The "What Are You Working On?" Thread

[Jacques Alluchon]

(From a bit of net surfing) By only unique you mean the factory car right? Looks like they were late to the party in 64. What's wrong with privateer cars?.. Protheroe's looks much nicer without those second headlights Either would be a very welcome addition IMO.
http://www.myitshere.co.uk/DProtheroe/e_cut7/ec1001.htm

No, this was not a factory car:
https://www.classic-motor-cars.co.uk/lindner-nocker-lightweight-restoration_28
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lindner
https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/txt/2326/2/Jaguar-E-Type-Lightweight-Low-Drag-Coupe.html
There are NOW multiple reproductions of it but at the time, it was unique although other light weigh low drag were built.
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20145/lot/155/
https://www.goodwood.com/grrc/race/historic/2015/2/goodwood-greats-jaguar-e-type-low-drag/

 

[Andy-R]

No, this was not a factory car:
https://www.classic-motor-cars.co.uk/lindner-nocker-lightweight-restoration_28
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lindner
https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/txt/2326/2/Jaguar-E-Type-Lightweight-Low-Drag-Coupe.html
There are NOW multiple reproductions of it but at the time, it was unique although other light weigh low drag were built.
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20145/lot/155/
https://www.goodwood.com/grrc/race/historic/2015/2/goodwood-greats-jaguar-e-type-low-drag/

Ok, thanks for the correction. As with most classic race car history this is very confusing (to me.) If the car that Sayer built to test the concept was sold to Dick Protheroe and (I assume from what I have just been reading) there was a factory car built after that 1 test bed car that wasnt ready till 65 (or they never built it as they decided it was too late to be competitive) which car is the Peter Lindner one? I guess it was the car built as a low drag coupe rather than converted from a light weight E-Type? Either way I would still vote for the Cut 7 machine If anything it must have come before the "unique" car as it was the test bed and was racing in 62.

 

[Jacques Alluchon]

(From a bit of net surfing) By only unique you mean the factory car right? Looks like they were late to the party in 64. What's wrong with privateer cars?.. Protheroe's looks much nicer without those second headlights and it was the first made test bed car that Jaguar sold to Protheroe. Either would be a very welcome addition IMO.
http://www.myitshere.co.uk/DProtheroe/e_cut7/ec1001.htm

No, it was a privateer car:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lindner
https://www.classic-motor-cars.co.uk/lindner-nocker-lightweight-restoration_28
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/2326/Jaguar-E-Type-Lightweight-Low-Drag-Coupe.html

Other privateers light weigh low drag have been built:
https://www.goodwood.com/grrc/race/historic/2015/2/goodwood-greats-jaguar-e-type-low-drag/

 

[Andy-R]

I missed a bit when I read the Wiki page before. So it seems the Lindner car really was 2 of 2. They requested to have it turned into a low drag after the initial car was made and sold to Dick Protheroe. I think Dick's car was crashed pretty bad and restored though so I guess in that sense the Lindner car really is the only unique low drag E-Type today if it wasn't crashed and restored... which it was so I am still confused Im trying to watch a film and researching E-Types at the same time isnt going so well. I'll drop it.

 

[Jacques Alluchon]

I missed a bit when I read the Wiki page before. So it seems the Lindner car really was 2 of 2. They requested to have it turned into a low drag after the initial car was made and sold to Dick Protheroe. I think Dick's car was crashed pretty bad and restored though so I guess in that sense the Lindner car really is the only unique low drag E-Type today if it wasn't crashed and restored.

This may answer your questioning:
https://www.topspeed.com/cars/jaguar/1964-jaguar-lindner-nocker-low-drag-e-type-ar109244.html

 

[Jacques Alluchon]

I missed a bit when I read the Wiki page before. So it seems the Lindner car really was 2 of 2. They requested to have it turned into a low drag after the initial car was made and sold to Dick Protheroe. I think Dick's car was crashed pretty bad and restored though so I guess in that sense the Lindner car really is the only unique low drag E-Type today if it wasn't crashed and restored... which it was so I am still confused Im trying to watch a film and researching E-Types at the same time isnt going so well. I'll drop it.

And a discussion on that topic:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1036406

 

[mantasisg]

Thanks for the links guys A lot of reading incoming haha

At the begining I thought about the Nocker, but I'm really liking this look the best

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20145/lot/155/

@Modek Yes thats subdivison modifier, At this moment windows are just body mesh with different material. and thats why it looks like that now, perhaps I could have made it look cleaner.

 

[Andy-R]

And a discussion on that topic:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1036406

Ok the list is growing. Now we've found 3 low drag cars Which explains these "long nose"/ long nose replica cars

The Dick Protheroe car enjoyed some success in period and has a cool name, Cut 7 still wins it for me

 

[mantasisg]

I even thought about doing this at some moment, while realising that it is replica xD

 

[aphidgod]

This is a deep hole.

 

[mantasisg]

Yeah... modding is terrible thing :/

 

[Andy-R]

This is why we need this car!
http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/laps/Snetterton-1963-09-28.html
http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/laps/Spa-1964-05-17-2403.html

It's clearly been crying out for a swansong, if you threw it some bread I'm sure it would honk its horn and flap its doors as well.

 

[aphidgod]

Judging from that pic, details on the suspension are going to be somewhat murky.

 

[mantasisg]

Omg, who has done that for this kitty ?!!11

I guess water would make the suspension more "alive". However, some plants would start growing on them, so the car should become more planted.

 

[Sabine Schmitz]

It's just a cropped and flipped screenshot of the floor of the CM showroom....


It's actually more like the Oreca and Gibson than either of those two.

After some intense braincrashing with friends, I edited the teaser picture a bit and outlined some shapes.

And after further investigation we found this.

 

[davewilliams000]

Finished and released.... http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/2018-corvette-racing-c7-r-daytona-24hr-3-4.19322/

 

[Andy-R]

Judging from that pic, details on the suspension are going to be somewhat murky.

It was a joke but I took it as a challenge ...I failed to find details on the suspension other than pictures and stuff but I did find some interesting info along the way (top 3 links mostly)

http://www.automobile-catalog.com/make/jaguar/e-type_1/e-type_1_lightweight/1964.html
http://www.automobile-catalog.com/curve/1964/1279220/jaguar_e-type_lightweight.html
http://tech-racingcars.wikidot.com/jaguar-e-type-lightweight
http://www.sportscardigest.com/jaguar-e-type-lightweight-competition/
http://www.stratstone.com/jaguar/e-type/racing-history-of-the-jaguar-etype/
http://www.jaguarheritage.com/Content/Images/uploaded/pdf files/ltwt2.pdf

 

[aphidgod]

Looks like you're well on your way to the physics side, then.

 

[Andy-R]

Yeah I just need a few years to learn synth models and I should be set. Searching the net for info is addictive, there might be something relevant for mantasisg so I figured it was worth posting what I found.

 

[aphidgod]

Ah, you'll sort it out.