Prince Harry's electric left hand drive Jag

PostPost by: woodcock » Sun May 20, 2018 11:11 pm

What's with Prince Harry driving a left hand drive electric Jag? It's not the electric, rather the left hand drive.
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PostPost by: Mazzini » Mon May 21, 2018 4:57 am

It was built by Jaguar Heritage, the second car is going to be a S1 fixed head low drag.
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PostPost by: rgh0 » Mon May 21, 2018 10:11 am

I presume it was a loaner or for them to drive when doing the Hollywood thing in LA. Yes i was instructed to watch THE wedding. :lol:


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PostPost by: paddy » Mon May 21, 2018 11:02 am

At least, I assume, he released the handbrake: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/sep ... -handbrake
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PostPost by: Mazzini » Mon May 21, 2018 1:53 pm

Yes a loner, I assume Harry learnt how to drive it in the rehearsal.

I thought it was a remarkable wedding, ok I just saw the highlights, but it was good.
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PostPost by: billwill » Mon May 21, 2018 11:33 pm

I noticed the Jag e-type was left hand drive. How do you know it is electric?
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PostPost by: Foxie » Tue May 22, 2018 12:29 am

billwill wrote:I noticed the Jag e-type was left hand drive. How do you know it is electric?


Yes, I'd love to know. Where is the source information for this "electric" E-Type.

An electric E-Type. The ultimate sacrilege ! :o
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PostPost by: Mazzini » Tue May 22, 2018 3:17 am

https://www.google.com/search?q=electri ... =firefox-b

And the guys next door to where I keep my cars do a load of work for Jaguar Heritage.
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PostPost by: Foxie » Tue May 22, 2018 11:54 am

Mazzini wrote:https://www.google.com/search?q=electric+e-type&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

And the guys next door to where I keep my cars do a load of work for Jaguar Heritage.


So it's electric all right. And it drives itself.

Sounds like a lot of fun. :o
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PostPost by: 69S4 » Tue May 22, 2018 12:36 pm

Hmm. Electric motor where the gearbox usually sits, batteries in the engine space, no change in weight distribution, 0-60 in 5.5 secs. Elan "Spark" or E-Sprint anybody?
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PostPost by: rgh0 » Tue May 22, 2018 12:54 pm

69S4 wrote:Hmm. Electric motor where the gearbox usually sits, batteries in the engine space, no change in weight distribution, 0-60 in 5.5 secs. Elan "Spark" or E-Sprint anybody?


Sounds like a need for a Etec Spyder Plus 2

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PostPost by: CBUEB1771 » Tue May 22, 2018 1:40 pm

billwill wrote:I noticed the Jag e-type was left hand drive. How do you know it is electric?


As I watched Prince Harry settle in I noticed there was no checking for neutral before starting, etc. I went to BBC's web site where the Jaguar was termed a "Concept Zero" E-Type. Googled "Concept Zero" and all was revealed.
https://www.jaguar.com/about-jaguar/jag ... tzero.html
Interestingly Jaguar has made the conversion to plug-in electric reversible. The original powertrain can be reinstalled.
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PostPost by: Mazzini » Tue May 22, 2018 3:59 pm

Foxie wrote:
Mazzini wrote:https://www.google.com/search?q=electric+e-type&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

And the guys next door to where I keep my cars do a load of work for Jaguar Heritage.


So it's electric all right. And it drives itself.

Sounds like a lot of fun. :o


Their workmanship is just superb, but the cars are re-engineered, high torque engines, their own designed and built 5 speed boxes, electric PAS, revised suspension, their own brake calipers, the list goes on and on.
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PostPost by: prezoom » Tue May 22, 2018 4:08 pm

If one were in SoCal, Michael Bream's EV West in Carlsbad would be the place to convert an Elan, or any other Lotus to electric power. They have done many conversions from a BMW E36 that he raced at Pikes Peak to more VW's than I can count. A Fiat 124, Ferrari 308 and a Factory Five 818. Maybe I should have considered that instead of the Zetec. But the Zetec has a lot longer range to go into the back country. A friend told me yesterday he is thinking of selling his Plus2 project.....hmmmmmm.........
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