Lindner Nocker Jaguar E-type Undergoes 7,000 Hours of Restoration

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the E-type is getting all the attention, and a restored Lindner Nocker is one of the ways to mark the milestone. The one and only factory Low Drag lightweight E-type has been put back together in one of the most complex restorations ever, after 7,000 hours of work at Bridgnorth.

The Lindner Nocker E-type has been severely damaged back in 1964, when it crashed in at the Montlhery circuit, and many said a restoration could not be done. But Peter Neumark at Classic Motor Cars (CMC) was not afraid to take up on the challenge and decided to put the car back into the condition that it was just before the crash.

"This is one of the most major restorations ever to take place in the World. Many said that it could not be done but we have proved them wrong," said Peter Neumark, the Chairman of Classic Motor Cars.

Over five thousand hours went into restoring the body alone. The original crashed monocoque which had been deemed too difficult to restore in the 1970's was disseminated into individual panels.  Each panel was then flattened, repaired, reformed into the original shape and then the structure was riveted and spot welded together as per the original construction method.

In its preparation as Jaguar's unofficial entry for Le Mans that year, Malcolm Sayer designed a special low drag body and work to the engine ensured that it was the most powerful Jaguar the Competition Department had ever produced and it became the last Competition car prepared by the factory in Browns Lane, Coventry.

This is one of  only 12 lightweight E-Types built by Jaguar in 1963 and in 1964.