An Accidental Racer

This full aluminium E-Type race car was an outcome that was never intended. During its initial design, it was created to be no more than a standout road car and it was never expected to take to the track. It was clear that changes were needed if the E-Type race car was going to be competitive outside Britain. After making some experimental tweaks, the engineers hatched a plan to build an ultra-light E-Type using aluminium components pressed on the same tools as the standard steel cars, making the E-type lighter paired with stripping down the interior to leave just the basics also shaved off precious pounds.These E-Type upgrades increased the top speed of the Jaguar, resulting in them converting the car to a full aluminium body, part of a limited run of race-spec cars, with a plan of building just an exclusive batch of 18 British racers. Based on the roadster but featuring a hardtop, the new and improved E-Type had a 3.8-litre engine and a five-speed gearbox. At RJ Panels we are fortunate to have all the correct tooling to reproduce all the body panels for this iconic car.