Enthusiast prints a whole Jaguar D-Type on a 3D printer

Buying an original Jaguar D-Type can be a seven-digit euro affair these days, considering how rare these cars are. Enter Scott Woodard, an enthusiast who enjoys building cars to the point he’s printing one from ABS plastic right now.

Not to worry, though: it’s envisioned as a street-legal Type D replica running on Mazda MX-5 underpinnings. Woodard acquired a Neptune 4 Plus printer for the job and says it is good for body panels up to 385 mm (15.1”) long and 320 mm (12.6”) wide/tall. Every piece takes a certain skill to properly design and model for printing, but the cheap plastic definitely helps with the budget. Once the main bodywork is complete, the tuner reckons he’ll top it off with a thin layer of glass-fiber plastic.

We’ll be monitoring the build with considerable interest. It isn’t Woodard’s first, either: not too long ago, he built a Karmann Ghia lookalike on the modern Mercedes-Benz SLK platform.