FRANKENSTEIN Chevy V8 Jaguar E-Type Hidden for 38 Years & Epic Life Story | Barn Find Hunter
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- In this episode of "Barn Find Hunter," Tom discovers a 1962 Jaguar E-Type with a 327ci Chevy Small Block V8 and a Borg Warner T-10 Transmission. But, it's not just the car that interests Tom, the owners of this car could have a movie written about them with the amount of adventures they have been on: A life on Wall Street, living in the West-Indies, hanging with Burt Munroe at the Bonneville Salt Flats, vintage racing, owning the worlds most desirable cars, and traveling the world together.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:34 Save money
1:00 Big Reveal
1:38 Why a Jaguar E-Type
2:15 Modifications
3:00 Did it make people mad?
3:32 Engine & Trans
4:12 Cost
4:40 Daily Drove it
5:36 Issues
6:00 Mods (Cont)
6:53 Interior & Miles
8:12 Shaved 150lbs
8:33 Best car I've ever owned
9:05 Hood Problems
9:30 Vincent Black Shadow & Daytona
11:00 Getting Pulled over & Chased
11:56 Burt Munroe
12:28 Carroll Shelby & Alexis DuPont
12:57 Yamaha Verago
13:34 Rickman
14:09 TD1C Yamaha
14:35 If you kept one
14:57 Outro
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I would say that 2 techs could have that going in about a week with a little Napa KnowHow
OMG! This couples life need to be documented and put on the silver screen! By far, it's the best episode!
No kidding. Tom you could do an hour or two sitting around a kitchen table with this couple. Throw in a few drinks perhaps, and let Ruth expound upon stories of Shelby and Gullwings and I think we may have a real winner here. 15 minutes is way too short.
His wife was as attractive as the car!
What a fantastic couple. Thanks to both of them for sharing their stories, cars and bikes.
Really!!! What an amazing life they have had together! I am frankly jealous. Although his E-Type ain't worth anything thanks to the modifications, but I am sure he couldn't care less! I'll keep my stock 1964 E!
I love the depth of your enthusiasm for automotive history. Not just the artifacts, but the stories are what matters.
Well said!
Wow. Talk about lives well lived. To see the pics of their early lives should make people realize how time marches on and to do things now. What a fantastic couple.
They’re so kool 😂
The photos and video clips are pure gold!
This is simply amazing. He had a fulfilling life!
And they say money doesn't buy happiness
Barn Find Hunter (I'd say Hagerty in general) is real, down to earth car enthusiasm.
You know, as opposed to the modern, short attention span or keep-the-viewers-constantly-on-their-toes modern television style.
Love it!
15:20 Ruth was a looker in the days and she is still really fit and well!
Those two had a grand life full of special moments, glad they could tell you and us so many of them.
History exists between the ears of these old guys. So great that even just a little bit of that is captured in these barn find videos.
I know a guy in NH who rebuilt an old Jag, I think a 1960, after dragging it around in a multitude of boxes to each place he lived for about 20 years. He bought it as a project but it was a couple decades before he got around to it. Turned it into a gorgeous car. He also is a track instructor with a Viper and a few other interesting cars. He just bought a Porsche to enter a vintage racing series. And he knows a bunch of similar guys all over New England, and he’s a member of JANE (Jaguar Association of New England). If anyone at Hagerty would like to be put in touch with him just let me know here and ill get you his info. I think he’d make a great episode.
Hagerty guys great story about this wonderful Couple, and there Jaguar E Type with a Chevy Swap small block 327 V8 engine, and i hope that your guys can get this car running again for this beautiful Couple why they are still here living 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
The old man says he intends to get the Jag back on the road. I hope he does, but he needs to start soon!
familiar story and it most likely won't but hopefully someday
That gent chummed around with Burt Monro developer of "The Worlds Fastest Indian" what a life !
Please do a series on these amazing folks!!👍😁👍
Rod and Ruth were so lucky to live through an era of real freedom..... god bless them.
So cool! I love the stories of these former racers and car/motorcycle lovers. Thank you so much for sharing.
I definitely saw another Cunningham on the lawn, will that be in another episode?!
Right?!
Back in the early 70's to the 80's we used to buy Jags for cheap, XJ's and E Types, once they broke and were so expansive to repair we picked them up for penny's on the dollar. The easiest way to get them back on the road was to swap a Chevy V8 into the XJ's and because of the narrower rails Ford 302's into the E Types. No cutting and just a little fab work, both 4 speeds and automatics, whatever we had at the time went in and they really ran great compared to the original 6 bangers. I even did a XJ12L, pulled the 12 cylinder and a 350 went in. I repaired the V12, timing chain issues, and put it in a Speedway T Bucket. It was pretty wild all cleaned up with all 4 carbs hanging out the side of the engine and home made headers, 6 pipes per side with glass packs outside the frame. The sound was amazing. Sorry I sold it but money talks.
Now going for six figures if all original so people in the know now putting them back together with original engine installed
There used to be a Florida-based shop called JTR (Jags That Run) that specialized in SBC swap kits into vintage jags. After a few years they started branching out & developing small block swap set-ups for other European sports cars. A few Japanese cars, too. Don’t know if they’re still around or not but I always heard good things about ‘em. 🙂
As I get older, now 69, I hope that I keep a few interesting toys from my Era. Love the story because it is what people did, in the day, to their now priceless vintage cars and motorcycles. Sort of defines "period correct" modification?
They've forgotten more cool stories than I'll have...
Good one//Thanks!
This is a pretty special episode with this couple's stories. Love this series!
the old man has a lots of memories to carry on after death.... but the saddest thing is only the man know the depth of experience of his life... i don't know you feel it or not but sometimes i feel like why we die... and nobody knows our story and moments....
I worked at a Chevy dealership in '85-'86, and I drove trucks off the hauler that looked just like that Silverado, plastic and all. Thank you Tom for giving me a trip down memory lane 😀
The stories Rod and Ruth could tell. Don't know who enjoyed this episode more. Us or you. Love your videos.
The people and their stories have been the most enjoyable part of starting my own “barn find” channel. Thanks for inspiring me!
Decades ago I read an article in one of the top car mags of the time where they took an "E" jag coupe, pulled the engine and trans and replaced it with a Pontiac overhead cam 6 with a Borg=Warner four speed. they then took it to their Jaguar expert and asked him to drive it. They told him they had adapted the Borg-Warner trans and wanted his thoughts on it. He was unaware of the Pontiac 6 under the hood. He was impressed with the smoothness of the 4 speed over the original but never thought the engine had been changed. Upon their retur to his facility, they popped the bonnet and revealed the engine swap as well. I recall he was stunned. The Poncho 6 had performed quite well. Well enough that he didn't realize it was not a Jag engine in the bay. It performed similar and sounded similar to the jag in all respects. Wish I could recall the mag.
What a great couple. Showing there cars and motorcycles. Plus history of their life doing what they loved. Thank you
This man LIVED. This man is a gem.
I would love to sit with him and talk for a few hours.
Please document the restoration of this car if you can... This needs to be done!! Beautiful car and great love story.😊
And Burt Monroe as well, such a special couple!
Tom, what a great episode! I have watched them all and this is top of the list! What a fantastic couple! You should write a book with their stories. What a life they have had! I would love to sit down with them and just listen to their stories...
This Gentleman and his Wife are so amazingly cool!!! I would love to hear more about them. Thanks for sharing this.
This has to be one of the best episode of barn find ever. Thank you for this , also many thanks to this couple for letting you do this.
Jeez, these guys coukd write a book about what they have done... I could have watched that all day
Rod and Ruth were quite a dashing couple! They have lived an interesting life.
A life well lived by the both of them 😉👏👏👏👏 in the wind !!!!!!!
Happy Motoring ✌️❤️
@@AlexanderChristopher-qg4kl I'm no good at throwing stones or Bus Burnings ✌️
Thanks again for finding these wonderful stories and the people who created them ❤.
This couple are as interesting, if not more interesting, than the vehicles...love and good health to them both.
You have been fortunate. And you appreciate how special these people are.
This is the best Barn find yet!!
A few of my dream cars and the gentleman that lived the dream life I wish I had! Awesome Couple🤗
I’m always a big fan of the cars Tom shows us but in this case that home is absolutely jaw droopingly gorgeous
Love the shows Tom. This one is old school salt of the earth people.Very cool. Thanks.
Enjoy stories of the old Racers . Glad he still has the Jaguar
I JUST LOVE THAT , 10 OUT 10 FOR THAT STORY,. VERY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THEY WERE IN THE DAY , AND STILL ARE TODAY /// GOD BLESS YOU ALL /// 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
People dont think of Maine for barn finds because rust buckets, but we actually have so many its un real! thanks Tom great history lesson! I’m gonna swear you in as an honorary Maineah! Glad your lovin Maine!
True, also in Maine
So many barn finds or rust buckets? Or all the barn finds are rust buckets, haha. From Maine also. Yessuh
@@AlexanderChristopher-qg4kl Good to know chief!
I'll most certainly never meet Rod and Ruth, but I love them already. I've taken to talking to anyone I see with an older car, just learning the story of the car, regardless of it's condition. When I visit a car museum, more important to me than seeing these wonderful machines are the stories that the docents tell, made even more special when I get to talk to the person who lived the tale. Barn Finders is almost therapy for me, and I'm so very glad I became a Hagerty Driver's Club member when I bought my insurance for my RX-7. I may not own that car forever, but I'll be a Driver's Club member as long as it- or I exist.
Tom, you’re a gem yourself!
Get them running!
Great, great story. Got to say, what an amazing and beautiful home as well. Wow!
What a great episode Tom. A great couple that have led a great life. How good is that. Cheers!!
Goosebumps for 16:03 minutes...sooo good!
Please please PLEASE make a documentary on these people to preserve their stories!! Pleeeeease preserve their stories!!
my kind of car, and car guy. back in those days we built the cars the way we wanted, todays generation would not believe some of the transplants that took place from the late 40s all the way through the 80s, then the elite got involved in "saving" the oldies and storing them for investments. we drove our builds by the way. thanks for the video and introducing us to another genuine car guy.
that is a well known upgrade for a jaguar. what good is a car that always breaks down like a jaguar. i have seen dozens of these conversions and happy people.
i'm only half way through this and had to stop and say what a treat it is to listen to this gent's tales. i wish i could thank him! talk about one cool fella and i'd love to see someone help him get his hybrid jag road worthy again.
That was very very cool. The house was awesome too! A reminder that once upon a time these were just cars and not museum pieces!! And certainly class people as well. Thanks for sharing this!❤
Tom, between the barn and on your way to see the motorcycles in the basement did I see the Astin-Martin sitting on the lawn with black stripes on it? Great Episode, Thank You
Yes!!! They seemed to have skipped right over that car!! Why?!!! I want more!!!
Over on The House of Muscle or maybe on Motortrend , there is a Ferrari that had a Chevy transplant decades ago when the original engine was worth more than the car. The current owner will never change it back to an original engine as the install and history are superb.
I had to watch this 3 or 4 times. I was upset it was so short. I love the old racers, I could listen to them for hours. They raced when it was fun and not so commercialized
What an amazing part of living racing history to stumble onto.. And they are still together and alive with all their glory days in tack . The interview was worth more than the whole package. You are a fortunate man. My hat is off to you. I'm 80 yrs old and was fully aware of all this history and the people. Even Caroll Shelby and the rest . Amazing. So glad I got to watch this. Hope those two old treasures are still alive. I lived in the Bangor area for awhile. Dandahermit
This was a great story told masterfully by Tom. If only Ruth had had more airtime here, she might've run away with the whole episode - not only was she a supportive partner, but completely immersed in the culture herself; and still lucid and lovely all these years later. Wow.
Awesome people, story, cars, and bikes. Plus the great place they call home.
Amazing to capture this history - Thank You.
Thank you Tom, Rod and Ruth.
❤
Amazing Man ! I could listen to his stories for weeks !!!
Fantastic episode! These are more like historical documents giving insight to lives well lived. It's always great car content, but Tom connects with folk so well.
What a great episode! And what a great life the couple have lived. It's a wonderful life after all.
Thanks for doing this Tom. These people are amazing!
Great story, Thanks for sharing it's amazing to listen to these stories about these folks who have enjoyed a well lived life
Wonderful visit with people who lived their lifes for real.Enjoyd their life. Love it Tom. Thank You
One of my favorite videos yet!!! Thank you!
Thank you Tom. You are ALWAYS a joy to listen to... Shouldve stopped by when you were in Aroostook.
I could listen to old hot rodder for days, the stories and history. Well done!
I’m in awe! What a wonderful couple. And a great collection!
A wonderful story.
It's good that you are recording these stories before they are gone forever.
What a great story. Thank you for sharing. This couple could be documented in a coffee table book.
thank you = Rod and Ruth - for sharing this video !
The car and bikes are nice, the story is amazing. Possibly book worthy
What a great story they've lived. Thx for sharing
I love their story, it's beautiful...you best story ever..
Another great episode. Thanks for entertaining and educating us about automobiles.
That is a really magical piece of history!!!
That jag is so cool! Absolutly fabulous!
Just great, Tom. Thank you.
A great story, just as you say, Tom! Thanks.
Great to see Tom again.
I love it when you find a good story
It's the people that make it special. The vehicles are just the sideshow. It could be bowling. It could be hunting. It could be Bridge. It's all about the people.
Tom, you never fail to deliver. What a beautiful account. Top one. Nice one. Get sorted!
Jim Hall Raceing in Midland, Texas used to put new Chevy v8s in cars like that back in the 1970s.
It doesn’t get any better than this
Always Always Always A Great Story!!! Thank You 🙏
That was great, love hearing old-timers stories thanks aloha
Dad was from ny. Raced cars. We went to Daytona in 2000 and met some guys he raced in the 50s. He has tons of stories.
Very cool episode! I had a friend that owned a shop all he did was V8 conversions in Jags. Love the TD1 Yamaha I had the same Fontana four leading shoe brake on my RD.
What a beautiful couple and what a beautiful life. Great video.
What a living legend. The jag is like the equivalent of a gt40 would love to see it rebuilt and back on the road
Please Tom make it happen 🙏🍻
This is why I'm subscribed to Hagerty, not the the other nonsense
Lovely - I’d love to get them started- I’m sure the owner would love to hear them - great couple 👍
Everyone needs to know someone like this.