Sacrilege

The electric motor would have about the same range as the petrol motor. Except recharging is quicker and cheaper than repairing. They were not know for reliability.
 
Joesmoe said:
Uh, @Navigator Mike, you might check Wikipedia.

I had three Jags, pretty much up on their history through '74.

The V-12 required so many changes to the car, they actually dropped the 'XK' moniker officially (though everyone still calls them that), as I had one of the first Series 3 E-Type V-12 imported - that was 1971.

The first E-Jags in the U.S. were 3.8 litre straight sixes.

In '68 this was increased to 4.2 litres.

Fantastic cars for a teen in the sixties, and I *know* what it is like is some small respect to be a pretty girl, because when I drove those cars, they turned heads.

Speaking of sacrilege, I wanted a manual transmission, so at the time, the engines had a terrible reputation - having dissimilar metals in the engine caused no end of problems - and Lucas electrics don't get me started - so there was a market for guys who would remove the V-12 and install a Chevy 350 V-8, but they had a terrible time finding the correct matching parts. So when I called a guy down in Texas who did that work, he sent me an engine/trans combo in return for the bell housing from my automatic transmission.

I did a hatchet job on the drive shaft tunnel to make the opening for gear shift lever, and that was in 1986. So the car ran -- maintenance was easy: 12 quarts of oil, 12 spark plugs, synch four carburettors -- until I sold it "just in time" in early 2008 before the crash.
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I did read Wiki and my uncles was a V-12 which I vividly remember. I'd never seen one before. I'm not sure which models you had but my uncle's was a apparently the 13.8 liter V-12, as in the Wiki photo, with the glassed over headlights. It shows it as a 1961 but apparently the early models imported into the US were also V-12s as was the one my uncle had. I recall when he pulled the heads and counting the 12 cylinders which I thought was so very cool.

Jaguar E-Type - Wikipedia
 
Just to clarify I have no issue with electric cars; in fact I really endorse the technology
And I am not doubting the reliability issues of the original engine (and especially the Lucas junk!)
And I don't really have an issue with swapping out the engine 30 years ago for something American and easily maintainable
But today - to take a 50 year old classic icon and stuff 2018 technology in it, well that is to what my sacrilege definition refers
 
Was an article about this in my classic car mag.. they are doing it to embrace new tech so when we all go electric, we will still be able to use the beloved e type on the road and not have it sat n a museum gathering dust. Its not just jaguar that are experimenting with electric classics, a lot of other manufacturers are as well... Here in England the government are banning everything as fast as they can without putting new infrastructure to enable us to charge all our electric cars... no new power stations..shut all the coal down...gas, nuclear or a bit of wind n sun power left... then they brag about renewable energy … power station near me is biomass as its green power... but the fuel comes from abroad... transported by ship to England and then brought in by rail... not really all that green when u think about it!!!!
 
I have had a couple of Jag's including a series 2 2+2 (where the +2 would have to be 6 year old's with no legs.) The E-Type issue is overheating.
The E type is a horridly impractical car for some stuff. Try replacing read brake pads. Looked nice, drove not half bad, but maintenance - jeez.

The 3.6 Sovereign was a different car entirely - too much electrics for me.

Both of my Jags were straight 6's. The V12 is a great engine UNLESS it goes wrong. The bad V12's are BAD.
I'd be more impressed if they started embracing the FuelCell technology as have Hyundai. Fuel density is way better.
 
DEcosse said:
Just to clarify I have no issue with electric cars; in fact I really endorse the technology
And I am not doubting the reliability issues of the original engine (and especially the Lucas junk!)
And I don't really have an issue with swapping out the engine 30 years ago for something American and easily maintainable
But today - to take a 50 year old classic icon and stuff 2018 technology in it, well that is to what my sacrilege definition refers
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My "sacrilege" definition is for the same reason.

If the battery technology matures sufficiently I'd purchase and electric car for local driving. A friend has a Chevy Volt and it is quite an amazing little car. I can barely get in and out of it though but it's kind of cool watching the high tech dash as it charges and discharges. Whenever he lets off on the gas, as when going down a hill, it charges the battery. I can barely tell when the gas engine kicks in because it is so quiet and smooth.
 
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