{"id":62959,"date":"2021-02-15T12:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T12:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=62959"},"modified":"2021-02-28T20:17:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T20:17:42","slug":"jaguar-e-type-lightweight-low-drag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/jaguar-e-type-lightweight-low-drag\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguar E-Type Lightweight Low Drag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Which Jaguar E-Type is the most famous example of the series? Hard to say. However, the car with registration number 4868WK is probably very high up on the list. It is one of only 12 Lightweight versions built at the factory. But that’s not all. By order of the Jaguar dealer from Frankfurt\/Germany at the time, Peter Lindner, the car also received a modified bodywork. More on this later. After a short racing career, a long period of storage and an extensive restoration, this special E-Type recently changed hands. The strings for this deal were pulled in the background by classic car expert Max Girardo and his team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lightweight as customer racing car<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

But let’s start at the very beginning. Jaguar had achieved great motorsport success with the C-Type and D-Type. Many private racers hoped to build on this success with the new E-Type, which debuted in 1961. However, the new model had been tuned more as a comfortable road sports car. While some drivers turned to other brands, others persisted and asked the factory for an adequate racing variant. In 1963, this resulted in the E-Type Lightweight, of which only 12 examples were made. All of them were sold to private racing drivers. More recently, six more cars followed in a Continuation Series. All left the factory with open Roadster bodywork, on which a hardtop was firmly bolted. The chrome bumpers were omitted and the interior came without insulation material and comfort options.<\/p>\n\n\n

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