Paragon 1/18 Jaguar E-Type Lightweight Cunningham 5115Wk 15 Crea

1/18 Jaguar E-Type Lightweight Cunningham 5115Wk# 15 Cream 98351

The E-type's first race came one month after the car was unveiled at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show, with future F1 champion Graham Hill and Roy Salvadori driving a pair of E-types at Oulton Park.
Hill was in ECD 400 - one of the first E-types delivered to Jaguar dealer Tommy Sopwith - and won the 25-lap race from the Aston Martin DB4 of Innes Ireland, with Salvadori third.
The Ferrari 250 GTs were fourth and fifth.

In Britain, the E-type - driven by the likes of Mike Parkes and Bruce McLaren - went on to win at Goodwood, Silverstone and Brands Hatch.
When the E-type made its international debut at Spa-Francorchamps, though, it struggled to match the powerful Ferraris on the Belgian track's long straights, and Parkes could only manage second.

American Briggs Cunningham, who had raced Jaguar's E2A prototype in the 1960 Le Mans 24 Hours, gave the E-type its Le Mans debut in 1962. Sharing his car with Salvadori, he finished fourth, ahead of a second E-type driven by Peter Sargent and Peter Lumsden.
The Ferraris dominated the podium. It was clear something had to be done to keep the E-type competitive on the international scene.