The 'E' Type Forum

But this car isn't the same as a Dtype Steve - it has a 5 speed gearbox for starters

What is the fascination with coil over dampers ? The torsion bars have stood the test of time ; I have never heard of one breaking ( unlike the springs on my modern Mercedes SL ) and are infinitely adjustable with the very sophisticated vernier adjustment

The H&H sale at Duxford ( or do I mean Donington ) yesterday threw up some very discouraging results. 2 or 3 Es , mostly US spec, did sell , but very much at the low end of estimates or below, but there were many more which did not. In fairness, most of them looked to be absolute rubbish and I am be...

Monkey finger : the properly radiused panels are from Hutsons . At least if you're not satisfied you can take them back ! If you've bought from the US, the logistics if anything is not as required are both expensive and complicated

Alan : the real problem is that if the fuel evaporates from the float chamber, the float drops to such a point that the angle between the top of the float and the fork is such that when fuel is introduced, there is so much friction between float and fork and even more so between fork and bottom of n...

As is usual with the BBC, a. it's telling us something we have known for several years , and b. its point about US import taxes is by and large irrelevant, because the vast majority of classic car deals involve export from the US rather than the other way round

Eric : thank you for that explanation. The last pic, and indeed the underbonnet frames, are much more what I was expecting !

Vredestein are best value. I have never noticed any adverse wet weather behaviour with them on 3 different cars - but - I am no longer much of a "press on" driver, particularly in the wet

I'm afraid that doesn't look like Gunmetal to me. It is much darker and has a blue/black appearance rather than the tinge of pink which is present in the genuine Gunmetal . This is much more like a modern Audi colour which blends so well with our road surfaces in the UK and creates a real collision ...

It can probably do no harm . However, it needs to be borne in mind that energy is indestructible, and all this will do is transfer the heat downstream, probably to the silencers which are right underneath the passenger compartment ......

Karl : what do you mean by "rear end" ? Presuming this to be the boot floor and lower rear valances etc, then I would have no hesitation in recommending Hutson's for the parts . Their parts are made in zintek ( effectively, galvanised ) and therefore are superior in terms of durability to any others...

I am very wary of companies who make their safety information difficult to find. Per Rusty's website "These how to guides are not technical data sheets or Health and safety data sheets those can be down loaded from our data sheet page. Any other technical information on drying times etc is available...

you live and learn !! I never knew about the eccentric cams - I shall now go looking at them

Malcolm . UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES must you brush this paint on without a full flow respirator . It is not the spraying which is the killer, but the isocyanate fumes themselves . These are just as toxic from an open can of activated paint as they are from spraying . Sadly I was involved in such a case...

But is it genuine , or is it yet another of these mystery cars which appear from nowhere ? The chilling phrase in the description is "...Only then was an extensive but very careful restoration begun. Many body parts were carefully corrected back to how they had been when leaving Coventry in March 19...

If it is the front lights not working , but the back lights working, then the prime candidate is a fault in the bonnet multiplug. The terminals often get corroded, and/or broken wires can appear/ and/or poor earthing all being possibilities

There's a typo in Steve/Mcjag's post . 3.07 is 43:14

Are you sure it's not an ignition switch fault ? A dead cut sounds suspiciously like a complete instantaneous loss of voltage , rather than a systemic fault which in my experience often causes misfiring, backfiring etc before it gives up the ghost . I should trace 12v throughout the system next time...

Don't go sand blasting anything which is sheet metal. The external bodywork consists largely of light unstressed panels, and sandblasting has a tendency to deform the panels . The first thing to do in my book is to sort all the bits out on a clear floor and position all the parts you do have ( inclu...

I'm getting a bit confused here.... was it not you who posted the pics of the 420G doors ? Or are they just a red herring ? 1E 20... is an early 4.2 RHD FHC . Mine is 1E20357 and was built in February 1965 and registered about April 1965