The 'E' Type Forum

I can't say I'm surprised Chris. I struggled mightily with mine and they were the originals, AND Robeys had fitted them when fettling the (new) bonnet. I tried longer screws, some with sharpened ends, in my increasingly desperate attempts to get the damned threads to engage. Then if they were too lo...

You do have to be careful with that fragile legend strip. On my car, the left hand end had been snapped off at the screw hole when I bought it...possibly by some passenger's shoe. But, oh, my delight during the grim process of scraping the slowly composting underfelt off the crumbling floor panel, t...

I agree...ask a specialist. I bought a DIY scratch removal kit a few years ago to deal with a scratched screen and it didn't make the slightest difference.

Great photo Simon. Lovely cars, all 3 of them.

Good for you Nick. In my experience you continue to enjoy the fruits of a job done well long after you have forgotten how much it cost....
I'd love to whizz up to see you and the car in the next few weeks if you are around...never got up real close to an S3. Will PM you.

Malc, I believe yours is the same as mine, i.e. the later hinged prop.....here's mine as it was originally before dismantling: https://i.postimg.cc/PJR9cfvZ/IMAG0872.jpg But that rear section of bodywork below the hatch opening was completely rotten so was replaced...and the hatch support didn't lin...

Great ingenuity Andrew...most impressive!

And you won't know how it's going to work until you give the door the correct weight and momentum by fitting lock, winder, glass etc.

I assume your seals are the softer ones (which I believe all the usuals now supply, certainly SNG and M&CW do) made by COH Baines?
You should also give them time to compress with the doors shut. Mine got much easier after a few weeks.

You just have to examine exactly what is catching/binding with what, and do a bit of careful bending to get the offending bits out of each other's path. When I was trying to get my (orginal) mechanisms to work within the (new) doors, I concluded that it's a mechanism that isn't particularly stiff (s...

If Paul can build a better bottle, I think the world will beat a path to SNGB's door and they will sell hundreds...

Having read all the tales of split outlets on these bottles, I always feel slight anxiety every time I open the bonnet. I got a new set from SNGB as they had metal inserts and my existing ones didn't - so I hoped they'd be more durable. But judging by David's post it doesn't look like that helps. Da...

Julian, thanks a million for a superb day. It was extremely informative and enjoyable, and an exemplary approach to getting it right for your customers. You have a team to be very proud of too! Thank you too for giving me a spin in the i-pace....an addictive machine I suspect, tho not as addictive a...

Thanks David. Very much looking forward to it.

Ah, the Gullwing. Doncha just love that white plastic wheel?

Clever fix for that irritating problem Carsten. :yellow: FWIW, my solution was to use one of those white nylon square plug nuts that hold mini headlamps in place. And a self tapping panhead screw + washer. It's designed for square holes and is split at the back so it expands when the screw goes in, ...

And to add yet another wrinkle, what about tyre diameter? Mine are SP Sports which I believe are slightly bigger than Michelins or Pirellis...and isn't EE50 currently running on low profile 205s?

Geoff, I have found that the best way to deal with the matter of parts prices is to forget what I paid as quickly as possible, and above all not to keep any kind of running total of the cost of the restoration....

And Mark, no I didn't get any specs with the springs, just the statement (delivered with some considerable conviction) that they would do the job. Which they do.

I got just under 8" (7 15/16) to bottom of tie plate. No lip as it's the Rob Beere alloy plate with a tow hole (for towing other less-reliable makes of car when they break down you understand). https://i.postimg.cc/Y24pgR3F/IMG-20190505-184139-1.jpg Geoff, that mark on the front wing is merely a scr...