Metal fabrication almost done. Front frame rails currently being sand blasted. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Last one from rear. Converted front bumpers to the small overriders. Doing same for rear Image Unavailable, Please Login
Excellent. Restoration threads are my favorite. I have a series 1 coupe that is languishing in my garage waiting for me to divert some attention to it.
well almost there. it ended up being more panel work than initially thought....but better to be safe than have to redo it again a few years later. final alignment and prep and than, hopefully, paint booth end of next week. converted front and rear bumpers to 1972 euro style, including fabricating chrome panel between rear tail lights and getting rid of that horrible bumper rub sections. going back to the original blue exterior. driveline is being worked on and should be ready for early next month. interior is all done and waiting her highness. targeting may 1st as maiden drive. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Rough bodywork now done. Blue primer sprayed. Finish the bottom, inside, and trunk this weekend, and ready for two stage paint next week sometime. Really starting to come together now. Image Unavailable, Please Login
This is primer only. The finish coats will be dark blue (at least that is what jaq called it). Attached is a picture of the original colour before stripping. Image Unavailable, Please Login
NOTHING....looks as good as Jaguar deep navy blue contrast with the chrome bumpers and chrome wire wheels... EXCELLENT CHOICE of colour..
Hi, I would say that in the photo the car has the (very lovely IMO) "Chromed Turbo Disc Wheels" that I would prefer. But what do I know, my V12 OTS is a 1972 European car in original white and chromed wire wheels. Cheers, Pekka T. Fin.
Car was left for me by a dear friend who passed away from cancer. She was the original owner and worked a full time and 2 part time jobs just to afford it. I am keeping it as original as possible in her memory. I have a WOW picture of her I took as she was driving, top down, hair blowing, her dog in the passenger seat, she with sunglasses and a designer style hat. She was the e-type. The only minor item I am changing is to install the euro bumpers with over-riders. I have though retained the original bumpers with the ugly LARGE over-riders in a shelf. Many people have tried to get me to change to wire wheels but I like the factory ones it came with. It is times like this I really miss Leda.
Hi, That's really cool. What I like more than the cars, are the stories of the original owners. Yes, I really, really like those chromed disc wheels with hubcaps. Besides when the Series 3 was new also race cars had moved from wires to alloys, new Ferraris and Maseratis would not have wires either, especially in Europe, as they were considered old fashioned. Sure they were available as optional, but Aston Martin did not even offer them on the new V8 (or DBS V8). BTW the bumpers themselves are the same for MY1971 and MY1972 also in USA, only later cars (identifiable as US model year with the prefix, UD or UE) for 1973 (only in the front, with the metal strip) and 1974 (large rubber pad plus hydraulic damper both front and rear) had the "Federal" bumpers. Outside North America the bumbers just continued the way they were on the earlier cars. IMO it's not so bad with dark colours, like the Dark Blue, but is very visually disturbing with light colours like OEW and Pale Primrose. Great project, please post more pics as you progress. And you could also add the car to: XKE Data - Keeping track of every Jaguar E-Type - Jaguar E-Type (XKE) information, articles, photos and register if you haven't already, with some old photos too to share and keep the legacy! Cheers, Pekka T. (and 1S20183) Fin.
With all due respect. Would love to see that pic I have owned 7 different e types since high school There are memories of each which hold a dear spot for me.
Michael, while I have been holding off on going through the boxes to sort out, I will do this over the next few weeks and post some pictures of Leda and her car.
shell now completed. looks amazing in the original dark blue. the metal fabricator has been amazing. shell now going to mechanical shop for reassembly. the driveline is almost complete, interior finished a year ago. suspension/steering to be completed. feeling comfortable that can make the maiden voyage by may 1st. Michael, have not forgotten the pictures. just need to go through the boxes to sort out. I do want to frame a few of them with Leda and place in my garage around the e-type. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
these are 3 pictures of the car the last time leda drove it just prior to her illness a couple of years ago. it did not have current plates or insurance but she drove it (I was a passenger) on the remote roads for about 2 miles and than back into her barn. she had not driven the car in a couple of years. leda lived in a remote conservation area which was about 3.5 hour drive from Toronto each way. I had travelled to her place to do some plumbing repairs and afterwards had washed her car. tires were virtually flat but fortunately they were able to pump up as they had not broken contact with the rims, and had to boost the battery....but the princess started up within 30 seconds of cranking. she asked me at that time to take the car as she could not drive it and had an older jeep for local use. I returned 2 weeks later to drive the car back to my house. another week after that, she was at my house for the next few months starting the cancer treatments. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
yes. difficult to see inside as looks more grey/charcoal with the lighting. at times it looks almost blackish. but we rolled back the enclosure today while it was drying for the last week, and with the rollup door open, yes it was back to the same dark blue that is shown in the pre-resto pictures. other than two items.....exhaust and bumpers....and keeping the originals in storage....everything else is staying stock. a slight bump in compression and the meanest custom exhaust exiting through the oem quad tips. while each of my kids are special in their own way, my middle one was especially close to leda. she is getting married in two years after she finishes her grad studies and we are going to gift this to her and her spouse. some wider angle shots to follow
For sure....benefit of current technology. Some additional pictures I found. I could never locate a tan interior with dark blue exterior in the jaq charts, but it obviously did come that way as shown in the original purchase agreement. Image Unavailable, Please Login
