1972 V12 E Type roadster (TM) Total CJ restoration

Specification (briefly) for this project is as follows: Total CJ restoration including numerous performance and reliability upgrades

We have now finished the panel replacement. Next up is the installation of your bonnet.

Wurth body wax is applied to the inner sill area	With the sill welded in place, Darrell the lead loaded all the seams	Freshly leaded areas must be acid washed before priming
Body is sealed with 589 epoxy primer

Installing the left hand door skin..

Weld-Thru primer used on areas to be spot welded	John spot welding the new skin in place
	Next up, installing the new outer sills

The following sequence of photographs show the repair to your boot floor.

First the rusty section was cut out	A repair panel was fabricated and tack welded in place	The joint was then TIG wedled
	With the weld ground away the repair is virtually invisible	Scraping underseal off the front mudguards

It is now time to get the exciting stuff underway! I am very pleased to report that there really weren't any nasty surprises following the sand blasting of the body. The worst of the corrosion was in the left hand door skin and the boot floor (beneath the gas tank). Other than that, everything looks pretty solid.

Cutting off the outer sills prior to blasting	Not too bad underneath...	Boot floor looks a bit dodgy, however...
Back from the blasters, everything looks quite solid		Bellypan of bonnet has some minor issues
Cabin floor is sound	Holes in the boot floor had been hidden by the gas tank	LH door skin removed and the door shell has been sealed
Bellypan already repaired	Sealing the bodyshell with epoxy primer	All in all, the news is pretty good!

Your differential and IRS rebuilds have now ben completed...

Nickel plated front and rear suspension  and brake components	Differential completely rebuilt	IRS now a thing of beauty!

We now have your IRS and engine rebuilds well underway...

Disassembling the IRS		Very grimy!
Spray can silver paint directly over grime and dirt - not a good look	Suspension will be uprated, front and rear	Cylinder heads did not want to  part company with the block
	Engine will be built to Stage One specs

We now have your car completely disassembled and on one of the rotisserie jigs ready to strip the paint.

Engine and trans removed	Firewall completely stripped
	On the rotisserie rear to strip the paint

I am pleased to report that your car arrived safely at CJ on Friday afternoon. I hope you enjoy watching the restoration unfold in the months ahead!

		Original looking dash in nice shape
	There is a fair amount of bondo down both sides of this car	Both rear arches are a little rough
	Old accident damage evident at RH lower quarter	Lots of overspray all over the underside
Some rust is bubbling though the  driver's door skin	Home made 'glass pack' exhaust