Incredible DAILY DRIVEN Jaguar C Type Replica - Driven Through Scotland 

Kudos to the owner for 1) using it 2) giving it enough power to enjoy,but not scare the s**t out of you 3)using jaguar parts for the running gear 4) sharing it with James and thus with us all.

Presumably the owner keeps a 2006 Toyota Yaris for the weekends.

Not normally a fan of replica cars. However, when done like this I rather like. Using as close as reasonably possible to the genuine engine, Jag running gear etc to approximate the real deal. Unlike those that stick a Ferrari body on an old MR2 or Z3.

LOVE the 'Audi' sticker. Just needs a 'stop tailgating me' sign for the back that you can illuminate and you have Audis covered.

Proof that happiness is more than just numbers on a piece of paper

Another fine if brief episode, in Scotland no less. It's elicited my second YT post in some ten years. Rewind to 93/94 I imported to Seattle area a continuation if that's what a Proteus C-Type is referred to. Created to a rigid spec in Ecurie Ecosse team blue (Flag blue with roundels) hand wrought all-alloy body on a 'to spec' tub and space-frame, largely period-correct. Dunlop cross-ply. One door. Absent..wipers, heater, top, side glass, boot lid, cup holders, carpet, insulation, you get the picture. My mate had ordered one six months earlier, the pair being a presence whenever they appeared. His ran 3.8L with three DCOE45 Webers, mine 'correct' with 1.75" SU pair on a C-type spec 3.4L head. Two instances on a deserted highway we tested ourselves as much as their performance: 0-100 mph I bested him, beyond that I saw taillamps. Later, inquiring minds and all that, ts was unavoidable, he indicated 147 mph, my 3.4L @143 indicated. Wind blasting your head impacted vision. It made staying on point 'challenging'. Moss and Hamilton had neck muscles developed to compensate! A necessity I suggest to improve the drive and handling, ditched the wandering cross-plies in favor of vintage, first edition $$ Pirelli Cinturato radials. These made the C-Type a willing dancer. C-Type attire was not optional: leather drovers coat, close-fit leather head cover, neck gaiter, gloves with wrist gaiters; foremost important: correct two-plane shatterproof eye protection (UK sourced naturally) Most memorable trip was CA Hwy 1 along the west coast to an XKs Unlimited event: C-Types live in 'stereo', October sun, your favorite female companion, Bixby bridge, Big Sur, so many turns, exhaust echoing off the mountains rising from the immediate Pacific depths, thousand miles each way! Glorious. Evidently the interstate trucker convoys enjoyed our progess. On the return leg northward next morning we were 'escorted' by CHP in large part out of Cali from Redding to the Oregon border...

The days when Britain could give Italy competition when it came to design and style.Magic.✌👍

I live in the North East of Scotland and drive a convertible as my daily and I have the roof down quite a lot of the time, quite a sunny place really. Love that car, and proof that mega horse power is more or less pointless on the types of roads we have in Scotland. Great video.

‘Replica’ done right! Kudos.

Nice video! Refreshing to see/hear about cars without the normal - how it lapped the Nurburgring 1.5 seconds faster than the previous model and how the entertainment system navigation is much improved and all that other seriously boring s*#t that folk waffle on about! More vids like this please Sir👏🏻💪🏻👊🏻

What a great car. And ironically, the vehicle that would be surrounded by the crowd in a line up of modern, leased, samey supercars.

And that is the best car review I've seen so far! 👏👏👏

Great! Had the pleasure late last year at Craster pub the Fishermans meeting an original one. Guy just pulled in for a quick half on his own, had a quick chat and moved on. Amazing what you see some days. So cool.

I wouldn't normally look twice at a replica.... or an open top. This one was definitely worth a view. That 🎶 straight six..... beautiful! And you JM already know what I drive..... just not on a daily basis lol. Gets a 👍 for sure.

Great review!

One of those will do me nicely - and a far better option than a Cobra copy.

Bloody great one JayEmm beautiful bit of editing there too. Simply mesmorised by watching those wheel spinners

A youtuber doing a real driver's car. Excellent stuff.

Just subscribed to your channel. Great video of a very desirable replica. I have a 289 Cobra recreation and just love how these replica cars are now becoming valuable cars in their own right. Keep the great videos coming 👍

An absolute classic.

I see you found a pair of sunglasses to watch your eclectic shirt collection. LOL

Hey Jay, I love your videos. They're well made, with good thoughts and the right length. However I can't help but think that these daily uploads are not going to be sustainable. 2 or 3 cars a week seems like a lot more something you can keep up for a long time. I mean, at some point you're going to run out of cars to test!

Absolutely love these cars so much so when retirement from commerce loomed I promised myself a Suffolk SS 100 and a Suffolk C type to play with. However the mechanic that looks after my vehicles informed me of the new 8 point registration system that had newly been instigated and was being aggressively inforced which at the time was proving a major issue on registering these cars on anything but a Q plate with the further complication as they are old engines would fail a modern MOT on emmisions and furthermore would have thus incurred hefty L.E.M. and Congestion charges even if passed. So I've blown the dosh on debauchery instead.

Rather better than some of the appalling creations that have appeared over the years! At least it looks like a C-Type.Saw a Ronart W125 in a pub car park recently;these are modelled to look a bit like the Mercedes Gp racers with Jaguar 6 or 12 cylinder power. Yes it,s always an Audi diesel for some strange reason not forgetting White-Van-Man of course!

That Jag sound is amazing..

Click Bait, Click Bait, Clickbait James!!! We can forgive you but :) a "daily driven" Jag C-Type OK! Absolutely GLORIOUS sound from that old Jag James!!!!!!

Congratulations Matt. Sometimes you chase a dream and catch it!

Stunning car, I'd drive it every day too. P.s. Elvis would like his glasses back :)

It reminds me I should really consider mailing myself to the UK and coming back with a Westfield!

I wish I could afford a mid-life crisis. With a month to go before hitting 60, and half a lifetime spent sorting out aircraft wing issues, I'm likely to see out my days with my 2005 Hilux 'Vigo' in Thailand . . .

Barmey! Love it and I want one. Actually I wnat an XKSS. If you're not sure, look it up. You'll want one too.

Love the looks of this C type but the 'Audi' button really does it for me :-) Right on the nose humor.

You have to ask if an evocation of this magnitude is more or less as makes no difference to the real experience? Great stuff Mr M

Have you thought of asking Beaulieu motor museum about driving some of their cars

Not sure I've clicked play so fast before...nice one.

That's about as Authentic and honest as a Replica could get.

It would have been nice to have a close look at the car showing detail under the bonnet and the build quality, otherwise nice car.

Exactly - forget spec sheets or even Nurburgring lap times and focus on real-world enjoyment.

good to see your taste in sunglasses matches your taste in shirts.

Want. Curious about the .50 cal ammo box. What's that for?

Your best ramble ever imho.

I love when the designers used to win over regulators.

Hi - I also have a realm ctype I built in 2012. I love it. I am planning to convert it to ohlins. I wouldn’t mind discussing with the owner. Please msg me if you like. I have a 360hp 4.2 in mine - it’s a blast. as a rally guy I really think the damping could be massively improved. I love the ecurie blue. Well done on doing that instead of green. Mine is off-white.

3:35 😂😂😂

Is that phil Collins in the passenger seat 😉

You lucky lucky bastard! A few years back I was over from Oz for a holiday and we spent a night in a Yorkshire village if I recall. We drove out of town to a pub for dinner. There parked behind the pub in a carpark was a BRG C-Type Jag. I wondered over for a gander (a look) and what an excellent 'copy' it was. I noticed a man looking at me from a table of diners and as I walked past, I made the comment was it yours? He said yes and once he recognised my Aussie accent, said this car was driven by one of my compatriots in competition, the notable Frank Gardner. It wasn't a copy but the real deal! He later left the pub in it with his young son in the passenger seat.

better shirt , even better car

This is not a replica in the narrower sense (like a Pur Sang), but for me it would do the job. Nice one.

I say, old horse, what a genius idea!!!! I NEED one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These C Types look superb

My dream car too! But at 81 I'll have to be contented with my '05 3.0 S type and put away dreams of leather flying helmets, goggles and Biggles scarfs!

Hi james. I saw dark side developments bought a VW V10TDI. Would love to see you review such an oddball.

Luv the analogy of driving most modern cars to "firing up the microwave" whereas this car is more like having an axe along with a slightly nervous pig! Brilliant stuff!

Great car Jimbo Like it 👍

A chassis made of steel and aluminium? My engineer heart is crying in galvanic corrosion.

Love the car, and I know the roads your on well!! My ex is at St Andrews uni 🤣

Ace machine! Unless I missed it. you didn't mention anything about a hood or anything, though in one photo I could see there was a leather cover that goes over the passenger compartment, so I assume on a rainy day you just have to wrap up warm and wear some sort of face covering to keep out of the rain? I used to live on the outskirts of Edinburgh and it gets very wet and very cold there during the winter months, so Fife is probably a lot worse? How does Matt cope with that? One thing that also crossed my mind, was how do you go on with there not being roll-over hoops to protect your head should you (God forbid) turn the thing over, I would have thought you would not be able to get the car MOT'd if it didn't have this sort of safety feature, it being a recent car rather than an actual C Type?

Superb. Fantastic machine.

That Jag and JayEmm's hair has a Steve McQueen-esque vibe. Nothing else though.

What was the donor engine in this car you did not say? you just said it was the 5th

Essence of petrol head-ism ...how a car makes you feel. My preferred replica - Bell and Lister Stratos.

Those wheel thingies remind me of the race in Ben-Hur. I wonder if there is a connection

Can you do a review on the ultima gtr/evo?

Lovely machine, but is that really a 1980s XJ engine? It looks much older - 1950s or '60s. Also, per the insert shot at 2.44, it's a four-speed box, not a five (as it was in the original C-type).

Is this the perfect weekend car? I think so.

great syrup testing device

Very nice replica 👍

Excellent!

Excellent car what a real treat

Pity the fule!

Love it!

Ahhhhh......, good shirt.

E type replica would make a better daily, they are also built from jaguar parts and look totally real only c types ever see are replicas. E type has window hood and hard top for winter. They don't make them any more as can't base a car on 70s/80s jags running gear any more as none in junk yard

Any mclaren videos coming?

"To celebrate his midlife crisis with". Awesome quote, why should ageing be given such a stigma!

Cool video

Beatiful car

It’s cars like this that make me run, not walk to old land yachts like Lincoln and Caddys. Glad the owner’s happy, but if I drove this beast once, I’d never want to drive again.

Cool car what can I say .

A permanent open top in Scotland? Where the sun comes out 3 days a year? Once again, you are pretty brave driving something like that without a helmet.

Yes, great daily but for some days only 🙂

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Problem with F type. A fast one is too expensive Turbo S money. A cheap one is an underpowered V6. The old XJS and XK were luxurious, cheap V12 but not as quick as competitors. The F type is sharp but. No one wants a slow on but no one will pay for fast one.

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Sorry,I preferred to drive my original C type, these are to modern.

Starting your dialogue by complaining about your job for several min is annoying. Kinda sets an "annoying personality" tone to the video.

FULE

This car will spit out saliva & will stick dust on your cheeks

Car fantastic ........... Presentation definitely NOT 😴😴

You talk tooooooo much

Another rather lazy unresearched ramble