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Series 3 E-Type Bonnet Restoration – Part 2 – Inner Valances

Posted on April 22, 2012 by admin

The next step for this build was to restore some early-style V-12 inner valances. We actually purchased these plus a rusty center section from a Series 3 V-12 bonnet that was incorrectly mounted onto a Series 2 car 20 year … Continue reading →

Series 3 E-Type Bonnet Restoration – Part 1 – Center Section

Posted on April 22, 2012 by admin

We were recently contracted by a customer to build a good original bonnet for his 1972 Series 3 V-12. He had no bonnet for this car at all, and was not having any luck finding a new bonnet from the … Continue reading →

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Your typical eBay Bonnet…

Posted on April 22, 2012 by admin

She’s an evil temptress – the eBay bonnet… There she is on eBay, up for grabs to the highest bidder, with a low starting point, GREAT looking photros, and a description that promises that this is the nicest E-Type bonnet … Continue reading →

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Changing Gears!

Posted on April 22, 2012 by admin

The blue 2+2 has been around for a while now… She spent most of last year in the back of the new shop – still in light blue paint – some peeling, with the bonnet and the subframes on, and … Continue reading →

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Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

Posted on April 10, 2012 by admin

This Spring has been SUPER busy at the shop – we have been working on E-Types literally around the clock, and the weekends have been filled with more work and several road trips as well. There has been some more … Continue reading →

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Armor-plated Shipping!

Posted on March 9, 2012 by admin

The mission – get a pair of restored Series 1 coupe doors shipped to Australia without damage. The challenge – the maximum shipping size is just about the same size as the door itself – there’s really no room for … Continue reading →

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New E-Type Driveshaft and Transmission Tunnel

Posted on March 7, 2012 by admin

The next order of business for this shell is to close in the box sections where we have hidden the subframe rails, and also replace the crusty driveshaft tunnel and transmission sides with new pieces formed in our fabrication shop.

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Monocoque Metalworks “Hidden Subframe”

Posted on February 29, 2012 by admin

Many of the shells that we restore are treated to extra stiffening inside the sills, cross-member, and other box sections. We call this the “hidden subframe” because once the shell repairs are complete, you can’t see any of it, and … Continue reading →

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Starting the sills and floors

Posted on February 29, 2012 by admin

It’s now time to start in on bringing this shell back from the dead. We started with the floors and sills, but did have to make some B-post repairs first…

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Blasted!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by admin

We sandblasted the shell the week between Christmas and New Years – that’s how far behind I am on posts! Take a look at how she looks now:

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The dangers of amateur welding!!!

Posted on February 18, 2012 by admin

This is a cautionary tale about the risks in getting the local guys or your friend with a welder to work on your E-Type… An E-Type is assembled with 95% resistance spot-welding, and about 5% gas-welding on the seams and … Continue reading →

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Converting a Series 2 E-Type Shell to Series 1

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin

Our next order of business in the restoration of this shell is to put the tail back together. The previous restorer has replaced the entire boot floor and both rear lower valances with new MR panels, and as usual, the … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding an E-Type OTS Rear Bulkhead

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin

This project started as the construction of a 1967 Series 1 spec OTS shell from scratch… The plan was to use chunks of dead E-Type shells, but mostly all new pieces that we fabricated here to build a complete shell. … Continue reading →

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Series 2 Bonnet Restoration

Posted on February 2, 2012 by admin

The Series 3 bonnet that the building caved in on actually came in on the same truck as this project – a wrecked Series 2 bonnet. Someone had attempted to repair this bonnet with a new fender, but threw in … Continue reading →

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Series 3 V-12 Bonnet – Building Collapse!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by admin

“You have got to be kidding me…” – that’s what I said when this customer showed up with this bonnet in the back of a box truck. They had said over the phone that the ceiling of a storage building … Continue reading →

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