Gorgeous E-Type kit car

Gorgeous E-Type kit car

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Jukebag

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1,463 posts

138 months

Friday 2nd November 2018
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Found this on YouTube of a stunning E-Type Jag kit car (a Wildcat). Probably one of the nicest examples of this particular kit car I've seen, just a pity so many don't look as good. This particular car is featured in an old club magazine I have from a few years ago, and I believe the owner paid about 16k for it.

Not sure about the ride height though, could do with lowering abit, and those circular things attached to the bonnet look odd. Besides that, this is as good as any Challenger E-Type or any real E-Type imo, and know doubt a fraction of the cost to buy and cheaper to run.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G1l7KS3p6Zw

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smash

2,062 posts

227 months

Saturday 10th November 2018
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It's nice but bonnet is has a lot of rippling

smileymikey

1,445 posts

225 months

Saturday 10th November 2018
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smash said:
It's nice but bonnet is has a lot of rippling
Another example of how faithful to the original it is lol

Derek Smith

45,514 posts

247 months

Sunday 18th November 2018
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I saw one of those at a kit car show, Stonleigh I think.

It might have been an early one, but the panal fit wasn't all it should be. But from just a few paces away it looked superb. There was a bit of a crowd around it all the time.

There was a kit D-Type there as well. That one was so good that people were asking it it was 'real' or not. Up close you could tell the difference as it didn't look tatty inside, which most original ones did. The driver was quite tall but fitted into it easily. I was tempted but it was out of my price range at the time. I had to make do with (an excellent) Ginetta G32. Not a kit car I know, but I changed everything.




Dave Brand

928 posts

267 months

Wednesday 21st November 2018
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smash said:
It's nice but bonnet is has a lot of rippling
So does the boot lid.

Jukebag

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1,463 posts

138 months

Thursday 22nd November 2018
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I think I know what you mean about the bonnet rippling, but is that just because it's fibreglass and has a fibreglass look to it?. How is the rippling caused as I've never heard of this term before on a car?.

I've heard people point out the bonnet gaps on these kit cars saying they don't look right, but I really haven't noticed, and likely neither anyone else has, unless you're a real expert on these things. With the ridiculous amount of money it costs for a decent or semi-decent repspray (4-6k plus? lol), I doubt the owner of a kit car E-type is gonna want to spend that kind of money when all he's wanted to do all his life is to own one and drive, not be shoved into a heated garage throughout most of the year only to come out every blue moon.

Anyone know why the rear lights don't look right?. It appears to me that there has been some alterations to the body, maybe so that the lights will fit correctly. Has there been filler added?. I've seen one a two Wildcats like this. There's a rather lovely Wildcat for sale on carandclassic for about £14,000.

Edited by Jukebag on Thursday 22 November 10:10