1962 Jaguar E-Type

Description

Multiple award winning, copyrighted and soon to be patented, one-of-a kind Jaguar is both a work of art and an ultimate driving machine.
It is also arguably the most beautiful Jaguar of all time, for it combines the best elements of Jaguar’s two most beautiful and iconic race cars: The D-type and the one-off 1964 Low drag Lightweight E-type coupe of Peter Lindner.
It has been admitted to every Concours event ever applied to, winning awards, praise and media coverage from CNN to
Sports Car Digest
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Making this car even more unique and desirable is its multiple configurations that include (1) a D-type style dual cockpit design for single or dual occupants; (2) an E-type lightweight coupe design with a fixed aluminum vented roof and vented rear decklid; (3) as well as a fully open top race car with rollbar—each of which configuration is suitable for street or race.
Its paint is that of the classic Jaguar racing green accentuated by four amber colored driving lamps recessed smoothly into this Jag’s teardrop-like front end.
It’s comfortable black leather racing seats are accentuated by the black diamond leather that covers the aluminum floors along with a satisfying leather wrapped Jaguar badged steering wheel.
When Jaguar sought a classic historic Jag to feature in its unveiling video commercial for what would be at that time its most powerful production Jaguar ever offered for sale, the 575 hp F-Type SVR, they considered the D-type and the C-type….but they chose this car for their print and film due this car’s stunning and classic looks. Video viewable here:
https://youtu.be/GSB69TNAHxU
During filming, the professional driver, who had just recently worked with Tom Cruise on Mission Impossible, stated this was the best driving vintage race car he’d ever driven.
Many have said the D-Type is the most beautiful race car of all time, not just Jaguar of all time, but race car of all time. D-types won Le Mans outright in 1955, 1956 and 1957.  However, they are relatively plentiful, with 71 D-types built from 1954 to 1957, and yet still their prices are typically in the to million range, with one selling for .8 million.
There is only one of these XKE-D-L Jaguars on the planet. By comparison, in addition to 71 D-Types, there are 16 original XKSS with 9 more manufactured by the factory.  Moreover, there are countless replica D-Types and XKSS, but you’ll never see another XKE-D-L.
The D-type featured a 3.4 liter straight six-cylinder engine making 250 hp, with later D-types making 306 hp from 3.8 liters.  The D-type, with its solid rear axle and a four-speed gearbox, weighed 950 kg or 2,090 pounds. In its most powerful form, the D-type accelerated from 0 to 60 mph in about 4.5 seconds.
The XKE-D-L weighs in at ~2,100 and its specially built, weber inducted 4.2 liter engine makes an estimated 320-340 hp.  Accordingly, the XKE-D-L has the same power to weight ratio as the D-Type.  But unlike the D-Type, this car has a much more sophisticated independent rear end along with a five-speed gearbox as well as larger tires and bigger brakes for better handling and braking and a more comfortable driving experience.
This XKE-D/Lindner features lightweight aluminum bodywork, including both doors, the boot lid, the widened fenders, the fairing, the dual cockpit body paneling, the bonnet as well as the removable Lightweight E-type Hardtop, the seats, etc., all in lightweight aluminum.
It may be argued this Jaguar is even more handsome than the D-Type or the XKSS.  You decide in the side-by-side D-Type, XKSS and XKE-D-L photos.
The lightweight E-types battled the Ferrari GTO, oftentimes successfully, with the Jaguar fairing better on short tracks and the Ferrari GTO having the advantage on the longer tracks, which lead to the creation of the most famous of all E-types.
Malcolm Sayer, Jaguar’s aerodynamicist turned car designer, designed a special low-drag coupe for Peter Lindner:  The 1963 Lindner-Nocker coupe. This was a one-off racing E-type named after Peter Lindner and Peter Nocker, the pair of Germans who campaigned it.  This was the Jaguar built specifically to beat the Ferrari GTO as well as the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupes.
The Lindner-Coupe featured sensually curvaceous bodywork that was designed to raise the Jag’s top speed to beat the Ferraris at longer tracks, like Le Mans.  Sayer used his airplane design background to full-effect on the Lindner-Coupe, creating one of the most sensuous and fluid automotive designs of all time.
The Lindner-Couple was modified with significantly wider, more masculine looking rear fenders mounted with exposed rivets, much like an airplane from that era.
Four headlamps were beautifully and aerodynamically recessed into the Jaguar’s bonnet to further streamline the teardrop design.   A bug catching panel was fitted to the bonnet while the bonnet itself was secured by external chrome latches.   Unlike the other Jaguars, the Lindner Lightweight Coupe had a five-speed gearbox with a round aluminum shift knob.
Lindner’s Jag now seemed to have the edge of the Ferrari 250 GTO, but it was not to be as tragically Lindner was involved in a terrible crash that claimed his life and destroyed the Lindner-Coupe.  Or so it seemed, until decades later one of the most comprehensive restorations ever undertaken brought this spectacular car back to life.
This Jaguar for sale here, referred to as the XKE-D-L (Lindner) in reference to its DNA, is sculpture whose inspiration was drawn directly from two of the greatest and most beautiful Jaguars:  The D-Type and the Lindner-Coupe.
The XK-E-D-L clearly features Peter Lindner’s Jaguar’s four recessed headlights, as well as the widened fenders mounted with dozens of rivets, the bonnet-mounted bug deflector, the rear round marker light and the side exhaust outlets.
The very expensive, time consuming yet beautiful exposed rivets are featured throughout this Jaguar’s aluminum construction, and perhaps to greatest effect on the purposeful bonnet.
Like the Lindner-Couple, there is a large billet aluminum flip-up aluminum racing fuel filler gracefully rising from the tailored rear bodywork.
The bootlid is retained with a proper Jaguar racing bent-wire style latch.  Like Lindner’s Jag, the XK-E-D-L features a five-speed gearbox with a round aluminum shift knob.
Like the beautiful D-Type, the XK-E-D-L features a dual cockpit design with two wrap-around windscreens. There is a removable aluminum panel that conceals the passenger compartment for when only one person will be driving/racing.
The rear-view mirror was drawn directly from the D-Type Jaguar, with its is the framed rear view mirror mounted directly to the bodywork.
Like the D-type, this Jaguar features a leather cushioned fairing behind the driver, adding to the beauty, grace and aerodynamic appearance of the XK-E-D-L.
The rear of the XKE-D-L is the most beautiful of the three, as unlike the D-type, Lindner Coupe or E-type Lightweight, its metalwork circles uninterrupted and completely around the rear of the car, whereas the other Jags have license plate cutouts that interfere with the sensuously curving rear.
This Jaguar also features removable side-curtains that extend the windscreens so that they wrap around the driver and passenger.
This Jaguar is something of a Transformer.  Unlike any other Jaguar, this dual cockpit configuration can be replaced with a windshield, E-type lightweight aluminum vented roof and an E-type Lightweight vented boot lid, thereby appearing as a Lightweight E-type Coupe.
Like Peter Lindner’s car, this Jaguar features an engine making upwards of ~340 hp mated to a five-speed overdrive gearbox.
Numerous special features and components are listed below that contribute to making this Jaguar not only unique, but a spectacular driver’s car, some of which are listed below:
Le Mans style quick release gas filler
Alloy Le Mans bug screen
Braided leather door-pulls
Team CJ Five Speed Gearbox
Aluminum doors
Aluminum bonnet
Aluminum boot lid
Aluminum and leather fearing
Aluminum Radiator
Aluminum cowls for front screen
Aluminum brake master cylinder
Aluminum clutch master cylinder
Aluminum intake manifold for Weber carbs
Three two-barrel Weber carbs with stacks, air cleaners and screens
Dunlop racing wheels with Dunlop racing tires
Full race fuel cell
Oil filter adapter
Lightweight Wildwood aluminum four piston brake calipers.
Upgraded diameter and ventilated front disc brakes with aluminum hats
GAZ rear adjustable shocks with adjustable ride height.
GAZ adjustable front dampers
Adjustable Torsion Bar Reaction Plate
Modified strengthened front uprights and spindles
Ventilated and upgraded rear disc brakes.
Aluminum tonneau cover for passenger side of the cockpit.
Leather upholstered racing seats
Aluminum Team CJ racing pedals (gas, clutch, brake)
Team CH uprated engine side frames
Rebuilt steering rack
Billet aluminum rack mounts
Powder coated rear wishbones
Powder coated rear IRS cradle
Painted half shafts with HD universal joints
Custom aluminum expansion tank
Restored front suspension
Silicone coolant hose kit
Racing seat belt harnesses passenger and driver
Mota-Lita steering wheel
Race Fuel pump
Magnecor spark plug wires
Braided steel clutch line
Braided steel brake lines
Braided steel oil line
Electric fan
Price:
,000,000
OBO
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