{"id":3266,"date":"2019-06-15T18:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T16:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letocar.com\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2019-06-15T20:29:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T18:29:14","slug":"eagle-jaguar-e-type-speedster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letocar.com\/en\/eagle-jaguar-e-type-speedster\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Jaguar E-Type Speedster"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eagle updates the Jaguar E-Type Speedster <\/h2>\n

It started as a request from Dr Rick Velaj from Connecticut – “I want something a bit special”. When you are a customer of Eagle E-Types, something special is standard.
\nConversations started between Rick and Paul Brace from Eagle, and the word \u2018Speedster’ was mentioned. Paul got out his pencil and sketched a shape. Rick loved it, and that was the start of Eagle Speedster No.1.<\/p>\n

Over the next months, in tandem with day to day Eagle business, Paul worked to design and perfect the details of this truly unique and extraordinary E-Type. Faithful to the Jaguar E-Type of the 1960s with classic detail and finishing, it was fitted with the finest Eagle E-Type engineering including the Eagle 4.7 litre engine, the Eagle 5-speed gearbox and the optimised suspension.<\/p>\n

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Although initially built as a \u2018one-off\u2019, the Speedster was universally well-received and interest was such that we decided to build another – and the resulting ‘Lightweight Speedster’ has met with absolute acclaim. The second creation in Black Cognac is a technical homage to the 12 aluminium Lightweight E-Types that Jaguar built in 1963 for racing.<\/p>\n

These Jaguar race cars have subsequently become well established as the \u2018Lightweights\u2019 and, in common with our Speedster, made use of aluminium bodies, aluminium engines, 5 speed gearboxes and fuel injection. The process began, as ever, with an original Series 1 Jaguar E-Type and this \u2018Lightweight\u2019 version retains even more original detail aesthetics – such as twin exhaust pipes, simple door trim and fluted seat fascias. The result exhibits the same outstanding visual impact as the first.<\/p>\n

The Eagle engine benefits from an increased capacity to 4.7 litres and produces exceptional torque. In conjunction with the final weight of just 1,008 kgs, the result is a superbly capable and supremely exciting motor car.<\/p>\n

If I were to have an E-type, for example, it would have to be the Eagle Speedster – I just love that car. It\u2019s how I would have designed it; it taking the E-type Jaguar\u2019s purity to a whole new level.
\nIAN CALLUM, DESIGN DIRECTOR JAGUAR CARS<\/p>\n

(From Eagle<\/a>)
\nImage Credits – Eagle\t<\/p>\n

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