I missed out on an XKE under the same circumstances, with the cylinder head removed by a shade tree tractor mechanic who couldn't figure out how to put it back together, for $300.00. At the time, I was a homeless, starving Viet Nam vet who couldn't buy a job. When I finally scraped up the money the car was gone!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!