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Category Archives: E-Type – Bonnet Restoration
I love it when a plan comes together!!!
Last Fall, I needed a good way to transport a finished Series 2 bonnet out to Michigan. You can usually get away with a moderate amount of abuse getting them in here – considering the shape they are usually in … Continue reading
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Diaphragms, Valances, and Wings – Oh My!
About this time last Winter, blasting was a MAJOR ISSUE around here – I couldn’t find anyone to do it right, at a reasonable price, and within 100 miles. I know that sounds crazy, but it’s true! So in the … Continue reading
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1968 E-Type Bonnet Lower Valance Restoration
We restore more bonnets than shells, and we restore more lower valances than bonnets, so I guess lower valances are our most popular restoration part! This is a 1968 E-Type roadster bonnet for a customer that lives a mere 5 … Continue reading
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Sick, Tired, and BUSY!!!
Sorry there have not been alot of posts this month – I got the flu… What a mess – I usually work 7 days a week for the most part, and the flu took me out for almost 7 days … Continue reading
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Time Well Spent…
We’ve had this project on the back-burner for a while, but it’s about to kick into high gear again – and stay that way until completion! This is the bonnet from the light-blue 1968 2+2 that we are now building … Continue reading
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Series 1.5 E-Type Center Section – Restoration and Conversion
I’m actually starting to feel guilty about all of the Series 1.5 bonnets that I’m either converting, or providing the flanges for… It’s getting to be alot. I did a post last year where I talked about what’s right, what’s … Continue reading
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Flanges!
I have a tough time keeping parts in stock, and flanges are the worst! I am always getting caught with my pants down on flanges, and it just happened again – AAGGGHHH!!! The last time I made a big batch … Continue reading
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Restoring Brand New Parts…
Well, not really “restoring”, but it would be nice if they were ready to go out of the box… This is a new lower valance for a Series 2 bonnet we are restoring in the shop. The original lower valance … Continue reading
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Series 1.5 E-Type Bonnet Center Section restoration
We’re replacing the 2+2 body shell with a short-wheelbase coupe, but we are keeping the original 1968 bonnet – though it will be converted to Series 1 covered headlights just like the one we did last week. This car looked … Continue reading
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Trading Up – then Seller’s Remorse!
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
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Series 2 E-Type Center Section restoration
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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Another Series 1 E-Type Bonnet Assembly
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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Reshaping a Series 1 E-Type Bonnet Center Section
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
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
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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