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IAIN AYRE OH PLEASE, NOT AGAIN!

I saw a video online recently all about designer Chip Foose re-imagining the E-Type. My heart sank at the thought, and sure enough it was a mess. The front and back didn’t look too bad because they still looked like bits of E-Type, but the first thing he did was lengthen the cabin and shorten the bonnet. It immediately had the proportions of the coupé version of a four-door saloon, and in any case it would have been too expensive for the manufacturer to move any of the hard points such as the A-posts.

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