Dose anybody know anything about this car?
Discussion
I came across this e-type at the Goodwood revival in 2006 (bit slow asking I know) and I think it is one of the best looking E-types I have ever seen. I was just wondering if anybody knew anything about it or if the owner is on the forum.
This is all because I am looking to buy an e-type soon and I would like to steal some of there ideas
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Jez
This is all because I am looking to buy an e-type soon and I would like to steal some of there ideas
. Jez
Well, you luckily won't have much to do to recreate this car if that is what you want. First off, no number plate so it might be an out an out racer which WILL cost dear! A Rob Beere or forward Engineering 3.8 racing motor will set you back around £7,500 and that is only the start of it; reworked suspension, brakes, gearbox, settting up, cooling etc. and you are looking at around £20,000 under the skin.
If you just want the car to look like that though then you start with a series 1 coupé and take off the bumpers and headlight bezels, flare the arches, add minilites and hey presto! I've an idea this car might be wearing an alloy bonnet (dear) and if you look carefully it has subtly flared rear wheel arches to carry fatter tyres. The bump stops will almost certainly have been removed too. To sum up, seriously sorting an E type to racing standard is at least a £40,000 job. I've seen it done and have the bills for modifying my D type including Venolia pistons, special Arrow con rods, 10.6:1 compression etc. Then there are neoprene suspension joints throughout and a solid mounted rack. Just the engine and suspension came to over £20,000. It really is up to you how much or how little you do really. You need to think about it before committing!
If you just want the car to look like that though then you start with a series 1 coupé and take off the bumpers and headlight bezels, flare the arches, add minilites and hey presto! I've an idea this car might be wearing an alloy bonnet (dear) and if you look carefully it has subtly flared rear wheel arches to carry fatter tyres. The bump stops will almost certainly have been removed too. To sum up, seriously sorting an E type to racing standard is at least a £40,000 job. I've seen it done and have the bills for modifying my D type including Venolia pistons, special Arrow con rods, 10.6:1 compression etc. Then there are neoprene suspension joints throughout and a solid mounted rack. Just the engine and suspension came to over £20,000. It really is up to you how much or how little you do really. You need to think about it before committing!
ooh a d type owner.... I wonder if you might be able to help identify a car ive seen - apologies if its a daft question, ive no idea how big the d type owner / replica owner circle is..
My lancia was being picked up to go off for its restoration from its 5 year home in a lock up, and whilst i was waiting for the truck, a chap opened up one of the lockups further down and pushed out.... a d type!
I've no idea if it was a replica or not - it had historic style plates on, was british racing green and err. well thats about all i can tell you beyond that it lives in a lockup garage in cheam in surrey!
My lancia was being picked up to go off for its restoration from its 5 year home in a lock up, and whilst i was waiting for the truck, a chap opened up one of the lockups further down and pushed out.... a d type!
I've no idea if it was a replica or not - it had historic style plates on, was british racing green and err. well thats about all i can tell you beyond that it lives in a lockup garage in cheam in surrey!
I would consider it highly likely that it was either a RAM D type or another glass fibre one if it was kept in a lock up garage! Lynx (like I have) prices are now approaching £100,000 and a real D type is a minimum of £1.5 million so cars of that quality aren't likely to be left in a lock up I reckon. There again, I've seen D type copies with a basic Mk 2 motor with twin SU's and then better replicas have triple Weber DCOE3's. Good luck to the owner though - if he enjoys it that's all that counts in the end.
lowdrag said:
Well, you luckily won't have much to do to recreate this car if that is what you want. First off, no number plate so it might be an out an out racer which WILL cost dear! A Rob Beere or forward Engineering 3.8 racing motor will set you back around £7,500 and that is only the start of it; reworked suspension, brakes, gearbox, settting up, cooling etc. and you are looking at around £20,000 under the skin.
If you just want the car to look like that though then you start with a series 1 coupé and take off the bumpers and headlight bezels, flare the arches, add minilites and hey presto! I've an idea this car might be wearing an alloy bonnet (dear) and if you look carefully it has subtly flared rear wheel arches to carry fatter tyres. The bump stops will almost certainly have been removed too. To sum up, seriously sorting an E type to racing standard is at least a £40,000 job. I've seen it done and have the bills for modifying my D type including Venolia pistons, special Arrow con rods, 10.6:1 compression etc. Then there are neoprene suspension joints throughout and a solid mounted rack. Just the engine and suspension came to over £20,000. It really is up to you how much or how little you do really. You need to think about it before committing!
Its not an out an out racer it looked more of a tourer it had a SeaCat sticker on the back and it was road registered, I wish I had had a closer look at the bonnet at the time it might of even been a fibreglass bonnet, I was hoping it was so I could find out where it came from(easier than making one myself). If you just want the car to look like that though then you start with a series 1 coupé and take off the bumpers and headlight bezels, flare the arches, add minilites and hey presto! I've an idea this car might be wearing an alloy bonnet (dear) and if you look carefully it has subtly flared rear wheel arches to carry fatter tyres. The bump stops will almost certainly have been removed too. To sum up, seriously sorting an E type to racing standard is at least a £40,000 job. I've seen it done and have the bills for modifying my D type including Venolia pistons, special Arrow con rods, 10.6:1 compression etc. Then there are neoprene suspension joints throughout and a solid mounted rack. Just the engine and suspension came to over £20,000. It really is up to you how much or how little you do really. You need to think about it before committing!
Flared rear wheel arches! well spotted I hadn’t seen that thanks, I think it was a 4.2 as he/she had changed the rear lights for round things, surly if it was a series 1 he/she would of kept the chrome long ones. (well I would of lol)
I wouldn’t want to go far from stock with the engine or suspension as it would be my road car.
I know how much racing cars can cost, as I restore old racing cars for a living lol so I know you can go crazy even with the simplest things like rose joints.
Thanks for this its helping me collect my list of things I want to do to one.
oh and D-type wow
It's a replacement fibreglass bonnet section. Look at the different way the light plays on it compared with the rest of the bodywork.
It's a common restoration money-saving gambit as the bonnet section costs an absolute fortune, rots like crazy and won't fit if it's had the slightest ding. Obviously it's more difficult to fit chrome to so many owners don't bother.
I've seen it many times before.
It's a common restoration money-saving gambit as the bonnet section costs an absolute fortune, rots like crazy and won't fit if it's had the slightest ding. Obviously it's more difficult to fit chrome to so many owners don't bother.
I've seen it many times before.
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