Search - Project '67 E Type Jag Restoration

1. Another tardy update: (Updates); ... stripped. Crank on standard and looks OK, bores on +20. I'll wait until I have the body back before I start on it. I have decided to reuse the Moss box that came with the car and this has been rebuilt. ...; Created on 30 August 2017
2. Britney update: (Updates); ... Paint to be chemically stripped in the next week or two both engine frames are too rusted to be used; new ones are on their way most of the plating is back most of the sandblasting and powder coating ...; Created on 09 March 2017
3. Painting progress: (Updates); After 12 months the body is nearly finished. Ross expects to have it back to me soon. ...; Created on 04 February 2016
4. Ronstoration: (Updates); ... which I have dubbed "Ronstoration". Ron is one of the Jag Boys. He sold used cars for over 40 years. "Paint it black and put it back" sums up the caryard approach. So today I took Rob's car up to Jaag ...; Created on 25 July 2015
5. MGA??!!: (Updates); ... up to Jag Central. I don't think anyone but Marty actually believed that it would ever get road registration with the MX5 engine so we will put the original engine back in. Chief engineer and I stripped ...; Created on 05 July 2015
6. Why having a car professionally restored costs so much.: (Updates); ... hour. The battery hold down kit came from another supplier. The top frame measures 260mm; about 15mm too long to fit. So I had to cut the frame, remove 15mm per side, MIG it back together, grind and ...; Created on 25 May 2015
7. Notes on brake bleeding: (Updates); ... back into the supporting clamp and refill it with fluid. ...; Created on 14 September 2014
8. How to take your bonnet off by yourself.: (Updates); ... Do the same on the other side. You may find a piece of cardboard useful to stop the bonnet damaging the paint on the front frame. Roll the car back far enough ...; Created on 02 August 2014
9. Trim time: (Updates); I've run out of things to do. I have got the doors back together and aligned, put the hood frames in and put the fininshing touches to the engine bay. I've got the carbies tuned and the engine runs very ...; Created on 15 May 2014
10. Engine and JT5 gearbox installation: (Updates); Finally the time has come to put the engine back in. The unknown quantity was the JT5 box, and how much this would complicate the installation. Prior to starting I measured the JT5 and my Moss box. They ...; Created on 23 November 2013
11. Contact Me: (General); Hi, if you would like to get in touch, provide some feedback and just have a chat about all things Jag, please fill in the form provided and I will try and get back to you as quickly as I can. ...; Created on 30 October 2013
12. Engine building 2: pistons: (Updates); ... Rotate the brass cog back 3 teeth (same as the width of the crank drive) and then slowly tap the crank drive home. This will put the dizzy drive properly back to 10 to 4 with the big D up at TDC. EASY!! ...; Created on 15 October 2013
13. Motif Bar for the coupe: (Updates); ... Firstly I had to fit the motif itself into the circular hole at the front. This is held in a circular metal backing, which in turn is secured in place by a half elliptic spring that is screwed at either ...; Created on 11 August 2013
14. Electrical fettling: (Updates); With the arrival of the new wiring looms and the imminent arrival of the car body back from Ross, it was time to sort through the box marked "Electrics" Soldering the bonnet plug onto the new loom is ...; Created on 05 August 2013
15. Sunday run to Goolwa: (Updates); We go for regular E Type runs on a Sunday morning, weather permitting. Today we ended up at Goolwa. On the way back we dropped in to see Ross. Bonnet is reassembled and about to ...; Created on 09 June 2013
16. Coopercraft: (Updates); One of the front hubs on my coupe has worn splines which make an annoying clunk on braking or acceleration. So I bought a new set of hubs a while back. I had also bought myself some upgraded front calipers ...; Created on 18 May 2013
17. Coupe update: (Updates); ... and took the car back to see John Hurley. The problem turned out to be that the piston in the middle carby was sticking because the jet wasn't centred. John sorted this out and tuned the car and it runs ...; Created on 12 May 2013
18. Apologies and an update: (Updates); ... the underside with stoneguard. It is painted in primer and ready for blocking back once the bonnet is reassembled. The doors have new skins and are fitted up to the body shell. Engine. I pulled the engine ...; Created on 12 May 2013
19. Here we go again...: (Updates); It's fun when finally the time comes to begin turning piles of parts back into a car. Yesterday I put the carbies back together. As it is with these things, the first one took me about an hour, the second ...; Created on 27 January 2013
20. Jigsaw: (Updates); ... the spare room, on my desks in my study and in ever increasing piles in the shed. Within a week or so I'll start having complete sets of bits, and then I can start putting it all back together again. ...; Created on 23 January 2013
21. Nearly ready to reassemble IRS: (Updates); ... the major bits are plated and powder coated. Just waiting on the diff to come back from Bob, the diff man. ...; Created on 12 January 2013
22. First steps: (Updates); With pretty much everything stripped down, its time for some plating and powder coating. Will be good if I can get this lot back before Christmas. ...; Created on 10 December 2012
23. Warming up: (Updates); ... have it back to me by July 2013, so by then I plan to have the IRS and engine rebuilt, along with all the other bits. I'm particualrly looking forward to locking horns with the Kelsey Hayes servo. Watch ...; Created on 28 October 2012
24. Running in: (Updates); ... by its own coil 3. Missing and backfiring; fuel starvation due to a combination of fuel filter blockage with crap from "cleaned" tank and fuel line compression by spare wheel. 4. Alternator failure; ...; Created on 23 October 2012
25. Back together...but..: (Updates); Having reinstalled the seats yesterday only putting the speedo in and the bonnet back on remained for today. After an initial successful start of the engine I put the speedo back in. Took a little while ...; Created on 14 October 2012
26. and the engine...just starts!: (Updates); Chris Alan and Martin came over to start the engine today. Martin checked that I'd put all the wiring back correctly. Alan checked everything else. Chris just looked bored. Martin insisted on Start ...; Created on 11 October 2012
27. Please be seated: (Updates); Got the seats back from Alan the trimmer today. They look fantastic. Hopefully I'll get them back in on the weekend. ...; Created on 09 October 2012
28. Pop the carbs back on, Sir?: (Updates); Daylight savings started today, so I was already an hour behind the 8 ball when I got into the shed. Plan today was to finish the strapping for the wiring, put the carbs back on, reinstall the radiator ...; Created on 07 October 2012
29. and some more..: (Updates); All of that lovely plated front suspension is back on. Fitted the new rear braided brake hose, and some new Greenstuff pads for the rear. Brakes and clutch bled. ...; Created on 05 October 2012
30. The home stretch.: (Updates); Having returned from a week's holiday I'm raring to get the car finished. The first job was getting the reaction tie plate and torsion bars back in. As this is a job I hadn't done before there were a ...; Created on 05 October 2012
31. Steering rack back on..again...: (Updates); I have finally mastered the incomprehensible structure that is the steering rack mounting system. Last time I didn't change the mounts and left them in place, but I have now replaced the (probably perfectly ...; Created on 02 September 2012
32. Back together we go...again...: (Updates); First day of spring. Nice sunny day. Afternoon spent putting bits back into the engine bay. Very satisfying and really looks good. ...; Created on 01 September 2012
33. Paint's on!: (Updates); ... I'll give it a couple of days to go off properly and then I can start hanging bits back on again! ...; Created on 26 August 2012
34. Back from the machine shop: (Updates); The block, head and crank came back from the machine shop last week looking lovely. I was initially a little shocked at the $5000 bill, made up of $1500 on the head, $1000 for top hat liners, another ...; Created on 26 August 2012
35. Hibernation and reflections on plating.: (Updates); ... enable me to paint I could start putting the car back together. ...; Created on 13 August 2012
36. Happy Anniversary!: (Updates); ... back the tops of the engine frames; they feel nice and flat. A bit more painting to be done and reassembly can commence. ...; Created on 29 July 2012
37. More plating: (Updates); Did I mention that I love freshly plated parts? Can't actually do much with these until I put the engine back in though. ...; Created on 26 June 2012
38. More prep: (Updates); ... paint that peel off. So I've sanded the offending areas back to sound paint. I'll have to undercoat some of these areas first before I paint them. Below is the result of a couple of hours of sand/blow/degrease/mask ...; Created on 24 June 2012
39. I like plating: (Updates); Waiting for parts, la la la. Got a bucket of stuff back from the platers; I love this stuff. ...; Created on 31 May 2012
40. The Unicorn: (Updates); ... Ron got some motorbike bits polished and said that they were reasonably priced and look good. So the back of my car is full of buckets of bolts, freshly sandblasted objects for powder coating and my ...; Created on 29 May 2012
41. Washing dishes: (Updates); This morning I headed up to Stately Jag Manor on a mission. In the back of the car about 60kg of filthy front suspension and running gear to be cleaned and sandblasted prior to plating. It was freezing, ...; Created on 28 May 2012
42. Post mortem findings: (Updates); ... at the head it looked OK although you could see that the front three combustion chambers had a lot more soot in them than the back three. Presumably this is the result of poor tune on the Strombergs. ...; Created on 19 May 2012
43. Off to the trim shop: (Updates); ... everything down will I hope make the car a lot more enjoyable to be in. All things being equal I'll get her back Thursday week. ...; Created on 10 April 2012
44. On with the SUs!: (Updates); ... all up finger tight before having to get a spanner anywhere near them. This easily halved the time it took to get them back on. Access to the exhausts is a lot easier and they went on easily, as did ...; Created on 18 March 2012
45. Please, Sir...: (Updates); ... the "Application to Modify a Motor Vehicle" form to the DOT. At some point hopefully they'll reply. When I have that form back, I can book the car in for a registration check, where they inspect the car ...; Created on 07 February 2012
46. Finally....: (Updates); ... from Complete Windscreens did an excellent job. With a little help I'd managed to get the padded dash top back in as well; again it was easier than expected and apart from one of the ignition dash lights ...; Created on 29 January 2012
47. Whole again: (Updates); The bonnet is back on. I'm ringing the windscreen blokes this afternoon. ...; Created on 23 January 2012
48. Don't say the "F" word: (Updates); I have put the carpets and the seats back in. On Monday the bonnet goes back on, and I hope to have a windscreen by the end of the week. It's nearly...fini@#ed. If it wasn't for Barratt's infinitely ...; Created on 21 January 2012

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