

Red9zero said:

nicanary said:

E-Type ?

Looks like it.

Agreed, possibly V12' judging by the visible wheel.

[HawthornBowTie]

Yes, E Type, with a huge sunroof !

[Muzzer79]

nicanary said:

E-Type ?

100%

[SFTWend]

eldar said:

Agreed, possibly V12' judging by the visible wheel.

Yes.

[Skodillac]

Case closed then, although the rear arch looks a little thinner than the V12 pictured here?

[WPA]

That is 100% a series 3 E-Type

[Skodillac]

Thanks all, I'm not much of a pre-70s car fan, nor much of a Jag fan, and never really liked the E Type much, hence my not recognising it I suppose.

[Muzzer79]

Skodillac said:

Case closed then, although the rear arch looks a little thinner than the V12 pictured here?

I think it's the light and the colour (primer) not showing the lines of the car.

It's 100% an E-Type.

[SS427 Camaro]

Seriously wondering if that Series 3 E Type is my Late Dads one.
His car was Silver, Navy interior, someone had hacked a hideous Webasto into its roof, plus it was on the same chrome pressed wheels and possibly the same Dunlop SP Sports, when it was last on the road in the late 1980s. Dad’s car was sold at auction as a non runner needing restoration in 2015 and has not been put back on the road since.

Anyone know the name of this resto company ?

[jeremyc]

SS427 Camaro said:

Anyone know the name of this resto company ?

At a guess it is DD Autocare, Unit 14 Greys Green, Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4QG. 01491 628685

[RichB]

Skodillac said:

Could be, but looked a bit fat and bulbous and sitty-uppy to my eye to be an E-Type.

That's because the V12 E-Type was a bit bulbous. It put on weight from its days as a youth!