1963 Jaguar E-type Lightweight ‘49 FXN’ - FISKENS

1963 Jaguar E-type Lightweight ‘49 FXN’
• One of 12 Lightweight Jaguar E-types & one of only two 'low-drag' examples
• Modified by aerodynamicist Dr Samir Klat for the 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours
• Heroically campaigned by UK privateers Peter Lumsden & Peter Sargent
• Exhaustive period competition history including the Goodwood Tourist Trophy & Nurburgring 1000km
Chassis Number: S850663
Jaguar built only 12 Lightweight E-types in period. Of those, only two were modified with distinctive low-drag bodywork. And, of those, only one can boast a continuous history. From low-profile club meetings to the Le Mans 24 Hours, 49 FXN has been campaigned for well over 50 years. But what makes it unique is the work that was carried out by a small, highly motivated, scientifically focused team over the winter of 1963-’64. This was a car that was equally at home around the twists and turns of Brands Hatch as it was on the Mulsanne Straight, a sure sign that its development went beyond its headline-grabbing bodywork.
The key players were 49 FXN’s joint owners - Peters Lumsden and Sargent - and Sami Klat, who’d been studying mechanical engineering at Imperial College London. The final piece of the jigsaw was the garage run by Jack Playford and his sons, Brian and John. “It was a group effort,” explained Lumsden. “Without any one of us, we wouldn’t have achieved what we did. It was a co-op; no one was ‘primus’. We all had the same objective - how can we beat the other buggers?!”
On 7 May 1963, an internal Jaguar memo was sent to Bill Heynes, copying in Lofty England, among others. It was entitled ‘Specification of Lumsden GT E-type - 1963’. Chassis S850663 was given body number R5864 and engine number RA1348-9S, the 3871cc unit having a 35/40 cylinder head, fuel injection, aluminium block and a dry-sump system. This was to be the fabled 49 FXN. The remainder of the season saw Lumsden and Sargent rage battle in the Lightweight at Nurburgring, Goodwood, Silverstone and Brands Hatch with varying degrees of success. Season completed, Lumsden, Sargent, the Playfords and Sami Klat started their programme of modifications. By the time that 49 FXN next raced - at Goodwood in March 1964 - it would be a very different machine.

[@TANGO-x-DOWN]

@2:12 you can see my dad on the far right of the photo. Peter Lumsden was my god father and Peter Sargent was my dad’s best friend and best man at his wedding. It’s amazing to see this car again. A car my dad drove on a few occasions.

[@RobertLidstroem]

THE best looking E-Type!

[@stephenpedroff3803]

What an incredible car. Absolutely can't imagine a more desirable vintage racing car to campaign. Should I ever win the lottery, I'll be knocking on the selling agent's door.

[@2.fresh767]

Poetry in motion

[@giorgikuchava3568]

Great great grate video!!! applauses!!! Wish you make more videos @v12collector

[@chriskappert1365]

The British GTO . ❤

[@CarlosOliveira-cj3iz]

Very good!!

[@shanehnorman]

Why the big-screen music? It adds nothing, only distracts from the near-inaudible sound of that magnificent XK straight-six. At times, even the presenter is drowned out. In any case, he didn't tell us much about the car's very special all-alloy engine with Lucas fuel injection.

[@overmarsdaria3222]

There is a say , when Enzo Ferrari classified the Jag E Type the most beautiful car in the world , he was actually drunk.

[@oleromer9525]

Why the music??? It's very annoying.

[@user-ov4mk9ox8y]

you'd THIMK by 2018 editing would realize in these vids. that the background muzak should not be the same volume as the narrator!!

[@angry.8]

video ruined by this man's jibber jabber