There are many ways in which you can modify a Jaguar E-Type to suit your needs. You can even make it longer to grant the interior more space, and it still won’t ruin the timeless look – if anything, the extra inches make it look even sleeker.
However, Jason Len of XKs Unlimited is fond of racing classics, so his transformation of a regular 1964 coupe into a lightweight race-spec machine is one that should definitely grab your attention, if only for how clean and period it looks; he says it also goes pretty well on the road.
The owner admits that the modified straight-six it still uses is not the most powerful unit to begin with, but with its current state of tune it’s plenty-powerful and also highly reliable.
Power is fed to the wheels via an adapted racing gearbox and a magnesium differential at the back – this is a car that’s meant to be regularly raced and take a bit of a beating.
But enough said; scroll down and check it out in all its geeky glory in the Petrolicious video below, then snap out of the mindset of selling your house to buy an Eagle afterward.
By Andrei Nedelea
VIDEO