Gino says it’s OK: ’68 Jaguar XK E-Type 44,576 Miles
We know the E-Type is perhaps the most beautiful sports car ever made. Probably because Enzo Ferrari said so when it was first introduced to the public in March, 1961. If you prefer the much coveted early Series I cars, you have to put up with some primitive bits– namely the Moss gearbox. Later cars were more civilized and had better cooling and electrics while preserving the original look of the E-Type. And that is what we found this morning on eBay. 
Today was to be a tribute to NASCAR-Day but how could we not be first with this one! Here goes the original car mantra you heard so many times before – it’s only original once. Read More
Originally driven by Rhea Greenwell, Decatur, built with special assistance from the Alabama Gangs; Red Farmer, Bill Hamner, Bobby and Donnie Allison in the fall of 1969. Constructed from a 1968 Ford Torino Fastback body and Holman Moody Roll cage /Chassis/Suspension Kits on NASCAR prepared 1968 Ford car frame, with a BOSS 351 Cleveland engine. The car had a checkered (pun) race history not establishing any career wins mostly due to circumstances beyond its control. It was readied for the ’72 Permatex 300 however the driver’s dad got sick so it was a non-starter. It has been freshly restored and enjoys battling the Titans once again, this time in Historic Racing. 
This era Monte Carlo had little redeeming qualities as a street car but it made a great race car. You know by now, we like original cars. So when you find an original Winston Cup car with original graphics still on and driven by Junior Johnson, you have to look at this one. Yes, it’s a real nice Survivor with fantastic original paint and graphics. The Interior is flawless and the exterior has a few cracks and chips that need touch up, but no real body work or paint is needed. Impressive since it accomplished 5 top 5 finishes, one pole position and 10 top 10s! 
Buyer beware. Surviving stock cars with a race history are rare. When a team was finished with a racer, they either handed it down to a lesser series or just sold it to a novice who raced it to death at tracks around the country. After all, who would have thought old race cars would be worth anything. I guess the folks who have owned a Ferrari GTO for 40 years knew something the rest of us didn’t. We aren’t experts on Stock Cars so we defer to the seller for the details. 
This Holman Moody factory built car was born in the winter of 1968-1969 and re-bodied later with one of the super speedway’s most aerodynamic and fastest body designs, the ’71-’72 Mercury Cyclone. Donlavey entered and ran this car in fourteen Grand National races in 1973 scoring an impressive seven top 10’s. Jody Ridley finished the teams best 5TH at Atlanta in July. The other drivers were Bud Moore, Ramo Stott, Ray Hendricks, Dick Brooks, Jimmy Hensley, Eddie Pettyjohn, and Charlie Glotzback. The racer was then sold to a Richmond Virginia’s Val Knight and campaigned in NASCAR’S other east coast junior series events. A Holman Moody enthusiast / racer from Canada retrieved the car from Knight, still in his Princess Anne Auto Sales livery, and stored it until sold in 2001.
