BOBBY: This is a '67 XKE.
Oh.
I haven't seen that car with the cover off--
I can't even tell you how long.
That was my dad's baby.
There you go.
Yeah.
So did he find this locally?
BOBBY: I have no idea where this came from.
MIKE: [whistles] The Godfather of European auto design, Enzo
Ferrari, proclaimed the Jaguar XKE the most
beautiful car he had ever seen.
They were a huge influence in the sports car world--
design, performance.
I mean, when you see one coming down the road,
you stand at attention.
There's a guy I know in Tennessee--
he does Jags.
He works on them, he buys and sells them.
I'd love to send him some pictures of this, just so you
can have a jumping off point and so can we in regards
to the value of it, you know?
I know enough about Jaguars to know that it's a numbers game.
And what I mean by that is it's a serial numbers game.
There it is.
I'm going to call my buddy Mike Mefford in Columbia, Tennessee.
He knows these cars inside and out.
And I'm going to find out where those numbers are.
Mike.
MIKE MEFFORD (ON PHONE): Hey, what's going on, Mike?
I'm looking at a 1967 XKE convertible Jaguar.
I know that the serial numbers make a big difference.
So where can I see those at on it?
Yeah.
Well, it's going to be a really hard part
to get into on this side, because the car is cranked
up against a bunch of stuff.
Why don't I just send you some general photographs
of the car so you can get an idea of just
the overall broad stroke of it?
BOBBY: I remember playing in that Jaguar
when I was a little kid, hopping up and down in the front seat,
pretending I was driving and shifting,
while my dad was working on the bikes right next to that car.
This was my dad's baby.
And he used to make jokes with his friends
and say I was waiting for him to die
to get the car, which was totally
farthest from the truth. - Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
And then right before he died, he pulled
it out and had it running.
I was walking around the passenger side,
and he said to me, what are you doing?
Where are you going?
And I remember, my heart stopped.
And I was like, what?
And he's like, you're driving. Get in.
And it's just like he wanted me to drive the car with him
still alive.
So I guess that was a big moment for the two of us.
I finally got to drive it. - Sure.
The connection between father and son
can happen a lot of different ways.
Bobby and his father had a moment in this car
that Bobby will remember the rest of his life.
MIKE MEFFORD (ON PHONE): Hello?
MIKE: Hey, Mike, it looks like it starts with 7R280.
OK.
What year is that?
OK.
What kind of value would you put on the car in this condition?
$45,000 to $55,000.
That's a little better number than the last you heard.
Yeah. Yeah.
MIKE: OK.
Jaguar enthusiasts are all about originality.
It's got to be the original tranny, the original motor,
the original everything.
Once it's been altered, that takes it down.
So this is just going to be a driver.
What would the car be worth in this condition
if it did have matching numbers?
OK.
What if it was done?
What if the car was done rolling down the road
and it had matching numbers?
All right.
Well, hey, I very much appreciate
all of your knowledge.
And as always, thank you so much.
MIKE MEFFORD (ON PHONE): Bye.
I was thinking of a $30,000 price range on that car.
To find out that it's worth more than that, it's nice.
MIKE: Well, I'm glad that we were
able to get a hold of Mike. - Yeah.
Thanks for helping me get--
He's got a lot of knowledge, man.
The guy's been in it a long time.
Bobby is smart enough and passionate enough
to understand that he can't do this car justice.
This car needs so much work, expensive work.
And it needs to be back out on the road.
Actually, you know what?
I'll give you Mike's number before I leave.
He could sell it for you.
Let him try to get your top dollar.
- Cool. - At $45,000, I'm not a player.
And I want to see him get as much as he can for the car,
because he deserves it, his father deserves it.
And what a hell of a ride they had.