1966 E Type roadster (DK) Team CJ restoration

Specification (briefly) for this project is as follows: Another total Team CJ restoration to include just about every performance and reliability upgrade, including a CJ5 transmission, uprated brakes, cooling, ignition, etc, etc.

LT has been busy fabricating and fitting a new transmission tunnel, as well as installing the new boot floor assembly.

As you can see from the following photos, the car was worse than expected when we had it blasted. Still, Lawrence has been busy in the last few days so things are already looking much better!

It is now time to carry out the monocoque rebuild. The body has already been blasted and the photos below some some of the new panels that will be installed over the coming weeks.

Gauges now fully rebuilt as new	IRS rebuild now virtually complete

New 45 DCOE Webers	Time to put IRS together	Wilwoods for the front, naturally!
All front suspension has now been beautifully Nickel plated
Building the differential
New clutch pack	Immaculately clean diff housing
3:54 perfect for CJ5 five speed!
Steering rack rebuilt	Trimming out the dash panels	Gauges have been sent for restoration/rebuild
Drilled and slotted rotors at all 4 corners	New stainless pistons for the (larger) rear brakes

Time to install new head studs	Installing the HP dampner	Marking TDC on  Pro Race dampner
Installing the oil pan	New head gasket	Time to install the cyl head
Zero pitting (unusually) inside  timing chain cover	Time to wrap it up and set it aside for later!

Everything kept immaculately clean	We chamfered all the oil feed holes in the crank	A sharp edge on the oil feed  holes can damage bearings
Great stuff for assembling  pistons to rods	Lightweight Venolias and meticulously balanced rods	Beautiful machine work
The block almost ready to  receive the crank	Venolias installed

Exhaust port	Check out the hemi domes - you may never see any smoother!	HP camshafts
Over 20 cfm increase in flow through intake ports with an increase in velocity	Off to the bead blasters!	Other items being blasted along with the body and bonnet
Door skins removed to give blaster access to innards

Items to be powder coated	IRS will be rebuilt over the next couple of weeks	We will upgrade the rear brakes
Cage was mangled, so....	We exchanged it for one that is already powder coated	Good used boot lid from CJ stock

IRS will be rebuilt next	3.54 will work great with the CJ5 five speed	Pretty nasty sills!
Cutting away damaged frames	Not much left!	Many hands = light work
Home to a rats in the past	CJ5 5 speed will be installed	Ready for the blasters

We have now finished the Stage One cylinder head and we thought it might be interesting for you to compare the flow characteristics before and after the polishing and porting process. Much more than a 20 cfm increase in flow and we would be looking for more carburation than the triple 45 DCOE Webers (that we have set aside for this engine) can provide. An increase in flow of this magnitude should relate (approximately) to a 20% horsepower increase.

Seats need a little TLC !!!
Boot floor looks pretty solid	Main floors and sills are toast