| 1967 E Type roadster (DD)
Total Team CJ restoration |
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| 1967 E Type roadster (DD)
Total Team CJ restoration |
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Another Team CJ restoration completed and ready to return home!
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Lots of great progress in the trim room this week.
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| Trimming the rear bulkhead |
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| Both door panels have been installed |
Rear bumpers, lights and trim now installed |
Installing CJ headers and stainless steel exhaust system..
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Installing your engine yesterday...
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Wrapping up the IRS rebuild, engine and transmission about to be installed...
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Installing your new Triplex windscreen and chrome trim.
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Assembling your rebuilt differential and brakes.
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Time to put this thing back together!
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Your seats have now been restored and trimmed in beautiful Suffolk & Turley hides.
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The firewall has now been painted - only the engine frames remain..
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Painting the bonnet and boot lid...
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Painting the main body and doors...
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| Paint looks wonderful in the Texas sunshine! |
This afternoon we painted the underside of the bonnet. Tomorrow morning we will begin painting all the outer panels!
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Applying the first of the Opalescent Maroon paintwork! The following sequence of photos show how we rock guard then paint the underside of the car, which is now literally better than new..
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As we get the chrome trial fit process underway, we have unfortunately found that much of the original chrome is beyond economical repair. The bumper overriders are badly damaged, and the bumper blades themselves are severely corroded. We have therefore order new replacements and the chrome trial fit will continue once they arrive from England.
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Sheet metal and lead work has now been completed...
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We have now welded the front and side cowl panels in place and begun the lead loading process.
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Trial fitting and installing new top and side cowl panels...
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| Fabricating new inner canopy panels |
Time to start trial fitting the new bonnet |
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| Fabricating new door top drain panels |
Trial fitting new drain panels to door frames |
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| Cowl was too badly rusted to save and will be
replaced with a new panel |
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| We can finally declare this car rust free! |
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| Internal panels (beneath cowl) stripped to
bare metal and sealed with epoxy primer |
Waiting on delivery of new cowl from England |
Installing outer sills, new rear boot floor assembly, re-skinning doors...
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Oscar has been making great progress replacing your trans tunnel and main floors..
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| Trial fitting main floors before welding the two sides together |
New trans tunnel panels also trial fitted at
this stage |
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| Trial fitting torsion bar reaction plate |
Trial fitting transmission mount |
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| Welding inner sill gussets in place |
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| Spot welding left and right floors together
down the center line |
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| Looking in the background of this shot, it is
easy to see what Oscar will be tackling next! |
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| Preparing to apply Wurth Body wax to inner
sections that will be enclosed when floors are installed |
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| Welding rear floor brace in position |
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Oscar has been making excellent progress with the sheet metal replacement.
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| Rear subframe anchor points are rusty and will be replaced |
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| This E Type is about as rusty as you are ever
likely to see |
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| Oscar fabricating new rear subframe anchor
brackets |
Creating a groove down the center line of the new brackets on the Pullmax machine |
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| Marking the outline of the new brackets using the rusty original as a template |
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| TIG welding captive nuts in place |
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| New brackets completed and ready to install |
Nice work, Oscar! |
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| Inner sills will be the first new panels to be
fitted |
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| Fabricating more new panels for the rear
subframe |
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| Nice to see some new sheet metal being welded in place! |
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| To be continued.. |
Your Stage One engine rebuild has now been completed..
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Stage One short block rebuild now completed..
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| Short block now literally better than new |
Measuring deck height as part of compression ratio calculation |
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| HP Pro Race damper |
Uprated ARP main and rod bolts |
Lots of progress in the CJ engine machine shop this week..
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| Align honing camshaft saddle housings |
Test fitting Stage One camshafts |
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| Preparing to torque plate hone engine block |
Cylinder honing in progress |
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| Surfacing block after honing |
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| Painting the chain housing and crank case with Glyptal paint |
The following sequence of photos shows step by step how we repair damaged oil pan plug threads, as well as welding up damage in two combustion chambers in the cylinder head.
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Your car has now returned from being blasted back to bare metal, and as you can see from the photos below, it is in rough shape. Nothing the guys in the CJ Coachworks can't handle, although the replacement panel list on this project is going to be pretty extensive!
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Your engine has now been completely torn down and your Stage One rebuild is underway..
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I am pleased to report that your car and all its component parts have been safely delivered to Classic Jaguar and we now have the restoration underway. I hope you enjoy following the progress in these pages.
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is in 1,000 pieces |
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