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San Jose collector cherishes classic Jaguar

Editorial Board Published May 11, 2025
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HALF MOON BAY — As an adolescent rising up close to Buffalo, N.Y., Jim Horvath was fascinated by the Jaguar XK-E pushed by his greatest good friend’s guardian. It was lengthy, low and smooth and Horvath imagined he’d sooner or later personal one of what’s usually referred to as essentially the most stunning automotive ever made.

It took the retired mechanical engineer in San Jose a number of many years to meet his dream and almost as lengthy to revive his 1967 Jaguar E Sort 4.2-liter. It isn’t white just like the Jaguar fantasy car of his youth, but it surely has an iconic hue — British racing inexperienced. It has a black ragtop.

“It’s not a modern car, but it drives quite nicely,” stated Horvath on the latest Pacific Coast Dream Machines pageant on the Half Moon Bay Airport. “I want to go to back to 1967. That’s what I feel like when I am driving it.”

“The top speed was about 145 (miles per hour) and zero to 60 (mph) was about 7 seconds. Relatively, speaking it was a very quick car back then in the 60s.”

The Jaguar has a twin overhead camshaft (DOHC) engine producing 265 horsepower and a four-speed handbook transmission. It burns premium gas and weighs 2,475 kilos. About 5,800 Jaguars of all kinds have been manufactured in 1967.

Horvath, 73, who additionally owns a 2006 Corvette, usually showcases his Jaguar in reveals from San Francisco to Morgan Hill, Campbell to Carmel.

On the Pacific Coast Dream Machines on April 27, the car was on show within the yearly eclectic mixture of vehicles, vehicles, bikes, plane and watercraft.

Held in a pageant environment with meals distributors, music and children’ actions, the 31-year-old occasion is a key fundraiser for the Coastside Grownup Day Well being Middle in Half Moon Bay.

“It’s so much fun to take out; people love E-Type Jags,” Horvath stated. “Everybody’s got a story. Their uncle once had one or the guy down the street had one. People really do like them.”

The Jaguar XK-E’s legacy as essentially the most stunning automotive ever made began in 1961 when the coupe made its debut on the Geneva Motor Present. The automotive attracted a lot consideration; one other was requested from the producer in Coventry, England.

Norman Dewis, the long-time celebrated check driver who died in 1985, drove a convertible by the evening at excessive speeds to have one other Jaguar on the extravaganza.

Though it’s usually refuted, legend particulars Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari telling the check driver, “What a beautiful car, we’ve made nothing better than that. The only problem, Norman, is it doesn’t have a Ferrari badge on it.”

Classic automotive fans could or could not agree with Ferrari’s evaluation. Perhaps a dozen different autos have additionally been anointed because the best automotive masterpiece. However the XK-E receives the dignity as usually as any car.

In 1996, the New York Metropolis Museum of Trendy Artwork acknowledged the E-Sort, including a Jaguar roadster to its everlasting design assortment. It was solely the sixth car to obtain the excellence.

“I restored it from the firewall back, what’s called the tub,” stated Horvath. “I had to replace that because it was so rusted out. I had to take the whole car apart. It’s fairly original. I tried to save as many of the original parts as I could.”

Particulars of the acquisition value and Horvath’s funding within the car weren’t mentioned. However the Jaguar value about $5,500 new. Its present worth is greater than $100,000, stated its proprietor who additionally cited the automotive’s fluctuating price.

“The car has a pretty easy life; it spends most of its time in the garage,” Horvath stated. “The paint is 30 years old. But I maintain it every couple of weeks. Every time I take it out, it gets love from somebody at a stoplight or in a parking lot or filling it up with gas.”

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