Jaguar E Type Series 1 Fixed Head Coupe Owners Review / Test

Here is a shirt video of my restored Jaguar E Type Series 1 (1962) with 3.8 Litre Straight Six. A few changes to the original with around 300BHP as a pose to the original 220BHP. I can post the detailed spec if anyone interested. Have sports exhaust, air con, 123 Ignition system, Wilwood Calipers. Few resto mods to the interior with Alcantara. Pretty much done aside from a nice poliah and touch up on the paint here and there. Happy to answer any questions and share any tips for resto or parts which I found worked well. Thanks for watching.

[SpencerF]

That looks great. Love the updates to it and it making it a great driver and not just asthetically pleasing.

[gazzafloss]

Lovely example of the S1, we owned a 1970 4.2 S2 2+2 for many years, a very easy car to enjoy and live with, only problem was self control and I got caught speeding many times in the years between 1978 and 1993.
You can feel privileged to be driving a genuine piece of motoring history.

[simmo]

Black was a good choice
Stunning thing

[bigmacdaddy]

Hello from New Jersey....you have a beautiful Jaguar. Love the a/c upgrade. Very cool.

[ShouldKnowBetter]

That is a fantastic car. When you come home, make sure you bring it with you.

Very nice indeed.

[Contractnik]

Beautiful - Love the Alcantara wheel...

[marknelson]

Well done, stunning car and like your attitude 'it isn't a prom queen', use it and enjoy it, like these cars should be! Not sitting under a cover waiting for the next polish.

[FreedCornet]

So your the guy ive seen at all those car meets in Jumeirah. The OTS red series 1 was ours. Good to see there was more than 1 series 1 in Jumeirah.

[colingarner]

I thought last hand drive cars weren’t allowed in Australia, I noticed this as well on the BMW . Love to see older cars in great condition .

[brianmorecombe]

I `ll do a restoration project on one, love to.Just need a garage plus about 30 grand and a lot of painstaking looking for parts.

[TheMightyJoggernaut]

Fantastic car! Really enjoyed the video!

[geoffclarke]

Fantastic car. An E Type would always have a place in my dream car garage. You car is perfect as has the 3.8 engine which I prefer to the 4.2 but the much better 4.2 gearbox.

[jettrink]

Good choice... A/C instead of radio and it looks real good.

[philhohnen]

er, they all had 3 wipers. Perhaps you're referring to the 2+2 with its taller windscreen. Great car, made better with extra poke! Those original 5inch rims were ridiculous, I put 6.5 front, 6 inch rear on mine...all triple laced...

[Humaid]

As ever, a beautiful S1 Etype! I appreciate the practical aspect of the build, but would have preferred the wood wheel personally. Where did you do it in Dubai? Especially working on those carbs.

[gf]

There's an exact copy of this BLACK SERIES ONE COUPE in the permanent display section of the NEW YORK MODERN ART MUSEUM. Glory Hallelujah. Enzo was right, the most beautiful car in the world.

[Looney]

That’s looks the bollox !! Sensible subtle upgrades, and driven not sat languishing in a garage exactly how it should be.. brilliant ! love the A/C set up, like to add that to my 4.2 s1, where did that come from? ..thanks

[chanthamala]

I love the black on black. Can you give me a ball park on how much your total cost to resto-mod this car including purchasing the car? I want to buy a Type E and some of these prices are like 😟😳. Some cars have rust some cars are spotless.

[MrDevilmaycare]

Would you please tell me, what is the diameter and pitch of thread of knock-off nuts for jaguar E type wire wheels? Appreciate it. Anthony.

[christophstalder]

Hi AutoAddict. Can you tell me what wheels exactly you got? Is it MWS wheels? If so, the 5.5"x15" or the 6"x15" competition wire wheels? And are your rear-wheelarches on the top pushed in a little bit in order to make way to the tyres that are further out now? I'd appreciate your feedback soon since I am considering changing to the same wheels (but with AVON 205 tyres) since I like the look of yours a lot!