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Lightweight E Type

Sure wish someone would do a reproduction of a lightweight E type. Maybe someone who works with aluminum? ...lives in Utah?

http://gallery.me.com/cobrajunky/100...12545663730001

Rear Brake Cooling

Are those vents on the trunk of the light weight Jags the outlet for the rear brake cooling system for their inboard brakes?

They really are great cars!

or Jaguar E-Type Lightweight Low Drag Coupe

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/image...ag-Coupe_9.jpg

I like the coupe but I like the idea of removing the top on the roadster for fair weather cruising more. I also like the wide hip version.

Along these lines... this was in this months Automobile Magazine

http://image.automobilemag.com/f/250...+side_view.jpg

Re-created classics
Although the project is still in the planning stages, Jaguar is already preparing a business case to build a limited batch of re-created classics like C- and D-types and perhaps even certain E-types. The cars, to be developed and built under the direction of the company's R performance division, combine vintage looks with modern drivetrain and chassis elements. Priced between 150,000 and 350,000 apiece (approximately $250,000 and $600,000), these copied classics would be reliable daily drivers dressed up like the original all-time greats. Although many carmakers have pondered such a scheme before, Jaguar is remarkably driven to pull it off. If the concept turns out to be financially viable, more affordable retro models like the Mark II or the XJ coupe might be added at a later stage. The first of the re-creation cars, the D-type, could appear as soon as 2012.

Pretty cool...

-John

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Originally Posted by TButtrick (Post 989588)

I like the coupe but I like the idea of removing the top on the roadster for fair weather cruising more. I also like the wide hip version.

The wide hip is very nice, also like the Low Drag Coupe. The driver looks cramped in the coupe. Is that an illusion or did they not fit taller people?