Hemmings Daily: From father to son to show-winner - the rebirth of a 1961 Jaguar E-type

Henry Platts wasn't yet born when his father Patrick received a 1961 Jaguar E-type as a present from his wife, Diane, in 1982. Henry came along four years later, and remembers his father's obsession with the rarely driven sports car; in fact, he credits the Jaguar with instilling his life-long love of automobiles. Patrick died in 2013, and in 2015, Henry purchased the E-type from his father's estate. Four years later, the freshly restored Jaguar has just captured its first show win, earning a first-place award (and [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Thursday, August 8, 2019 [From father to son to show-winner - the rebirth of a 1961 Jaguar E-type]( [From father to son to show-winner - the rebirth of a 1961 Jaguar E-type]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Henry Platts wasn't yet born when his father Patrick received a 1961 Jaguar E-type as a present from his wife, Diane, in 1982. 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