Any one fancy an aluminium E type?

[zeitghost]

Jaguar hand-builds six E-Types - BT

Should stop 'em rusting as quick as the standard E then.

The tooling for the E type was scrapped back in the 70s* so this really must be a labour of love.


*Would you expect anything different from BL?

[Mich the Tester]

Jaguar hand-builds six E-Types - BT

Should stop 'em rusting as quick as the standard E then.

The tooling for the E type was scrapped back in the 70s* so this really must be a labour of love.


*Would you expect anything different from BL?

Yes please, if I can scratch together a couple of bazillion quid.

And no, I wouldn't have expected anything different from BL. Idiots. Even their best moments turned to poo; the XJ series III was stunning, with a classic design ever so slightly tweaked by Pininfarina. What a shame that they built it so badly. I assume this new E type will be more sturdily bolted and welded together.

[vetran]

never liked the XJ, much preferred the later S type.

Haven't they just released a £1/4 million new E type ?

[doodab]

The tooling for the E type was scrapped back in the 70s* so this really must be a labour of love.

The panels can be hand beaten, as they may well have been on the originals. It was quite common in those days, you can't just buy a new panel for a 60s Ferrari for example, or even swap them between cars, because the minor differences in manufacture and hand finishing mean they won't line up properly.

I am wondering where the engine blocks are coming from, are they going to make new moulds? Will they use a period alloy? I can't help but think with modern alloys and CNC machine tools they are going to be better than the originals.

[doodab]

According to that article there's only going to be 6 of them.

So all the panels will be shaped by panel bashing & wheeling etc.

Very skilled sort of stuff.

Indeed. Proper craftsmanship.

[Mich the Tester]

A Mk 10 would be rather nice.

[Mich the Tester]

A mate of mine has a 420G.

Which, apparently is a MK X in disguise.

Jaguar Mark X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is it a stunning as the examples in the piccies or is it a bit more like this;

[doodab]

1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 by Scaglietti | Monterey 2014 | RM AUCTIONS

More my cup of tea.

[Mich the Tester]

Won't idle at the moment coz of that weird little electrick idle carb thing that certain SU's had.

Later Jags use much more advanced technology to not idle properly!

[Sysman]

A mate of mine has a 420G.

Which, apparently is a MK X in disguise.

Jaguar Mark X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

LOL. I was just about to post almost the same link.

I saw an excellent example on display at an "Old Timers" day in 2011 and I'm looking at the piccies I took.

Wooden picnic tables in the back, chrome door and window handles and of course leather seats (front ones a bit worn).

Poking my head in the window I could still catch a bit of the lovely smell they had.

Three carburettors, which someone who'd had an E-Type in the 60s/70s told us were a nightmare to keep in tune with each other.

265PS @ 5400rpm, 195km/h max speed. 1966-1970, 1125 of 'em built.