Saw a grey E type yesterday, gave it a bit of a tickle over the roundabout. Didn’t look like a concours example, looked lovely and well used. Just kinda made my day seeing one being used and not babied. Not many cars make me smile just by driving past me. 👍🏻
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I’m a huge fan of resto modding. There’s so much wonderful car feel and authenticity we’re leaving behind with regulations and cheapness. Cars like this really need to be happening in big numbers. You can feel the passion of the drive. Love it. 👍🏻
I know the Series 3 is probably the least loved E Type, but to me they finally got the proportions right, and the track no longer looks comically skinny. Lovely car.
The spring travel rates and damping looked horrific in every bumpy scene - tell me this was not the case? Otherwise it looks fab, shame its took the price to £400k. Thats a lot of cash for a restomod series 3.
I spent £20,000 with another firm of restorers putting right the faults on my car that were discovered after I took delivery from this Company. Good luck to anyone who buys one of these cars.
@@NCB583 exactly right mate who would suffer it. I would have taken the car straight back. Also on a car like this when even the restoration could need some fettling once it’s running in because it’s still mainly old technology so we know it might need some after sales maintenance If so he’s car might have fell into that category. And they would definitely have to do the work. And he doesn’t mention the work that needed doing so it is a bit strange. Mmm it could be all bollox talk.
@Russ Cooke Thank you for your comments. We'd like to take the opportunity to clarify a few things regarding Mvmallinson comment. Firstly, Mvmallinson was given the opportunity to return the car for any issues to be rectified post delivery. Secondly, Mvmallinsons project was a different specification from todays Unleashed offering.
@@ETypeUKLtd the car was returned on more than one occasion and after disastrous, unsuccessful attempts at rectifying numerous serious faults, the car was taken away to professionals.
@@russcooke5671 I did, and after damaging one of the door mirrors and rear light lens, which they denied, I gave up on them. The newly built engine leaked oil which I was told was normal. Not for a newly rebuilt engine it shouldn’t be. The newly built rear diff leaked oil, a fault for which I had already been charged! After three attempts at fixing the Speedo and each time telling me it was sorted, each time it wasn’t. The engine was shown to be overheating ( I have photographic evidence) but they said it wasn’t. The new air con didn’t work, the new radio didn’t work, the engine was completely out of tune, the door trims were a terrible fit, the inlet manifold as fitted was a prototype and should never have been used, the steering had a “clunk” in it, certain bulbs had not been upgraded as stated, the throttle cables were sticking, the new throttle bodies had been badly modified, the sun visors were not re- fitted, the rear axle had to be removed and redone after the rebuild, incorrect fixings were used on the new exhaust system, missing bolts had to be replaced, bumper bolts were loose. This is not a comprehensive list of the faults, so, after two attempts to rectify everything and rectifying nothing, how much confidence would you have in these people. I’m still considering Court Action.
Just try to change the spark plugs on those intakes. Also the way the car sputters the ignition advance is wrong. Sad piece of E-Type UK work. One previous car from them did not even have the intakes synchronized 🤣 Paid advertisement.
Maybe you are deaf, that thing needs serious ignition adjustment with all that backfire and just besides all that „modern“ interior just show me how to change a spark plug, have fun. Just a note: mine also has ITBs and fuel injection and more power but sounds like a smooth Jag and not like an old Fiat. Btw. I still have access to each sparkplug in an instant.
Yes, they would sell extremely easy but not for the normal run in the middle guy far far too expensive to buy. They was extremely expensive in a 60s also and 70s
If Jaguar would start making this car again with modern technology they would corner the market on sports cars! There is nothing like it anywhere! Enzo was correct…. It is the most beautiful car in the world! Jerry
I would loive to see a series 1 E-Type done in this Singer-ized way. The 4.2 can probably put out 350-375 hp and a goodly amount of torque. The car is more delicate. Its the pure E-Type with the covered lights and cleaner wheel arches.
Singer does this for the 911. Another does this for the Etype but it's a Jag Singer type car that cost's a million. I like that these guys can build this for less than half and still have the Jag bones in it. I want them all but this car would be first. thank you!
love that sound... the E type with it's triple SU carburetors sounds different than any other Jag... I first rode in a 2+2 in the late 60s... I was 17... it's been a lifetime love affair ever since
they stuck Strombergs on the 70s American cars... I was in California so it was more strict about smog control than the other states.. the sound changed... detuned is the only way to describe that
I was personally not a fan of this jag's front end compared to the first generation of it. The headlights poke out just a bit too much for my liking. Still a beautiful car though 👍 edit: after seeing this specific restomod though, I'm rethinking my opinion about the S3...
I'm the proud and happy owner of a '66 in Imperial Maroon and to me this is the best E-type hands down... But all things considered there was something unique and attractive about the series 3, whereas the series 1 and 2 looked elegant and refined the series 3 looked bigger, meaner and more aggressive... I've always preferred the enclosed headlights but I must say the open headlights work beautifully on the series 3... Damn 🙂🙂 I'm gonna want one too now...
I have a Jaguar xk8 convertible 2002. The window motor has gone obsolete. And mine has died. Please someone help me with an aftermarket piece? Anything?
Push button starting needs to go. Plus they've put it in the WRONG place. Also, I don't want a modern day marvel. I want an original. Been seeking the XKE for decades but things get in the way. Plus they never made enough of them and spares for when production quit. Therefor it is now out of reach.
Hmm, not sure about this at all. Fair enough, the new owner is getting what he or she has asked for, however, for all the work going in to the car, the suspension looks awful. Jaguar has long been acknowledged to have got it right, so why polybush the heck out of it, particularly as that example will likely never see any significant mileage in a what may well be a cosseted lifespan. (Writing as an ex-S3 V12 E and Double Six owner.)
People like earlier models but I think series III roadster is the ultimate it has the V12 and looks better more muscular earlier have wheels too much inboard.
I owned a used 1966 3.8 S-Type saloon in 1974 and although I loved it to bits, the steering was just awful. It wasn't even rack and pinion, but a worm and peg style that was heavy and stupidly vague. I even replaced it with a new steering box and all new ball joints, but it was no better. By contrast my mother had a 1969 Morris Minor 1000 that had exquisite steering (rack and pinion) as did my 1953 MG TF, compared to E-Types and other Jags I have driven or owned in that period.
I drove a Moggie once many years ago. It was a hell of a surprise. And yes, exquisite is just the word to describe the steering and the feel through the skinny rim. Gear change was lovely too.
My old Dad had a 1968 3.4S in white when I was 15, now 59. He was working abroad so I was allowed to start her up now & then & run up and down the drive. I took it a couple of hundred yards up the road on day to spin round at a t-junction then back again - the steering box was shot and it took all my strength to make a multi-point turn & get her back in the drive again before anyone saw me. Never again.
400k is an absolute rip off, you can have a gelscoe GT40, built from the ground up to be an exact (and I mean exact) replica of a 65 GT40, for around £300k.
@@christopherdean1326 The track and wheel offset always spoiled the look of these cars, even the last of the line had a very poor stance. The biggest single improvement in looks was getting the wheels and rims to the edge of the body. Everything else is personal preference.
