Classic Car Racing Series 1 E type Jaguar race car specification
1962 S1 FHC built as a left hand drive car and registered at the factory as 1302WK before shipment to the USA. A Jaguar Heritage certificate endorses this fact. The car returned to the UK at the end of the last century. It was then stripped, the paint removed by sand blasting and the car moved to Brooklands Motorsport for preparation into a race car. Other projects got in the way and restoration did not commence at Brooklands, the car was put into a corner and dry stored for several years. In 2004 the car was purchased as a project by Classic Car Racing, to be fully restored and rebuilt to FIA appendix K specification, then certified with a Historic Technical passport. The original number plate had already been recovered from the DVLA and reattached to the car with a new style log book.
The car has been run in the HSCC Guards race series for the last two years, in 2006 the car finished second in class to Les Ely – the championship winner in that year. Last year it won its class and was awarded the prestigious Historic Jaguar Trophy.
The current specifications are as follows.
Body shell is all steel with de-seamed rear quarter panels, lightened rear hatch and doors. The rear wheel arches are slightly flared to accommodate 7” wide peg drive alloy wheels. The bonnet is built to the ‘Le Mans’ specification in aluminium, that is higher wheel arches, increased number of louvers, side catches and straps and larger headlight openings, with Perspex covers.
The body is painted in Jaguar metallic blue with a metallic silver double stripe running the length of the car. The inside and underside of the car are finished in the same metallic blue.
The car is fitted with a roll cage built by Safety Devices to the FIA specification, a certifying label is fixed to the cage. The cage is finished in satin black; this cage is fully removable.
The inside of the car is fitted with two alloy seats to the original Jaguar design, but with slightly higher backs, to give greater support, they are covered in light grey leather cloth, they are easily removable or repositioned. A light grey FIA, four point harness is fitted to the driver’s side, anchor points are also fitted to the left hand side, should there be a requirement to run with a co-driver. There is a head restraint fitted on the driver’s side.
The dash panel retains the original panels but incorporates the required gauges and switches. There are two separate master breakers to allow maximum flexibility in using and servicing the vehicle.
The car has a CCR heated front windscreen that utilises fine wire technology for very effective demisting. These screens are certified for sale and use in the United States and throughout Europe. Certification numbers are marked on the screen. All the remaining glass panels have been replaced with Perspex panels, glazed with standard rubber channel. The rear opening quarter panels have been retained to maintain the original look of the car.
Chassis. The front frames are new items supplied by Martin Robey, they are finished in silver. The rear suspension cage is solid mounted using the original Metalistic style mounts with extra reinforcing welded in. If required these can be removed and replaced with standard items. The rear cage is located with radius arms fitted with heavy duty mounts, as per the works cars, there are two extra adjustable radius arms fitted close to the exhaust system, to give additional rigidity to the rear cage. These can easily be removed if regulations prohibit their use. All Metalistik bushes have been replaced with heavy duty black ‘poly’ mounts.
The car utilises all series 1 components in the suspension. The hubs are peg drive to the E type standard PCD. The rear drive shafts are early GKN units as supplied to the first few cars, the tube construction offers increased strength.
A stainless steel re-packable exhaust system is fitted with a FIA approved pattern manifold, the whole system was made by Hayward & Scott. Provision has been made for the fitment of Lamda sensors to the manifolds, this allows the monitoring of the exhaust gas mixture and enables the correct mixtures to be used at all throttle openings.
Front brakes are Jaguar Mk 9 with alloy pods utilising modern seals and pistons. Front discs are also Mk 9 items. The rear brakes are E type S1 in pattern but are also made from alloy with modern seals and pistons. There are two ducts fitted to the rear floor to allow hot air from the brakes to be vented via the rear windows and the rear door.
Wheels are 7” light weight alloy items fitted with peg drive presser plates, the wheels are retained with chrome ‘Knock on’ spinners. The wheels are painted in silver.
The tyres currently fitted are Dunlop CR65 pattern 5.50 M 15 front and rear.
Engine. The engine is a 3.8 litre Jaguar 6 cylinder built by the renowned engine builder David Butcher. The engine was built for Classic Car Racing in 2005/6 and was run for two seasons in this car. At the end of last season, 2007, the engine was removed from the car and returned to David Butcher for rebuilding. During this process the engine was fitted with new forged pistons, new main and big end bearings and all new seals gaskets and parts as required. The completed engine was dyno run in and set up, it was then used for three races, this year, in the CCR Low Drag, as follows.
Donnington: holding 2nd in class when rotor arm failed – 6 laps completed/
(traced to a batch of faulty rotors issued by Lucas)
Cadwell Park: class win 2nd overall
Silverstone: withdrawn before race with a noisy gear box. (not the one now in the car)
A full dyno sheet will be made available with the car and is available to inspect with the car. Also provided will be an engine build sheet and a chassis set up sheet.
The fuel system comprises two Facet red top pumps, which are fed from a 120 Litre fully baffled and foam filled alloy tank. The tank is filed via a 3.5” Monza style cap located in the rear door. Fuel drains into a collector pot from where it is pumped into the system. Fuel pressure is regulated through two FSE Malpso alloy filter regulators. A fuel pressure gauge is supplied with the car for ease of setting the fuel pressure. From the regulators the fuel is delivered in heat reflective piping to the carburettor manifold. All the fuel pipes are run in braided pipe.
Gear Box: A new close ratio, all syncromesh gear box has been built up by an ex-Jaguar technician. The box has a close ratio gear set with bronze syncro rings.
For further details and appointment to view please contact the owner through Myles Castaldini,
www.castaldini.co.uk mylescastaldini@hotmail.com 07957221871.
£75,000
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