Identical twins Keith and Grant Loch own two near-identical cars. The cars are two of only nine unique cars built in New Zealand between 1988 and ’91. When I saw these cars with their V8 engines purring quietly on the driveway, I knew at a glance they were pretty special. At first glance they could be confused with the E-Type Jaguar but there are enough differences demanding a second and closer look. That reveals these cars are in no way identical to the E-Type Jaguar that inspired them. After what their builders went through to create them, any dimension shared with the Jaguar is coincidental, and under their fibreglass bodies is a lot of V8 muscle, as opposed to the straight six or V12 engines of the E-Type.
It all started in 1986, when the the Lochs’ good friend Gideon de Lautour showed Grant a picture of a Series 1 E-Type Jaguar in racing trim in the 1981 January/March issue of the Australian magazine, . Grant showed the magazine to Keith, and the seeds
