{"id":3290,"date":"2020-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/eagle-lightweight-gt-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-09T16:50:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T16:50:49","slug":"eagle-lightweight-gt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/eagle-lightweight-gt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Lightweight GT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At Eagle in Great Britain, the company has been mainly concerned with the Jaguar E-Type since 1984. In the last ten years or so, the company has also made a name for itself with unusual conversions such as the Speedster, which was driven by Jeremy Clarkson on the TV show TopGear, among others. This was followed by the Low Drag GT and the Spyder GT. Furthermore the company uses the credo: “What could the best possible E-Type look like?” As the latest project, the Eagle Lightweight GT is now rolling out of the production hall at the customer’s request. All the experience of more than 35 years was put into this car to improve all small and bigger details of the original construction, which can be made better from today’s point of view. It takes a full 8,000 working hours to convert an E-Type Series 1 Roadster into the Eagle Lightweight GT.

Inspired by the original Jaguar E-Type Lightweight, of which only 12 were built for motorsport in 1963. Loud, uncomfortable and brutal, these vehicles weren’t meant for everyday driving. The XKSS, which Jaguar had domesticated six years earlier as a road sports car based on the D-Type, presented itself in a completely different light. For the new Lightweight GT, a customer around three years ago asked for the wild driving performance combined with perfect everyday suitability. To achieve this, the Eagle mechanics dismantled an E-Type Roadster down to the last nut and bolt and then replaced all the body parts with aluminium components made from current, durable alloys. These are created by hand in more than 2,500 working hours with a high level of detail and fitting accuracy, whereby the shape of the original Lightweight is reproduced. This gives the Eagle deeper sills and a deeper rear ramp angle. The stiffness of the body could thus be increased as well as the positioning of the seats could be lowered, which also lowered the center of gravity. To achieve this, the bulge of the bodyshell behind the seats and the positioning of the pedals were also changed. The windshield and the rear window installed in the hardtop roof show increased rake. 16-inch magnesium wheels in the style of contemporary Dunlop rims fit in the enlarged wheel arches.<\/p>\n\n\n

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