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By: Christopher Smith

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WHEN Jonathan found this Jaguar E-Type it was in very bad shape. He predicts it hadn’t been used for 30 years; not much was worth restoring but he saved the original engine and tub.

ECD 400 was one of the first E-Types ever produced and has a rich racing pedigree

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E10 stands for 10% Ethanol (E5 is 5% ethanol). In other words, the fuel is 90% petrol and 10% bio-ethanol. Bio-ethanol is ethanol which has been produced from plant matter

Governments around the world see the addition of bio-ethanol to car fuel as a ‘green’ move because when ethanol burns it produces few harmful emissions, and the CO2 it produces is offset by the CO2 absorbed from the atmosphere when the plants, such as sugar beet, are growing. Optimists regard this as a carbon neutral process, though many arguments exist about the ethics of clearing forest and growing crops for fuel instead of food.

Ethanol absorbs water from the atmosphere and effectively dilutes the fuel if left for a long time.