Yes, they went well, my dad used to race them in the late 50's early 60's.... 
He was actually offered a V12 Etype for free, the owner had a heart attack and died while driving it and left the road and stopped in the middle of a wheat field, they didn't find him for a couple of weeks and couldn't get the smell out of the car, Dad declined......
I call... URBAN LEGEND! 
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Not that it bothers me that you don't believe it but it happened.
My Dad used to race cars, {everything from old Jags to open wheelers}, In the early 60's, some time shortly after the guy died in the jag, his son was killed in a racing accident in an open wheeler, his son was my Old mans best friend, they raced together. Dad gave our German Shepard {Cindy} to the guys wife for comfort after loosing 2 of her family members in a short period of time. It wasn't long after this that Dad was offered the Jag, it had all the interior removed and had lots of perfume and other things poured into it to try get rid of the smell, nothing worked. I never saw the car {was too young} but have no reason to doubt what my old man had told me, he was an industrial chemist and well respected and wasn't the type to make sh1t up.....
