Vehicle Description
1965 JAGUAR XKE ROADSTER for sale. Motorcar Classics is now
offering this incredible 1965 Jaguar XKE Roadster featured in
Opalescent Silver Blue with Navy Blue leather interior and matching
Navy Blue Haartz canvas soft top. The car has just completed an
incredible and photo-documented nut and bolt restoration. The
restoration was done on a sound car from dry Texas whose prior
owner had the car for 28 years. Built on January 19th, 1965 it is
an early car, the 502nd 4.2L LHD OTS built. JDHT Heritage
Certificate included. All numbers match. For the XKE enthusiast,
this car has the desirable combination of covered headlights,
toggle switches, and eared knockoffs.Max Weinbergs hero was
bandleader/drummer Dave Clark, of the Dave Clark Five, who is
photographed on the cover of Catch Us If You Can lying across the
bonnet of an XKE. From then on, Max always said he would own an XKE
of the same vintage, and this is the car.Maxs car was originally
Pale Primrose, but he changed it to period-correct Opalescent
Silver Blue. In the restoration the brakes were upgraded to Wilwood
all-around, and the engine runs ceramic headers. It is detailed to
perfection in all respects and a thrill to drive.FROM THE MAX
WEINBERG COLLECTIONMax Weinberg, known to millions of music fans
all over the world as the King Of The Big Beat, is an iconic
American drummer and a 2014 inductee into the Rock And Roll Hall Of
Fame. Most widely known as the longtime drummer for Bruce
Springsteens E Street Band and the founding bandleader of The Max
Weinberg 7 on NBCs Late Night With Conan OBrien and The Tonight
Show, Mr. Weinberg is a passionate automobile enthusiast and the
choices in his collection come from a lifetime of emotive
automotive connections. Purchasers of cars from this collection
will be invited for photographs with Max and the car.
