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Trading Up – then Seller’s Remorse!

Posted on August 26, 2012 by admin

I often get calls or emails from customers looking for a possible patch panel and/or some advice on how to proceed with their particular problem. I can usually help – and we actually support alot of shell restorations via e-mail … Continue reading →

Disassembly and Dissection of a Series 2 FHC

Posted on August 23, 2012 by admin

OK – get ready for some ugliness! Most of the blog postings show all of the really pretty things we can do with E-Type panels, and even the ones with ugly stuff in them have a happy ending. This story … Continue reading →

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Series 2 E-Type Center Section restoration

Posted on August 22, 2012 by admin

This project is the restoration of a Series 2 bonnet that was brought in from Michigan. The customer had visited our shop last Fall and purchased one of our lower valance support members so they could restore this bonnet themselves. … Continue reading →

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New Arrivals!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

Summer is a time when alot of shells come and go around here – the weather is good and many customers plan trips to other vacation destinations in the area as part of the journey. Here are some of the … Continue reading →

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Putting it all together!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

Well, we finally got to the point where everything was restored and fitted, and it was time to prime the shell and put everything together!

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Replacing the Boot Floor and filler panels

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

One of the last areas to take care of on this shell was the boot floor. Before the shell was blasted, I was thinking we’d be able to get away with NOT replacing the filler panels as well, but after … Continue reading →

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Another Series 1 E-Type Bonnet Assembly

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

The main panels of this bonnet were pretty rough – and were from 2 different bonnets, so I was a little concerned about how all this was going to come together in the end. Let’s take a look:

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Restoring the doors on this Series 1 E-Type FHC

Posted on August 12, 2012 by admin

As things wound down on the shell, we couldn’t put off restoring the doors any longer. We did alot of doors earlier this year, and I needed a break, so I put these off until late in this restoration. Eventually, … Continue reading →

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Learning some new tricks

Posted on August 12, 2012 by admin

Much of the metalwork we do is kind of a “black art”… It’s tough to figure out what to do, how to do it, and what tools are necessary. Then even AFTER you figure all of that out, it takes … Continue reading →

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Fender Bender!

Posted on August 12, 2012 by admin

Earlier this Summer, I received a call from the Jaguar restoration shop we work with closely… “Chuck – we had a little fender bender down here… A customer was out on a drive this past weekend and backed into something … Continue reading →

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Series 2 E-Type OTS converted to Series 1

Posted on August 11, 2012 by admin

Earlier this Summer, we drove up to Connecticut to pick up a very solid Series 2 roadster shell (see earlier blog posting titled “The latest adventure”. The tub needed to be converted to Series 1 specs, but also turned out … Continue reading →

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Reshaping a Series 1 E-Type Bonnet Center Section

Posted on August 11, 2012 by admin

Now it’s time to turn our attention to the center section of this bonnet. This is the gold center section that was part of the “junkyard bonnet” that the customer found in the back of a box truck at a … Continue reading →

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Replacing the lower rear sections of an E-Type wing

Posted on August 11, 2012 by admin

In our last blog for this project, we repaired the forward sections of these wings where cancerous rust had eaten through the skin above the forward bonded flanges. next, we had to replace the lower metal in the rear section … Continue reading →

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Reshaping a Series 2 E-Type Headlamp Bucket

Posted on August 11, 2012 by admin

Here are a few shots of a headlamp bucket we re-shaped earlier this Summer. I figured out how to remove folds in these buckets about a year ago with some special tooling I made up for the power hammer. Have … Continue reading →

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We are your remote fabrication shop!

Posted on June 13, 2012 by admin

We restore E-Type shells in-house, make our own panels, and sell those panels. But we also support many other shell restorations by owners – remotely. Customers who do decide to jump in themselves send us photos of their problem areas, … Continue reading →

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