1964 Jaguar E Type roadster (TW)

Convertible top complete April 24, 2024 April 24, 2024 April 24, 2024 April 24, 2024 April 24, 2024 April 24, 2024 Bonnet installed April 24, 2024 Boot boards installed February 22, 2024 February 22, 2024 February 22, 2024 Significant progress on the interior February 22, 2024 Chrome fitting February 22, 2024 Door latches are set and aligned February 22, 2024 February 22, 2024 February 22, 2024 January 29, 2024 January 29, 2024 Exhaust fit and installed January 29, 2024 January 29, 2024 January 29, 2024 January 17, 2024 January 17, 2024 Engine dressing and center dash complete. January 17, 2024 January 17, 2024 January 17, 2024 January 17, 2024 January 17, 2024 Engine and transmission installed. January 17, 2024 January 17, 2024 December 1, 2023 December 1, 2023 December 1, 2023 December 1, 2023 December 1, 2023 December 1, 2023 Sitting on it's own suspension with temporary wheels. December 1, 2023 December 1, 2023 November 28, 2023 November 28, 2023 IRS is installed Center dash panel November 28, 2023 November 28, 2023 November 28, 2023 November 28, 2023 Heat trans tunnel shield November 6, 2023 November 6, 2023 November 28, 2023 November 6, 2023 November 6, 2023 November 6, 2023 November 6, 2023 November 6, 2023 October 23, 2023 October 23, 2023 November 6, 2023 October 23, 2023 October 23, 2023 October 23, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 23, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 6, 2023 October 6, 2023 October 6, 2023 September 18, 2023 September 18, 2023 October 6, 2023 September 18, 2023 September 18, 2023 September 18, 2023 September 18, 2023 September 18, 2023 September 18, 2023 April 5, 2023 Getting ready for paint January 23, 2023 CJ Borrani wire wheels April 5, 2023 January 23, 2023 January 23, 2023 January 23, 2023 January 13, 2022 Chrome and windscreen trial fit January 23, 2023 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 January 13, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 November 15, 2022 Trimming the seats in sumptuous, deep red, Suffolk & Turley hides... Yours truly doing a bit of Quality Control at the Borrani factory in Milan Exclusive Team CJ Borrani wheel in production Visiting the Borrani factory in Milan last week! Basically a "new" E Type body The high build primer will be painstakingly blocked until all panels are perfectly straight All sheet metal repairs have now been completed and the car is ready for a final push towards paint Modifying new outer sills to match contour of wheel arch Panel gaps are shaping up nicely Matt fabricating a panel for the front arch TIG welding the new panel in place Wurth Body Wax applied to inner cowl side panel Sill now matches contour of wing and wheel arch Seams are then TIG welded Tack welding new panel in place New bonnet has been disassembled, blasted to bare metal, and sealed in epoxy primer The following sequence of photos show Matt assembling your new bonnet and modifying the bonnet mouth, and the lower bonnet mouth tray, for a perfect fit. Right side of car now virtually complete More modifications required to air intakes Corrected result worth the effort Bonnet mouth needed some minor modification so the upper and lower panels could meet up properly Matt welded new sheet metal to both sides of the tray, to increase the width Lower bonnet mouth tray fits poorly Modification needed to the flange upon which tray sits Tray now ready to install Time to start fitting the bonnet to the car With all mods completed, the tray now fits perfectly Unusual view of a boot lid skeleton New engine frames now installed Installing engine frames, modifying door top chrome, skinning the boot lid, fabricating a new boot latch bracket.. Matt modifying door top chrome finishers Fit will be perfected once we have lead loaded the welded seams at each corner Fabricating a new boot lid latch bracket Template transferred to new sheet metal Always a good sign whenever a body shell is removed from the rotisserie! As nice an original tool kit as you are ever likely to see.. Trial fitting new bracket in position We are now ready to install the new engine frames Matt installing the first of the new side frames Lower frame mounting brackets have been replaced New bonnet has been disassembled, stripped and primed - assembly next Beautiful Suffolk & Turley hides... Preparing to fit the new door skin Straightening the bottom of the door frame Welding the rear edge of passenger door earlier this week, prior to lead loading Using a special skinning tool to flatten the door skin edges Rear edge of skin hammered over first Lead loading underway. Now much improved New door required some straightening before it could be used Contour of the new rear quarter panel matches the rear edge of the door skin very well Initial trial fit of door looks good Wurth Body Wax is applied all all surfaces Weld zones masked off prior to applying Wax Rust proofing inner sill surfaces and installing new outer sills. RH outer sill now spot welded in place New lower engine frame mounting brackets installed Matt applying the wax to inner surfaces that will be enclosed when the new floors are installed The following sequence of photos show Matt rust proofing the inner box sections with Body Wax, then spot welding the new floors in place. Cylinder head machine work completed, trial fitting new floors and outer sills. Spot welding the floors in place Cylinder head machine work has now been completed Trial fitting boot floor and main floors Multi-angle valve job visible in this photo Fit of floors is checked and re-checked numerous times before we commit to welding them in place Block completely stripped and cleaned  Trial fitting new outer sills Machining the block to accept the new top hat liners Machining out old cylinder liners New custom top hat liners Port work in progress (exhaust) Port work in progress (intake) Surfacing the cylinder head Cylinder head water jackets reshaped after welding Installing and honing valve guides A view from above Trial fitting floor cross member  Repairing the drive shaft tunnel Trial fiting new floors Rear blukheads will be replaced  Initial trial fit of new left quarter panel Old boot floor assembly cut awy Acid washing inner surfaces of lower rear bulkhead Acid washing inner surfaces of driver's B pillar More trial fitting of new left rear quarter panel Time to spot weld new bulkhead panels in place This week Matt has been busy installing both inner sills. Rusty B pillars need to be addressed before we can install the new LH inner sill Cleaning out the inside of the LH A pillar The E Type is keeping some good company in the Coachworks Trial fitting LH inner sill Melting away factory lead from RH cowl panel Matt starting to spot weld the LH sill in place This is why we do it - rust lurking beneath factory lead Base line flow test The first of several pressure testing sessions Your cylinder head going under the knife in the CJ machine shop. Head on straightening fixture in oven Machining out tappet guides, which were well out of spec Machining new tappet guides Cam saddles being align honed Cutting out the old floors, repairing the transmission tunnel. Stripping 'shipping primer' from new body panels. New left rear quarter will be required Back from the blasters, everything very much as we expected to see. No nasty surprises! Bare metal will be sealed with Glasurit epoxy primer Upper firewall is sound We plan on using a new bonnet for this restoration Outer sills and obviously rusted panels will be cut away prior to blasting Oscar about to prepare the monocoque for blasting back to bare metal Bonnet disassembled for blasting Original color was Opalescent Silver Grey - still evident behind the dash This California roadster has been off the road since 1975 Inner sills are actually quite sound, although they will be replaced as a matter of course