Foose Design Jaguar E-Type Roadster - Work In Progress
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Chip Foose and his team at Foose Design are working their magic on a Series 3 1974 Jaguar E-Type.
Chip provides an status update on the project and the numerous modifications both made and planned, which include:
-Convertible top converted to a Roadster
-New Windshield Glass
-Stretched Cowl
-New Grille
-Hood Opening
-New Headlights, Bezels and Glass
-New Rockers
-New Rear Quarters
-Stretched Decklid
-Trimmed Wheel Wells
-New Bumpers
-New Interior
-Bigger Tires and New One-Off Wheels
-Old V12 out and LS in
-New Taillight Design
We'll continue to chronicle the process with future videos as we push to complete.
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1968 In Spokane Washington I would ride my Apple Crate Schwinn to Dishman Honda and look at the mini bikes till my stomach hurt so bad I would have to go behind the building and throw up. Seeing Chips work has the same effect on me. Thank you, for letting me still be a kid that loves what he sees so much, that I can barely stand it.
Big fan of Chip and his work. With a business you have to do what the customer wants. In my perfect world a car like this would be restored to original appearance with updates and upgrades that made it safer and perform better. E.g. tires, shocks, exhaust, updated camshaft design, etc. And the V12 would remain.
If it were me, I'd put an actual British engine into that British car! I'd probably go with a bone stock 948cc i4 from an old MG Midget, putting out roughly 42 horsepower! Lol
You know what they say, Chip. "If you're not pissing off a bunch of people you're not pushing hard enough!" LOOKS FANTASTIC! Can't wait to see it done!!!
Awesome so far. I beg you, do the tail lights in the E Type style! "Foose" them, for sure, but keep them E Type, please!!
It wouldn't be a custom car if it looked the same as original. Goose's design looks so much better than the original E Type which is a tremendously overrated car.
@@IzthatafaC I've had the pleasure of driving an E-type convertible series 1 once (I think, it was a 6 straight) and I was amazed by the sheer power and drivability for a car from 1961. I was used to driving a Healey 3000 MK1 but that's just a different world.
I was seriously blown away by the E-type, it may cost a fortune these days, but I will never forget that ride, so overrated...mweh.
I hope you get drive one once in your life, you'll remember this post!
What is better than a FOOSE car ? NOTHING ! This man & his CREW OF EXPERTS build's Dream cars the way they should have been build. The Tech is Now available to have a real CLASSIC Car that is easy to live with, They OFFER car's of the future. Foose Designs. Are the Best you can get. It would be worth the wait to get Perfection on all levels. Love your work.
I like this . No stand- out personalities ham -boning or that arguing bullshit. Just craftsman doing their job in a nice work atmosphere.
Yea, no more Boyd Coddington, and his loser crew. I saw Boyd's shop foreman the other day, he asked me if I wanted to 'super size' my fries... lol
@@cmscms123456 lol
and slam-dunking an LS into a Jaguar V12's home is classy?
I love your artistry. Do whatever you want and have fun. LS will work reliably just fine.
C'mmon guys. It is a customer car. The customer wants this done this way. At least with Chip doing it you know that it will be the best that he can do. Would you do less faced with the same decision. Oh yeah, don't forget that you and your family have to eat, this is a business. I hope you all are impressed with the craftsmanship and talent as you are given a peek into the shop. I certainly am. I want to see more.
I agree. I also think the standard e type is a bit ugly and could definitely do with a face lift. Chip Foose is the best man for that job in my opinion anyway.
Only Chip Foose could make the perfect sports car better. This is gorgeous. I can’t wait to see the end product!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
One off the few people in the world that can improve a jaguar. Don't know about removal of v 12 as that sounds amazing
Mr. Foose, you are my hero! You absolutely make people's dreams come true. Still waiting for you to rock somebody's Karmam Ghia! Give them a Porsche flat six with a 5 speed
Had me up until the LS swap. Should have kept the V12 or as someone else said, use an Aston Martin V12. Otherwise a pretty interesting build.
Are you kidding AM V12's are junk. They feed the mains from a single end of the crankshaft. They are mostly Ford V6. It would have been nice with the Aussie LS V12 though but it may have been a bit much for an E type. These things are deadly due to front end lift generated at speed. They look gorgeous though.
@@dazaspc It just seems like everyone is putting LS motors in classic cars of every make and model. Surely there is something out there that would be more in character with an E-Type. How about a modern Jaguar supercharged V8? Probably more expensive, and maybe more difficult to do, but we are talking about Chip Foose. I have no doubt he could do it, if he wanted to.
Me too. I coulndn't get past that. A dime-a-dozen LS in an E-Type. What a cheap-ass way to ruin a wonderful restomod
Pretty damm obvious some people don't know what they are talking about around here.
LS motor is the perfect choice for a perfect customized build by the best ever Chip Foose.
End of this educational session.
AM V12 and V8 are actually Ford motors built by Ford UK
I think people should wait to comment on this build until it's completed. I'm sure when this vehicle is completed it will be knock-out gorgeous. Reliable LS power without all kinds bells and whistles. What could be better.
I have to agree, dump the belly-button LS and put a V12 back in it. An LS definitely takes this down several notches.
Chip and all you guys at Foose Design continue to produce the most beautiful and elegant machines in the world. I am always amazed at the creativity and sense of form developed in every new build. Simply unbelievable vision and execution! Too bad the V-12 wasn't kept so the sound would be as exotic as the vehicle itself. I can only imagine the exotic intake and exhaust configurations you could come up with on the V-12!
Depends on how dependable you want this car to be... Could have used an LS based V12 though.
I'm with you on the v 12
Swapping the V12 for an LS? Proof if ever, that money can not buy good taste.
ZoltarSoulFunk amen
Usually i like your work, but this time you've just managed to transform a truly beautiful classic design into something that looks like a skateboard... Some things are just best left alone!
True craftsmanship. Just brilliant. Great eye for design.
While I am a great admirer of Chip Foose whose thrilling work has inspired generations of creative custom car enthusiasts, I must raise a point or two about this Jaguar. Stretching the lines and deleting the folding top to produce a speedster are creative ideas the deserve some respect, but this concept looks slightly like a synthesis of a Jaguar E-Type V12 with a 1955-59 Corvette. The tail lights owe too much to the Corvette, and the chrome side moulding is just so very unnecessarily Harley Earlish, as opposed to the cleaner and more fluent lines of the Jaguars of the Malcolm Sayer Era (C-Type, D-Type, E-type, XJ13). The concave air inlet defaces the leading edge of the engine bulge and speaks volumes about the uncomfortable Americanization of this Foose E-Type. I am looking forward to seeing the car in a finished state, although the power plant is a huge slap in the face of the legendary Jaguar aesthetic. Why not send the V12 to Jason Len of XKs Unlimited who could have done an XJ13 version finished to Foose aesthetic standards with ceramic coatings and hidden accessories? Even a Jaguar 6-cylinder, the compact and bullet-proof Chevy V8 of Great Britain, would have been a far more gracious selection. While the end result will thrill the hearts of Foose fanatics, I fear that it will represent a folly to Jaguar and those who revere its mighty heritage - especially icons including Steve McQueen, Tony Curtis, Enzo Ferrari and Norman Dewis.
Wholeheartedly agree with your comment.
It's a custom car not a Jaguar reimagining.
I concur....
Incredible metal fab as usual, but LS power? Really?? Almost spoils all the hard work. JT:PrezOrlando Misfires CC
Chip said that the owner wants the LS. He's paying the bill.
Why not. Simple and reliable, for a piece of mind in a custom car, that's not a bad thought. But I relate to your comment.
Totally. LS kills the build. Sad.
Yeah it would of been nice with an updated Jaguar I6 modernized with proper fuel injection and maybe a turbo
Agreed, this is no longer a Jaguar, but some run of the mill resto-mod.
Glad to see all the push back in the comments. The E-type is perfect looking as-is. I think Chip is wasting his time and talent on this one.
Fantastic project BUT why a V8? Surely a V12 was built for this car so that’s what it should be especially as it’s one of the best engines in the world please not an american V8
@@philthedogg I love Jaguar and the V12 is a lovely engine, but it's heavy and way down on power compared to the vastly lighter, more compact LS.
The choice of an LS seems so wrong! Please reconsider the V12?
V12 is a pants motor. Should be a straight 6! Ls is way better than a jag V12 of the time. If it was my car I would go for an up to date Ls with all the control for a reliable drive.
Maybe the LS V12 from RaceCast.com?
Turbo four
@@ShaunHensley hah! i think they should install a heavily modded 4 banger from a 1987 fiero! make it sound like a leaf blower!
Please reconsider the LS. Maybe use a modern V12 like the Aston Martin "double duratec"?!?
You are a genius' genius, but hat design was perfect aesthetically to begin with. Enzo Ferrari said that was the prettiest car ever designed and I would whole heartedly agree.
Enzo must know it!
You are quite amazing sir!! As an architect, designer and nowadays illustrator, I want to let you know how wonderful your work is. Your conceptions, your stylised and sophisticated lines, your respect for proportions, your exquisite taste without losing the north american feeling. I really love your work. Saludos desde Colombia
You had me till you said LS MOTOR I'm sorry but but it needs to either stay v12 or go to a jag straight 6 best sounding engine in jag
Well said buddy, it would lose a lot character.
Love it!
LS motors are great but I think it ruins this car. :(
Darren Widas I agree. Beautiful work, but a European masterpiece needs something more refined than a LS. Modern Mercedes or similar maybe.
Or even rebuild the v12 and put moden efi on it
@@ClaytonwFirth I'd agree but it was probably dictated by the customers choice. No doubt the LS puts out a lot more HP and might weigh a bit less. But it will never sound like a finely tuned V 12.
Exactly! There are plenty of ridiculous UK motors of V-10 & V-12 configuration.
@@ClaytonwFirth where is the European masterpiece ? Jaguar ?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The E type doesn’t need any modifications. It was perfected by the finest British designers and engineers.
stupidly huge wheels and an LS.... you may as well just have dynamited the jag and been done with it.
Mellow Seven Gaming stfu moron, people are trying o modernise those old cars like making a them full electric for example if you don't like it no one cares it's a project and after this the car will be alot more reliable than the old junk British drive train
My thoughts exactly.
All you need now is a spandex driving suit , white loafers and Elvis sunglasses.
Electric E Type? you will burn in hell for that. Burbling V12 or milk float. MSG is right about the wheels to.
Mellow Seven Gaming When do you cross the line of it not being a jag anymore? Once you’ve gone that far, what was the point of even picking a particular car to start with? Anyways...I don’t know how you can justify whatever this build is costing some sucker. But hey, when you’re a millionaire, who gives a shit. Pay the hottest builder around to build you something crazy for 500k$ & call Chip when it won’t start.
Chip hasn't changed much after all these years. Remember watching Overhaulin' when I was little and I remember him looking just about the same as he does now.
I like the idea of the designer actually working on the car, so many of the top designers do very little of the manual work. I appreciate they have a business to run and get great teams around them, which is a skill in itself, but to me that manual work takes ownership.
I respect your skill as an automotive designer. You have created fantastic designs, many of which I still drool over. But the client must be paying handsomely for you to do this ...
It's absolutely beautiful ❤. Back in the day most cars were handbuilt bespoke creations. I love the concept of taking already beautiful lines and beautifying it even further. I bet most of the "armchair critics" just comment because social media make it possible for them to do so
I have a soft spot for Chip Foose, he graduated from Art Center, the same place my father graduated from, back in the late 50's. Family man, husband, and a great designer, second to none.
That hood scoop looks like it's from a 58 Ford Fairlane
More like a Ferrari 550 Maranello...
Anyone else see the cardboard cut out of Chip? Do you know why Chip is so love. He is the real deal . Shine on brother. Chip will you build a bicycle someday. Thank you.
Having been raised with English cars (A jag, three Triumphs, an Austin Healey, a Rover sedan, and my own personal Land Rover), I do have cry sacrilege! to replaced that beautiful 12 with an LS! Having said that, it is always nice to have a car that STARTS, doesn't make its territory in the driveway daily, and you can get parts for without going broke paying for parts delivery.
To many of the comments,
I have yet to see a bad custom body work by Chip, I reserve my judgement when I see the the end result of any project, done professionally or not but he and a few others certainly have my respect. I've seen many customs by many custom vehicle builders /enthusiasts over the years, do some very awesome one -off work.
That is to say,
I don't necessarily approve of all end results from different builders but at the same time, I focus primarily on the most important part......... When you take in the flawless raw seamless, hand hammered sheet metal body work , you can't help but stand back and marvel at something that will take very little body filler to take it over the top.
When a mere mortal can draw something on paper, take that drawing and turn it into a reality, that is pretty remarkable right there! There aren't many people out there who can even draw well, let alone, bolt a fender on and properly align it. There's a very good reason why Chip Foose has won the Ridler award more than a few times, I'll leave it at that
Power to weight for the LS is the right choice. For nostalgia and purity no, but power and performance there’s no question.
You do what you do & you do it better than anyone else..........without doubt. It might not be an original E Type but it's going to be a galaxy away with a completely new rendition. Fabulous.
Beautiful work as usual from Chip,but without a Jaguar engine in it how can you call it a Jaguar? I’d rather see a hopped up Jag Six than a LS Chevy in it!🤮
fw1421 I think it’s the right thing cause the rest of the car is no longer an e type
A Jaguar V12 built just like the one used in the XJ13 would be a much better choice.
Not easily done. That was a DOHC motor, basically two short-deck 2.4 XK6s sharing a crank. The production V12 is a tall-deck wet-liner engine with a wider bore centre spacing than the XK. It's a big, heavy old hector of an engine, and even tweaked heavily, you're not going to get much more than 400bhp out of it. Swapping in an LS is infuriating, but they're the most ubiquitous 21st century hot-rod engine for a lot of very good reasons. Light, compact, excellent power density - the Jag V12 is none of these things. Now, various companies in the UK have fitted DOHC heads to the Jag V12, and Neville Swales of Building the Legend, an XJ13 replica builder, is in the process of developing a new DOHC V12 based on the SOHC Jag block, but it's still 2 valves per cylinder and not that high-revving, so the power-to-weight ratio isn't brilliant. The V12 was always too long and heavy for the E-type anyway, it ruined the handling.
Agreed but it already looks crap. So it's pointless to worry about
Richard Harrold Definitely too hard for Foose to do a nice Jaguar V12. He doesn’t know much about cars so you got me there. 🙄
Awesome car! Maybe a little sad about the ls conversion, would rather have seen something extreme like an english aston martin v12 engine..But still a very sexy car!
Beautiful as always. I was with you.. up to the LS motor. That's an effin' sin. I know it's the buyer.. ugh.
Stopped being a Jag right there.
what would you expect they have no idea. waste of a car
As soon as he said we put a ls in it. I went straight to jay leno
@@tommillar2821 they have no idea, Maybe you should invite them to your world famous body shop to show them how it's done?
Chevy power plant = cheap $$. It has the biggest impact on the bottom line in most any build and especially in a non-GM format is just sacrilegious.
@@69A12SuperBee more reliable and more power than the Jag boat anchor. This car is obviously meant to drive rather than being sat at the side of the road waiting for a breakdown truck. The Chevy motor makes this a car that can be used every day.
Americanizing a true british sports car, Breaks my heart
Thanks Chip, now we know how to turn a silk purse into a pig's ear 🐖
Jaguar purists not happy. Show some class chip. The name and design are legendary. Save the Ls for the trailer park Ferraris.
Foose has more class than you ever will.
This guys artistic and shops sheet metal work is beyond compare. I believe everything he's doing can be done on 3DP-Platforms WorkBench Series printer #400 (57"X, 39+" on Y, 27" on Z axixs) running Stratasys's off patent Ultem9085(PEEK), and autoclaving or vac bagging the lightest "TexTreme" Cabon-Fiber prepeg over sealing the PEEK in a super light impact resistance composite. Anyone saying you can't keep strenght with multiple sandwitch/finger joinery just hasn't seen my process.
It's a fantastic job.congrstulation Chip.👏👏👏👏
Love your work, but I’m sure you are going to get more than a little flack for cutting up an E-type. And we all know an LS is a terrific engine, bullet proof with lots of power but does one really belong in that car? I’m surprised you did that.
Chip foose the best ever ... Big thumbs
chip, your drawing of the tail light on the rear quarter was so realistic looking I couldn't tell it was drawn on until i saw it from another angle.
I do think you should go with another engine because it's a jag. put a new jag v8 in the car so it's not so cookie cutter. I love ls motors but I feel like it doesn't fit the theme of the car.
It take years of hardwork to reach this level of excellence. All the best for this project.
Sorry Chip, normally love your work but not this time. Please remember what Enzo Ferrari said about the E-Type.
Mr H he said that about the series 1 not the series 3
What made you think he never know what his doing?
Mr H l do think you're wrong or else why are you watching this video ?
To criticize Chip Foose ? Okay you got your shot in so please go somewhere else now.
Exactly I think he's butchered an already stunningly beautiful car
Everyone is entitled to there opinions. That’s the price we pay for living in a society.. at the end it’ just all. BLA ...BLA ...BLA .......
So glad he didn't get his hands on a Mk1......some things cannot be improved, even by Chip!
Car comes into Chips shop as an old car leaves as a piece of Modern Art.
Foose did a Jag?!?
I gotta find that Overhaulin'...
(Btw, that '69 Impala dropped
on a Corvette frame is one of
the most beautiful vehicles
I've ever seen. Good lord,
Foose builds jewels.
Can't wait to see the finished car, Mr. Foose!! She looks so slender, clean, and fast. If you're the lucky new owner reading this and watching Chip work on your car, enjoy all of the attention you are about to get at every single car show, magazine article, or red light... You have made a wonderful choice in not buying another new FerrarLamboStangVette911ently, and just cut the Foose loose with your cheque book instead!!!
My $0.02 to all the negative people on here: Go watch a video of an original E-Type Jag. Chip Foose is a man designing and building a car for somebody, not everybody. You think you can do better, pick up a wrench and a TIG torch! Cheers everyone.
so much done right, then just enough done wrong that I cant have any love for this.
I love watching people with passion for their work.
In a car like this. It's a big no no. And I respect and admire Chip Foose a lot
That was a nice candidate for a V12LS. If you wanted to go LS, that was the ideal option.
You can buy a v12 ls though .
That bonnet scoop and lack of windscreen surround look grim , and you’ve made the back look like a corvette .
commenting again - I love the LS motor. If LS had been available back in '78 when I had my V12, would have considered swap - but sold the Jag, never missed it. Wouldn't really want it today. Got a lot of attention, but it wasn't a great car. At the dealer a lot. Some great cars available today.
Guy is an absolute genius......
The wheels look like Art Arfons' Green Monster wheels.
Beautiful car as always but why on earth did you not restore the V12
because everyone that has ever worked on one of those old jag v12 knows they were an abomonation of poor design, poor power, and extremely heavy, 300pounds more that the bmw v12 of the same era. and a huge fuel and bank account appatite
Chip, with all due respect and admiration for your talents I feel compelled to get this opinion to you. The original E-Type appeared feminine and graceful. Please reconsider the course, brash aggressive egg-crate grill.
More importantly, consider the tail lamps flowing horizontally with the bumper line. Blobs on top of the fender humps doesn't add grace to the lines.
I'm old and a novice with "styling" but I feel it best to get it off my chest and on to yours!
Simple clean and graceful is how it should be.
www.hagertyinsurance.co.uk/price-guide/Content/VehicleImages/Jaguar E-Type Ser 1 4.2 FHC 1966.
CHIP, ...so nice to see you "working". It's inspiring to see the PROS at work...working. The SHOW didn't show all the fine details. I appreciate you my good sir! #TheLostFalcon_MarkOne->
All of the purist comments make me want to LS swap a Ferrari 250 GTO.
The buyer has a dream car in their vision. That vision looks like an E-type, but has a different soul. As long as the car is well-built and driven hard and brings the owner joy, it's beautiful.
I love an LS as much as the next guy, but really an LS? Like at least do that crazy LSV12, or build a Jag V12 with ITBs and some hot cams.
Customers build. He obviously wanted an LS. I’m thinking owner plans on driving the paint off this car which he should. I would want an LS as well, minimal down time and cost to repair if bogged to deep. Handling will be improved as well with lighter power plant. Subtle changes to body are nice and in Foose taste as always. Great job, excited to see how it handles.
A master of his craft
Like to see you modernize the Jag v12,,,,,turbo's and efi. LS is a cop out these days.
The V12's open-deck wet-liner design makes it a poor choice for boost. Nowhere near the LS's block strength. Twin supercharging has been done but at the expense of reliability and longevity. An XK6 could be boosted...
I'm seeing a lot of negative comments about different aspects of this car, so my 1962 XKE owning self has to
comment. That was a converted D-Type racer, before the factory was built. I got used to no glass over the
headlights and wire wheels, a big part of the character of the car for me. The long stroke six cylinder is also
a big part of the character, all that torque and the jaguar sound, taking it up to 120 mph in second and then
changing into third, the front end rising up as the motor growls. I always thought that from behind, it looked too
much like a tadpole, and similar designs from other English manufacturers had nicer looking rear ends.
I'd have a very difficult time thinking about painting a color, but natural metal is always very attractive.
The traditional racing green with yellow trim is very nice, but then I'm of Buchanan ancestry, our tartan colors,
so that's more than just very nice. I hope I get to see this car going down the road. I'm still out there.
Hey Foose can't wait to see the finished car, not to sure the rear boot is flush yet, but knowing your work am sure it will be. Great job!
A beautiful, steel bodied Corvette.
LOVE THE JAG!! Your styling is phenomenal! I agree that an LS motor needs to be in here. As having owned jags and numerous British cars the motors, transmissions and wiring are sub standard LS motors are bulletproof, make stupid horsepower. That is what hot ridding is all about!! ( just don’t paint it Boyd red)
Looks like a vette, and has a vette engine
Looking at the render seriously makes you wonder why Jag isn't making something this good looking now as a brand new car.
Pretty sure it would sell like hot cakes.
Can't wait to see it finished
Chip your back...I thought you were going to let Dave run away
with it . Great job with jag I really love it. Here's one for you.
A Porsche Pan America...it could use some guidance.
♥♥♥♥♥♥ You know I am surprised there is no Foose inspired car for sale
Do the v12 LS motor! Perfect for this project!
bradyspace 100% agree.
Nice work. I miss my jaguar cant wait to get another jag..
This isn't a Jag. It's a rip off, COPY, Knock Off. Clone... Call it what you will except Jaguar.
On its release in March 1961 Enzo Ferrari called the Jaguar E -Type "the most beautiful car ever made", and, in my opinion, Chip Foose is one of very few individuals capable of making it even more beautiful.
BUT, as so many other commentators have said, in summary - please do not belittle the car and all of the wonderful work put into it by using the most common of power plants. There is a place and use for the almost ubiquitous LS engine but this is neither the right use nor the right place.
By using anything other than a Jaguar motor you are turning a gorgeous silk purse into a mundane sow's ear.
Pure art in motion when its done but the LS is to run of the mill. 12cyl or source a jag V8 for respect.
Chip, you're one heck of an artist! And have a great crew, go for it! It will be a one off!
If we´re going V-8, why not Jaguar´s own?
Takes four cams and a supercharger to make 503-567bhp. When an LS3 crate motor makes up to 525bhp with no power adders, and the LS9 exists, it's hard to justify the AJ-V8 as a hot-rod powerplant.
@@richardharrold9736 Yea but an LS. And how many horses will this cruiser need?
All that design work to put a boring engine in it. At least get the V12 LS. It's not like cost would be a problem.
0:15. Why not just start with a Corvette C1 if you are going to make a Jaguar E Type look like a Corvette C1?
How to turn a filet mignon into a big mac. 💩
couldn't have have put it better my self, they mutilated it :(
Absolutely !.. No longer an E-type
so true
No......how to turn a sows ear into a silk purse. Have you ever owned an E type? No,thought not. Lucas electrics were crap & many other parts not much better. The owner wants his own version of the original & it'll be a show winner,which is why he's paying the big bucks. He wants a Hot Rod,which is why the dated V12 has to go. Swapping out the overweight slug for a big horsepower V8 with a 4L60E behind it is brilliant. Ever seen a car that Foose fucked up.....No, and you never will!
myredute ....I take it you’ve owned Jaguar cars?? The all alloy V12 is 60 kilos heavier than the famous XK straight six. As for the electrics, everything works in my car. Parts don’t fall off and the car always starts. All down to how the vehicle was looked after I think. You must have had a bad experience with a dud car. As for what’s been done here, this is no longer an E-Type. It’s a hot rod that was a British classic. It’s now so seriously modded that any link with the original is now basically lost. No, the creator has not gone wrong, he’s just reinterpreted an original car and morphed it into something else that started as a Jaguar car and that still sports Jaguar badges with some original Jaguar DNA. That’s where the relationship ends. This is simply a Foose Special that used a Jaguar as a base.
It’s an icon for a reason , that’s what makes ideal to update ... mini , fiat 500 , beatle ... !
Cherish the past ,but. look forward to the future.
Cut Chip some respect.
Meet the fans in the middle, V12LS from Racecast in Australia.
Chip I love your work but ... some cars you shouldn't mess with. I hope you surprise me with the final job. Congratulations for all your work.
All that skill, design and craftsmanship and put a run of the mill, done a million times LS in it? It can't be too late to put the V12 in? Surely Chip, this will be one of your only mistakes not going the V12!
Ls just killed it for me
Love the work, absolute craftsmanship at its finest. For the purists, its a mortal sin. But custom ideas are about being different and presenting them in a way nobody has presented them before. That for me is unique.
The only way to better a Jag E-Type is the 'Eagle E-Type' everything else is a waste of time and money. If the E is not worth restoring then it's not worth owning.
jeremy fine true!
completly agree about the Eagle....everything else including C’s creation is not done
Hmm. Looks like a corvette//thunderbird/e-type hybrid. An American e-type. Nice. Needs a v12 though.
You are a master and monster!!!!