Original vs Outlaw: Jaguar E-Type Restoration and Hellcat-Swapped Cuda Build at Legacy Motorworks

Inside the Legacy Motorworks shop, two very different philosophies of performance sit just a few feet apart. On one side, a 1967 Jaguar E-Type—arguably one of the most beautiful cars ever built—undergoing a meticulous restoration centered around its original 4.2-liter inline-six. On the other, a 1969 Plymouth Cuda, transformed into a modern American brute with a supercharged Hellcat engine at its core. Together, they tell the story of what we do every day: balancing preservation and reinvention, originality and performance, British refinement and American muscle.

This contrast is at the heart of modern classic car restoration and restomod culture, and it reflects the kinds of decisions every client faces when starting a build. Do you preserve the soul of the original machine, or do you push it beyond anything its creators could have imagined?