Ford powered XK-E movie car

[Lynn Larsen]

Interesting car with a 289.

XK-E Teaser

More Pictures Here

There are lots of detail pictures, but the idiot photographer didn't get one decent over all shot that suited being used here.

 

[TimB]

I don't believe there is any genuine E-type in that car. The firewall certainly doesn't look right....possibly just a fiberglass body on a custom frame. There are some genuine Ford conversions running around since a SBF is one of the few motors you can drop in without altering the engine frame rails (a big no no due to their reynolds construction) I have a 68 2+2 and although the mechanicals can be a love hate relationship I couldn't bring myself to convert.

 

[Lynn Larsen]

Tim,

Yeah, I was wondering about that. They say they started with an XK-E and then used a special frame and widened the body.......and I am thinking what part of the original car did you use, the suspension??? LOL.

Lynn

 

[CliffBeer]

There's no E-type in that car at all. Having completed a total nut and bolt restoration of a '64 Series 1 drophead during my college years I can tell what's E-type and what's not and there ain't no E-type in that car.

Looks like a total hack job.

 

[TimB]

I think all they possibly did was splash a mold off an E as a starting point. Cliff did it start out as a total nut and bolt restoration or did you start with one little project that turned into a case of "shiprights disease"? I find when I disasemble something on the E then I look at the components around it and think well if I just take this off and clean and repaint it....well then the parts around it look naf and it kind of snowballs

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

Tim,

so you restored my E type......

Cool.... I wont have to do it....

 

[Dave Wood]

MII suspension, surely an indication it was never Jag. It's been 30 year since I had my '63 3.8, but I remember enough that I can tell that if it was ever a Jag someone threw the best parts out. No Girling brakes, no heater motor/box under the bonnet...yep no Jag here, everyone just move on. The Jag for all it's shortcomings was a work of art, this is ...well ...just a work.

 

[CliffBeer]

I think all they possibly did was splash a mold off an E as a starting point. Cliff did it start out as a total nut and bolt restoration or did you start with one little project that turned into a case of "shiprights disease"? I find when I disasemble something on the E then I look at the components around it and think well if I just take this off and clean and repaint it....well then the parts around it look naf and it kind of snowballs

Hi Tim,

Well, you're right - it started out as a "cosmetic" restoration on a solid driver. Three years and about a 1,000 hours later it was a total restoration to Pebble Beach standards. I learned a lot. I drove the car in college (the ladies certainly liked it) and then it was sold at a substantial profit.

I know every part of an early E-type - a great car to restore as the original level of design and quality was very high. And, the sound of that 3.8 with straight pipes was just amazing!

 

[TimB]

Tim,

so you restored my E type......

Cool.... I wont have to do it....

Not completely. Like cliff I concentrated on a cosmetic restoration of a good driver. At this point all it needs is some interior work

 

[David Briggs]

Truly hideous, I too have had several jags including a 69 coupe and that car does not have a single Jag part that I can see. I did drive an XKE back in the late 70's that had a small block Ford in it, belonged to a guy that had an aircraft parts company at Orange County Airport. I flew in there with a buddy of mine, I purchased some parts from this company and mentioned that we were going to Long Beach to a body shop that was painting my buddies Ferrari, the gentleman behind the counter tossed me a set of cars and said take this! We didn't realize it was a V8 until I started it up, it was quite an interesting trip.

 

[Keith]

Dunno why everyone's going on about an XKE when the Ebay listing clearly says XJE....

OK ok, so there's still no Jag in it! :