Lightweight E Type_Low Drag Coupe

[D_Type]

After dani's Abarths, it’s time for me to introduce a new classic in this section :

The Jaguar E-Type Lightweight

Short History :

Shortly after the introduction of the E-type, Jaguar management wanted to investigate the possibility of building a car more in the spirit of the D-type racer from which elements of the E-type's styling and design were derived. It was designed exclusively as a coupe since the aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer considered that a closed-top car is easier to make light and aerodynamic - unlike previous Jaguar racers which were exclusively build as open-top cars. The production E-types used steel bodies, the LDC used lightweight aluminium.
The chassis remained steel. It used a tuned version of Jaguars 3.8 litre engine made of light alloy, with a Lucas guillotine mechanical fuel injection.
(from 272 h.p.to more than 320 h.p. depending on the model.)

How it sounds :
http://www.jag-lovers.org/brochures/video/jagcob.mpg

Some pics :
Low Drag Coupe (1962)

http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/976/a10my.th.jpg (http://img499.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a10my.jpg) http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/6027/b4jh.th.jpg (http://img500.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b4jh.jpg) http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/631/a23rb.th.jpg (http://img500.imageshack.us/my.php?image=a23rb.jpg) http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/7065/c3dt.th.jpg (http://img500.imageshack.us/my.php?image=c3dt.jpg)

http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/6756/c1cz.th.jpg (http://img500.imageshack.us/my.php?image=c1cz.jpg) http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/2037/d6sd.th.jpg (http://img500.imageshack.us/my.php?image=d6sd.jpg) http://img500.imageshack.us/img500/6346/e9ai.th.jpg (http://img500.imageshack.us/my.php?image=e9ai.jpg) http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/8352/f0dz.th.jpg (http://img416.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f0dz.jpg)

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6381/g1nr.th.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=g1nr.jpg) http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/711/h2ke.th.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=h2ke.jpg) http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5282/i2lv.th.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=i2lv.jpg) http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2789/k2ks.th.jpg (http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=k2ks.jpg)


Other "Lightweighted" E types:

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/2097/jaguartypeelightweightstyle4mw.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jaguartypeelightweightstyle4mw.jpg) http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1039/l89aa.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l89aa.jpg) http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4254/l65xg.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l65xg.jpg) http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/1225/l50wx.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l50wx.jpg)

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/421/l28rq.th.jpg (http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l28rq.jpg) http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4580/l34hc.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l34hc.jpg) http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/8784/l42oz.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l42oz.jpg) http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/2507/l11jz.th.jpg (http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l11jz.jpg)

[yg60m]

Thanks mate, the E-type is a beautifull car :love:

[BentleyBoy]

Great! :D I always loved the E type, and the lightweight just makes me shiver :drool:
Got other pics ?

[irrational_i]

Now that's one amazing car!
I have seen one racing before and recently saw some footage from the 2005 Goodwood Revival. Lightweight E-Type 1&2 followed by Ferrari 330LMB 3rd.
Those are really fast. Silky sound too.

A true jag. :)

[D_Type]

oh, that low drag coupe was just AMAZING. I really wish they would have made more of them.

these were only made for racing, right? not a proper production model i suppose...i dunno why!
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They were built in order to increase E-types potential in races like le Mans, and also to fight the Ferrari 250 GTO...
12 or 13 Lightweight were produced.

Yet, if you've got about 200000 pounds :!: , you can buy yourself a very nice copy of the LDC, made by LYNX , in England... :D

[D_Type]

Great! I always loved the E type, and the lightweight just makes me shiver
Got other pics ?

Yes BBoy - Got 2 from TT :http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/765/jaguaretyperacer0010pm.th.jpg (http://img422.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jaguaretyperacer0010pm.jpg) http://img422.imageshack.us/img422/655/jaguar20etyper20acer200031nh.th.jpg (http://img422.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jaguar20etyper20acer200031nh.jpg)

a B&W one:(Sutcliffe/Bradley at the 12 hours of Reims, 1964) http://img435.imageshack.us/img435/2821/10018vm.th.jpg (http://img435.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10018vm.jpg)


Thanks to dani, Dingo's one :http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/656/rac20rally2040qa.th.jpg (http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rac20rally2040qa.jpg)

smaller ones:
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/2866/19oz1.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=19oz1.jpg) http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/6531/28mr.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=28mr.jpg) http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8277/36xw2.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=36xw2.jpg) http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/9351/42vu1.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=42vu1.jpg)
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/6264/55pr.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=55pr.jpg) http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1769/66bl.th.jpg (http://img224.imageshack.us/my.php?image=66bl.jpg)

[D_Type]

200k for a replica? or is it a modified E-type? that's amazing.

if i had the money, i'd buy that thing over any of the modern supercars at the moment.


They modify normal E Types and convert them into LDC. They also use the E Type base to make XKSS and D Type replicas.

[D_Type]

LOL

is this guy smoking a cigarette while racing? that's so fucking rock and roll!


thanks for more pics.


Cigarette or just a stain on the photo ? :hmm: -Yet they finished 12th in this race...The 1st place was taken by a Ferrari 330 P

[BentleyBoy]

thanks for the pics

[D_Type]

Now that's one amazing car!
I have seen one racing before and recently saw some footage from the 2005 Goodwood Revival. Lightweight E-Type 1&2 followed by Ferrari 330LMB 3rd.
Those are really fast. Silky sound too.

A true jag. :)

Exactly as you said: :D http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/5737/racttlavant2pb.th.jpg (http://img409.imageshack.us/my.php?image=racttlavant2pb.jpg)

[D_Type]

Tour Auto 2005 :


http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/4981/ta0576fp.th.jpg (http://img499.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ta0576fp.jpg) http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/4508/ta0601ur.th.jpg (http://img499.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ta0601ur.jpg) http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/1230/ta0669bc.th.jpg (http://img499.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ta0669bc.jpg)

[D_Type]

6 hours of Spa 2005

http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/7885/j8ll.th.jpg (http://img432.imageshack.us/my.php?image=j8ll.jpg)

[D_Type]

http://img147.imagevenue.com/loc237/th_98454_pressejaguaretype20sl.jpg (http://img147.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc237&image=98454_pressejaguaretype20sl.jpg)