Gallery: Jaguar Relives Its Past With a Perfect Recreation of the Racing E-Type
Jaguar Heritage01Jaguar Lightweight E-type
50 years after it started a series of racing-oriented E-Types, Jaguar is finally finishing the project.
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The dozen cars weren't especially successful in competition, but their rarity and general awesomeness has made each extremely valuable.
Jaguar Land Rover03Jaguar Lightweight E-type
Figuring out how to build cars the old way wasn’t an easy task. Jaguar still had the on-paper designs, but not the tools or parts it stopped using decades ago.
Jaguar Land Rover04Jaguar Lightweight E-type
The team borrowed a few of the original Lightweights and laser scanned them to have an exact computer rendering of what they were building.
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But everything else was done the old fashioned way, mostly by hand.
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The trickiest part was finding people with the skills to beat sheet metal into the proper—and exquisite—shape.
Jaguar Land Rover07Jaguar Lightweight E-type
Jaguar didn’t have to worry about modern fuel and safety regulations, but it strengthened the underbody to make the car safer in a crash.
Jaguar Land Rover08Jaguar Lightweight E-type steering wheel
For things like door handles and steering wheels, Jaguar either found a very good supplier or made it itself.
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Each of the original dozen Lightweights was customized, so Jaguar picked the best elements of each.
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That includes bigger wheels and a wider rear, the better for racing.
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And air inlets on the hood to help cool down a sweaty cabin.
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The first car the team made is a prototype (pictured above), doesn’t use one of the original chassis numbers, and will not be sold. Work on the six that count starts this week.
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