Road-racer restomods come little more sublime than Eagle’s 380bhp take on the Jaguar E-type Lightweight. HenryCatchpole has a drive -
. Only 17 Specials have been produced to date: seven Speedsters, seven Low Drag GTs, two Spyder GTs and now this, the first Lightweight GT.
The Lightweight part of this car’s moniker is clearly fulfilled by the aluminium already mentioned, but this particular example takes the weight saving to new levels. Magnesium is used for the 16-inch ‘peg drive’ wheels. It is also used for the hubs. And the sump, gearbox, and differential housing. There are tubular driveshafts, lightweight wishbones and a lithium battery. Perhaps what Eagle is most proud of, however, are its new aluminium three-eared wheel spinner nuts.
The reason you require such support around the torso is that the Eagle encourages you to get stuck in with the process of cornering and there is also a surprising amount of grip on offer. In the past this has sometimes felt a little intimidating with Eagle’s Specials, but on the Lightweight GT there is a lovely sense through the wheel and your backside as to how the car leans into the tyres as you turn into a bend.
Then it’s away up the next straight through the beech trees and you can revel in the glorious engine. The Eagles I’ve driven before have all had either SU carburettors or fuel injection, but to link this one more directly to the original competition Lightweights it was decided that Webers were the right way to go. Weber was founded in 1923 and, until 1992, made its carburettors in Bologna.
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