Joseph's Jag

April, 2006. The 1962 XKE Jaguar Roadster arrives at Joseph Middleton's home in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Originally discovered at the home of Jim and Claudette Petty in Raleigh by Tony Colon, a friend of Joseph's who worked for Time Warner. Tony was wiring Jim's house for cable TV when he discovered the old sports car underneath some tarp in Jim's backyard.

The car was bought new in Washington, DC by Jim's father at a Jaguar dealer in 1962. Jim then bought it from his father in 1969.He and Claudette used it as their wedding get away car. They kept mainly in Wilson, NC and Jim drove it until it developed a compression problem in 1974.

Jim & Claudette put off fixing it until their teenage sons had left home. They reasoned the car was too dangerous for teenage boys. The ole Jag sat in his garage until about 2004 and Jim rolled it outside to make room for his wood working hobby. It sat there rusting until Joseph discovered it and took it to his home.