What would you do with.....

[GTO Scott]

... a Jaguar E-type shell?

Browsing the great bay of E earlier I spotted a rough 1967 E-type coupe shell for sale - it has the doors and bonnet but the bonnet needs replacing at least. Given that it'll almost certainly never be a matching-numbers concours winner, what would you do with it given a £10-15k budget?

I'd find a replacement bonnet and glass, have the shell dipped and then break out the Mig. I'd then find myself an accident-damaged X300 XJR6 and have the drivetrain and front seats out of it, and install them into the E-type shell. I think i'd also splash out on some of the replica Dunlop alloys.

Finally paint it in Bentley 'Wildberry' metallic.

Over to you!

[trickywoo]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/E-Type-Jaguar-Bonnet-and-She...

If its this one I wouldn't bother - looks seriously fecked.

[Parabola]

There's an article in this months Practical Classics' magazine about doing up £10K E Types

[Petrolhead_Rich]

Same, But in British Racing Red with big white dials.

Replace what wings I could with fibreglass too!

Uprate the brakes/suspension too if at all possible!

[kambites]

trickywoo said:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/E-Type-Jaguar-Bonnet-and-She...

If its this one I wouldn't bother - looks seriously fecked.

Given the mess that that's in, I suspect you'd end up with a more authentic looking car if you built a shell from scratch.

[thinfourth2]

Cut the bottom out of it and drop it onto a very well sorted modern chassis and drivetrain.

Fook hertiage

[Petrolhead_Rich]

thinfourth2 said:

Cut the bottom out of it and drop it onto a very well sorted modern chassis and drivetrain.

Fook hertiage

having looked at the pictures, This, possibly a space frame tubular chassis...

Also a fibreglass bonnet!

[mat205125]

I'd get busy with the plasma cutter and welder, and set forth on a mission of ultimate piss-off-the-flat-cap-owners-club-and-be-the-hero-of-every-true-nutty-petrolhead by making an uber cool road legal drag car.

Kinda like this guy has done with a (repsumably fake, or mega-beyond-repair SL)

[GTO Scott]

mat205125 said:

I'd get busy with the plasma cutter and welder, and set forth on a mission of ultimate piss-off-the-flat-cap-owners-club-and-be-the-hero-of-every-true-nutty-petrolhead by making an uber cool road legal drag car.

Kinda like this guy has done with a (repsumably fake, or mega-beyond-repair SL)

I like that very much

Or, the other way to upset the purists would be matt black paint, perspex windows and the chassis and drivetrain from a Nissan R33 GTS-T

[shouldbworking]

Last I heard a replacement E-Type bonnet was in the order of 4 grand+.. or was it 7? either way, a lot.

[El Capitano]

shouldbworking said:

Last I heard a replacement E-Type bonnet was in the order of 4 grand+.. or was it 7? either way, a lot.

close... ''supply only including all air ducts and closing panels: £3850 + vat ...''

fibreglass bonnet and a bonkers conversion would be my idea too

[mat205125]

GTO Scott said:

mat205125 said:

I'd get busy with the plasma cutter and welder, and set forth on a mission of ultimate piss-off-the-flat-cap-owners-club-and-be-the-hero-of-every-true-nutty-petrolhead by making an uber cool road legal drag car.

Kinda like this guy has done with a (repsumably fake, or mega-beyond-repair SL)

I like that very much

Or, the other way to upset the purists would be matt black paint, perspex windows and the chassis and drivetrain from a Nissan R33 GTS-T

Beauty and the beast