as for lord march,s attitude,i can see where he is coming from,ie they were not raced in the period the other cars raced in but most if not all the "originals" racing are a bit triggers broom ?.
Inside Jaguar: Making a Million Pound Car
In 1963 Jaguar took the blueprint for its era-defining E-Type sports car and made a racing version.
The Lightweight was a no-frills racer with a bigger engine and aluminium bodywork – but only 12 were made.
This film finds one for sale today at a London dealer for approaching £5 million.
And as presenter Mark Evans discovers, Jaguar has decided to serve the appetite for the car by building six new ones,
pre-sold to super-rich collectors for more than £1 million each.
Evans finds the production process is both painstaking and mildly disaster-prone in a very British way – just as you would hope.
Mark Evans follows the creation of the Lightweight E-type, the manufacturer's most expensive car ever,
finding out exactly what goes into building a vehicle fit for a millionaire.
Plans were made for 18 of the cars to be built back in 1963, but only 12 were ever produced -
and now another six are being put together by specialist engineers to finally finish the project.
However, the presenter discovers that not everyone is happy with the situation.
C4 Thursday May 28th 9pm
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Thats nuts.,
You could buy eagle speedster, al body replica and be left with £900k in your pocket (im guessing the price).... and itll probably be a better
handling and performing car.
Jeremy punch in the face ckarkso liked it so it must be good.
Not sure what they think they are creating. It can't be a historic car as its newly built. Nor is it a replica.
I was unconvinced... I just felt that they were making rich mens' toys. Especially when they started talking about matching suitcases and little models on cases that held a replica of the VIN plate.
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Originally posted by 02GF74
Thats nuts.,
You could buy eagle speedster, al body replica and be left with £900k in your pocket (im guessing the price).... and itll probably be a better handling and performing car.
Jeremy punch in the face ckarkso liked it so it must be good.
I was surprised that they didn't paint the inner surfaces, under the bonnet etc.
It is the nooks and crannies that are difficult to keep clean, and will look shite if it corrodes.
Yes I know it will be kept in a "controlled environment" but it's still a car that is intended to be an investment
and kept for a long time.
Paul G
It was good to see them pressing the bonnets with the original tooling.
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Originally posted by trextr7monkey
It was good to see them pressing the bonnets with the original tooling.
The cars cannot run at goodwood so what is the point. It is definitely a replica
[Edited on 29/5/15 by femster87]
This is what will happen at Goodwood.
"No, those cars won't be allowed to run at Goodwood"
"Can they run if I become a Major Sponsor at Goodwood?"
"How much will you sponsor the event for?"
"£XXXXXXXX"
"Those cars can run a Goodwood"
OR the original owners will threaten to withdraw their contributions to Goodwood in cars/prestige/money and it will be a simple equation to how
Goodwood can make the most cash. This is the way the events industry works.
I take it they are talking about Goodwood Revival rather than the GFOS? As there are lots of replicas at the GFOS.
I suppose the new Lister Jag knobbliest being built in Cambridge won't be allowed to race at Goodwood either
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Jacko
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Originally posted by femster87
The cars cannot run at goodwood so what is the point. It is definitely a replica
[Edited on 29/5/15 by femster87]
My take on it is that, if you want to cash in on million pound cars? Make super cars like everyone. Its like mclaren making new F1's as the
values have gone up significantly.
This new cars are so expensive as they are selling term off the back of the values of the classics. but they were not built in period
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Jacko
Don't rush - I didn't find it a very satisfying programme, and only stuck with it because there was sod all on the other channels and I was feeling too lazy to get up and do something more productive.
Dave,
Im so glad you posted that ^^^ as I was exactly the same,
too me it was an hour wasted, rather than an hour absorbed, and the e-type is my favourite car, by a long way
steve
for me it started to go downhill when they wheeled in the first buyer,short,dumpy american who didnt know how many cars he already owned,obviously an
"investor".
as for lord march,s attitude,i can see where he is coming from,ie they were not raced in the period the other cars raced in but most if not all the
"originals" racing are a bit triggers broom ?.
I got the impression that Mark Evans wasn't exactly overwhelmed either...