# Think these cars are all gone? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104 "2023-06-12T16:06:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/1 "2023-06-12T16:06:07Z")
![AA1crG3z](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/5/d51ddeb7fc7ca8c667514f112aad48f506e6306b.jpeg) not exactly the most reliable cars. but they do look good ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/2 "2023-06-12T19:33:54Z")
Back when wide whitewalls on an XKE was in style. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/3 "2023-06-13T02:19:43Z")
Some probably have become parts donors for others but there are specialists who restore and resto-mod these. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/4 "2023-06-13T03:10:20Z")
Of all the cars of that era I bet that group of XKEs had a better survival rate than most. They were always ‘special’. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/5 "2023-06-13T15:10:53Z")
I’m wondering out of the remaining ones still left , how many have V8 swapped engines now… 😁 ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/6 "2023-06-13T16:08:04Z")
The 6’s were very durable engines, but the array of carburetors and the Lucas ignition system drove people nuts. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/7 "2023-06-13T19:15:09Z")
In college I looked at one of those on the used car lot but they wanted more than the $500 I could scrape up. Their loss. Bet they are sorry now. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/8 "2023-06-13T21:39:04Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > I’m wondering out of the remaining ones still left , how many have V8 swapped engines now… … or, for more forward-thinking drivers (like Prince Harry…) , perhaps a swap to EV status: [Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Royal Wedding Car - What to Know About the Vintage Jaguar E-Type](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/a20759902/royal-wedding-car-vintage-jaguar-e-type/) > **[Classic Jaguar E-Types Offered As EVs](https://www.forbes.com/sites/edgarsten/2022/10/19/classic-jaguar-e-types-offered-as-evs/?sh=26af90df6f47)** > > Who would do such a thing to a vehicle Enzo Ferrari once called the “most beautiful car in the world.” ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/9 "2023-06-13T22:39:19Z")
Great, a Jag with more wiring issues… 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/10 "2023-06-13T22:56:02Z")
A former colleague at an aftermarket shock absorber company in California searched for 18 months for an XJ6, the sedan, still with the stock 6 to develop replacement shocks. All had been converted to Chevy V8s. They gave up and offered shocks for the engine swap version. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/think-these-cars-are-all-gone/191104/11 "2023-06-13T23:03:52Z")
On, off, flicker as they say.