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| Address: Carmel, IN | |
| Interior Color: White / Red |
| Transmission: 4 Speed | |
Engine: 3.8 | |
| Vin Number: 1964XKE | |
Body Style: 2d Coupe | |
| Car Class: Classic / Antique | |
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1964 JAGUAR XKE, Jaguar's quintessential E-Type revolutionized sports car design, with performance, handling and looks ahead of its time. Though the XK-E did not appear until 1961, it was quite clearly the lineal descendant of the earlier D-Type competition model, an honest and genuine attempt to adapt the Le Mans car's performance technology to everyday use -- to tame the racer for the road. Jaguar did literally that as a first step. Late in 1956, the company began converting the actual customer-version D-Type racer into a highway-capable sports car. Labeled XK-SS, it was convincing proof that there was more to the job of taming wild beasts than draping them in harnesses. The XK-SS was not exactly a failure as a sports car, but it was one of those unfortunate ones whose failings seem to outnumber their finer points; a "yes, but," sort of car. Jaguar engineers and draftsmen returned to their stations and got to work. The Series 1 XK-E was introduced in March 1961 and employed the triple SU carbureted 3.8 litre 6-cylinder engine carried over from the XK150S. The first 500 cars built had flat floors and external hood latches, making these cars considerably rare and thus quite valuable. After that, the floors were dished to provide more leg room and the twin hood latches moved to inside the car. Late in 1964, the 3.8 litre engine bowed to an increased 4.2 liter engine that would continue in production for nearly another 30 years. All E-Types featured independent rear suspension with torsion bar front ends, and power-assisted disc brakes. It is notable that Jaguar was the first auto manufacturer to equip cars with disc brakes as standard as early as the 1950s and then before the end of the decade, the first four-wheel disc brake system standard on a non-sporting passenger vehicle, in this case, Jaguar's Mark IX Saloon. Most easily recognized by glass-covered headlights, small "mouth" opening at the front, signal lights and tail-lights above bumpers and exhaust tips under the license plate in the rear, the first E-Types are the car many people think of when one mentions a Jaguar sports car.
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