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Ultimate E-type - The Competition Cars

by Philip Porter

Classic Driver, Issue 38 June/July 2011

In this, the 50th anniversary of the E-type's launch, there will be many publications - and this one is a fabulous addition to the list.

Author Porter is very well-qualified, as the writer/publisher of many good Jaguar books already.  He owns two stand-out Es: the Geneva Show launch coupe (9600HP) and the red roadster that featured in the original "Italian Job" film.  And he also founded the Jaguar E-type Club in 2005.

With a quick nod to the heritage of the C & D-types, the book quickly moved into studying the E2A prototype that Cunningham ran at Le Mans in 1960, and that had a very short race career in the USA - including appearances with Brabham and McLaren at the helm. 

Right from this early chapter and all throughout the book, Porter makes excellent use of original source material, including copies of development and race reports to and from key Jaguar personnel, circuit diagrams, copies of correspondence and ownership papers, tremendous drawings of cars and components by the genius aerodynamicist Malcolm Sayer and others.

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