Diez Ideas Jaguar E-Kind Low-Drag Coupe is the most recent reimagined basic
The idea of a classic automotive with fashionable is a well-liked one. Boutique builders like Singer and Icon have been promoting reimagined variations of classics for years, and new corporations are popping up on a regular basis to meet rising demand.
Diez Ideas is one such newcomer that’s hoping to carve out a distinct segment within the reimagined basic automotive section, and the corporate is doing so with a car impressed by the one-off 1963 Jaguar E-Kind Low Drag Coupe.
1963 Jaguar E-Kind Low Drag Coupe OWL226
Launched throughout final week’s The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, Diez Ideas’ creation. Generally known as OWL226 for its California registration, it was designed and constructed to look precisely like the unique 1963 Jaguar E-Kind Low Drag Coupe 49FXN, proper right down to the screws that needed to be machined in order that they’d match the originals. Given that spotlight to element, it’s little marvel that OWL226 took eight years to construct.
Like the unique 49FXN, which was additionally named for its quantity plate, OWL226 makes use of a three.Eight-liter inline-6 fed by aspect draft Weber carburetors. Most of the engine’s inside parts had been introduced as much as fashionable requirements, nevertheless, elevating horsepower to 380.
1963 Jaguar E-Kind Low Drag Coupe OWL226
The inside of OWL226 was additionally given a contemporary makeover. As a substitute of a stripped-down racing cockpit, OWL226 options leather-based seats, a customized roll bar and even an air-con system.
“This Jaguar E-Kind Low Drag Coupe has been a ardour mission,” stated Marco Diez, proprietor of Diez Ideas. “I consider ‘49FXN’ is certainly one of most lovely cars ever made, so to take inspiration from that and make it my very own is a dream come true.”
1963 Jaguar E-Kind Low Drag Coupe OWL226
What’s in retailer for OWL226 isn’t precisely clear. Diez Ideas says the automotive will make extra appearances sooner or later, however the firm hasn’t stated if OWL226 is on the market, not to mention what its sticker value could be.
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