FRANKENSTEIN Chevy V8 Jaguar E-Type Hidden for 38 Years & Epic Life Story | Barn Find Hunter

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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