World's fastest E Type

[malcolm]

Built by Rob Beere, so can't be all bad. And it's up for sale - any takers?

0 to 150mph in 8 seconds!!

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motors ... ently-sale

[Joes66]

Hmm yes please
When Tom walkinshaw asked them how much hp they wanted
Rob Beere just said "Yes please"

[malcolm]

Scroll down this link a little and there is a good video of it in action

https://www.carscoops.com/2021/02/1971- ... ollection/

[TurboScab]

This has been for sale for a very, very long time. I'm sure I first saw it about 5 years ago.

https://www.classicandsportscar.com/new ... -for-grabs

The Car and Classic ad has had over 30000 views over the years.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C548956

Presumably, the magazines are reporting it now only because it's being auctioned?

[Jeremy]

Er...is it really an E type??

[steve3.8]

Er...is it really an E type??

Its obviously not useable on the road, but in a racing sense definitely yes --and as such should be celebrated as the extreme development of the E .
It's unfortunate though that it has not been run or had a shakedown in the last 8 years since it was put back together -- it's now 20 years since it's last race.




Note the dry sump ,bellhousing mod , gearbox sideways to lower COG

[christopher storey]

I sympathise with Jeremy's question and his implied view . This is really a "special" based loosely on E type shape and mechanicals . I remember it well from Malcolm Hamilton's days when it was undoubtedly both noisy and fast , but not in truth terribly interesting because in execution it was so far away from the real car - the slicks really tell you everything you need to know , as does the butchered interior with its strange supplementary longitudinal box section, and the completely altered rear suspension

[Robbiee]

So....not really an etype

[Mich7920]

[Joes66]

From the pictures it seems very much an e type
Modified yes,but mostly e type
From the blurb it was a 1971 car
Probably more original e type still in it than most restored e types in peoples garages lol
So how much original car is still in one of these 100 grand plus cars?
Like that D type some years back that had less than 5 percent of the original car!
Joe