Video: The car that became the E‑type

But what of before the E-type? We obviously know it built on the racing successes of the C-Type and D-Type but this was no pure racer. How did those Le Mans winners morph into the most famous car of its, arguably any, age? Well the missing link may well be E2A, so called because it was the second prototype for what became the E-type. Like its forebears, E2A was a racer and followed them to Le Sarthe, albeit unsuccessfully. Languishing for years at the Jaguar factory it came close to being scrapped but was saved, restored and now competes again at the Goodwood Revival and Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport. We went to take a look at the most famous car you might not have heard of.