Actually, "remaking" probably isn't an appropriate term, maybe "reborn" would be better. See, while this vehicle was built on top of an original E-Type chassis and uses the original straight-six, the Speedster is actually a one-off contemporary design and that engine produces twice the power and torque of the original. Follow the images for details. [Eagle via CAR]

The custom-built windscreen is lowered and raked back with shaped wind-down side glass and hidden ‘A' posts.

This enhances the 'sleekness' of the overall shape and creates a driving 'cocoon'.

The deeper sills & lowered floor pan effortlessly increase the more muscular appearance of the all-aluminium bodyshell and lowers the drivers seating position.

This enhances the feeling of 'connection' with the road and stiffens the body even further.

The body colour sheet metal extends across the door tops and around the scallops further defining the essence of the Speedster concept.

The wheel track has been increased and the wheel arch width extended - in keeping with the 'muscular' lines of the bodyshell.

To suit USA registration plates and shorter UK numbers, the number plate aperture has been narrowed - working in harmony with the overall style.

These completely custom-designed aluminium rimmed wheels have been expertly made to enhance the visual aesthetic, road holding and grip. They are completed by the custom designed 3-eared wheel spinners.

From the first design sketches, we wanted this cockpit to be a fantastic place to be. It combines pure driving functionality with classic styling and luxury. It's pure E-Type - right down the authentic aluminium fascia.

The rear decking extends further centrally and drops into the cockpit creating a 'waterfall' console, mirroring the smooth external lines into the cockpit.

To keep the smooth lines flowing inside the cockpit, the handbrake lever has been completely concealed - under the Edelman hide cubby lid.

Underneath all the exterior beauty lies the heart of the beast - the Eagle 4.7 litre engine matched to our 5 speed gearbox and sports suspension.

The tuned Jaguar block develops 300bhp – a 50% increase over the standard E-type engine of the '60's – and 340lb ft of torque that comes in at around 1700rpm.

Overall weight is just 2,425 Lbs, which means the Speedster reaches 60 MPH in less than five seconds and tops out around 175 MPH.

These photos show a mix of vintage Ferraris, modern supercars, Le Mans racers, and even a rebodied E-type. It's actually similar to the Iranian car show but with more barbecued lobsters.

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I work at a fire department in the Atlanta area and thought you guys might enjoy these pics. They're of a 1971 Jaguar that apparently had just been purchased that day and somehow caught fire before the guy got home with it. I never found out what caused the passenger compartment fire or how devastated the new owner was but that's a friend of mine putting it out. And just so you know, he's not sitting there letting it burn in the first pic - he's waiting for the engineer to get water to him from the pump so he can put it out.

We're man enough to admit if this happened to our newly-purchased E-Type, we'd cry. Like a little girl. Not only is it an E-type, it's a fastback, and it's the incredibly desirable 1971 with the lighter and more reliable 4.2 liter straight six and without the hideous Federally mandated rubber block bumpers that came in 1972. Like little girls, we'd cry. (Hat tip to Ryan!)

With truckloads of parts and a buyer in mind, then-owner Mike Wilkinson went to go see Ray Parrott, enthusiast and restorer extraordinaire. Together they took an exhaustive inventory of the parts included in the leftovers and discovered that about 95% of the components needed to actually build an original car were there. Ray of course could not pass.

Parrott set to work assembling the car in his Essex home, using his detailed knowledge of the car and his fully assembled Series 3 for reference along with shop and original assembly manuals. The idea of actually putting brand new, still in the packaging parts of a thirty year old car together for the first time is astonishing. Things like the mild-steel exhaust system were still perfect, the dashboard came pre-assembled just as it would have in the factory, even the Dunlop tires were original and in perfect, new condition. Bolt holes matched exactly, there was no grime to clean out, no rust to remove, nothing to strip and paint and prime. More or less, a car guys wet dream. Ray meticulously undertook the work over the course of eight months and when he fired it up and took it for a first drive, it was as if it were rolling off the assembly line for the first time — because it was.

The car has been tested by the Ministry of Transportation and is awaiting its VIN and chassis numbers along with legal registration, which he has been assured will be awarded. So from a pile of parts forgotten and stored Ray Parrot is now the proud owner of E-type number 72,530. [Octane]

Another name registered for copyright by Jaguar was "C-XJ," which we can only presume to be a concept version of the upcoming new 2010 Jaguar XJ. Looks like Jaguar really is serious about re-inventing themselves. [autoblog.it, MotorAuthority]

Thought I'd send you these pics even though they didn't turn out so well. Sorry about the terrible camera phone quality. It was raining on/off and the light was terrible. The van was on Prince St. in Soho, it may be there again and I'll try to get better pics. I think it was an 80s Econoline, but I'm not sure what model. All labels were shaved. The rear lights look custom. The stained glass window was beautiful. The pics are mostly blurry, but the airbrush work was top-notch, 80s style.
The E-type is the 2-seater, 1960 something, parked on Orchard St and Stanton in the LES. Beautiful mint condition in and out. Unfortunately it started pouring as I was taking pics and couldn't get any more. It has a Hamptons window sticker, so I probably won't see it again.

There's something magical about old Jaguars, E-Types especially, which are capable of making you completely lose your ability to process rational thought. They are beautiful without compromise, with exotic and sometimes maddening engineering. You just can't help but stare at an E-Type. With the revival of the S-type and all but tragedy of platform prostitution, and the original lackluster design of the E-Type mimicking XK8, can the designers pen really be trusted to reinterpret the old XKE? It is a tantalizing prospect, but if it comes to pass, the suspense will probably kill us.

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As they say in Grand Rapids, MI, these wagons that presage the worms crawling in are "funeral coaches." We owe the good folks at Bennett Funeral Coaches a Maximum Wagon Day tip of the black cap for their extensive hearse gallery. And possible Jalop-props for creating something called the "floral coach," a custom hearse designed to carry both flowers and casket that suggests to us nothing less than a hearsamino.

In the past, it's been Porsches and Volvos (and one memorable reference to a spider the "size of a Buick"). Now that he's switched locations from Gotham to London, of course, he's slipping into vintage Jags: an XK and a luscious E-Type, both convertibles (the trailer with French subtitles shows more of the classic rides). Colin Farrell is the dumb brother who works in the garage, while Ewan McGregor is the wannabe-posh brother who "plays a big shot in borrowed cars." They both have dreams. It gets ugly. But the Jags look great.