The 'E' Type Forum

:yellow: :yellow: Great work Dana :salute: Geoff Gorgeous....you must ( and should ) be very proud and happy.... :salute: Jonathan Thx guys. And to all to chimed in on the decision process along the way, a special thx. I'll keep updating as we go thru the fettling process. The car has been amazingl...

The end of an interesting 7 Month Bucket List Marathon for me. Back from Vancouver, survived the ferries, over to the Oak Bay Yacht Club in Victoria for Breakfast. 150 miles on the odometer, 350 to go for the engine break in. The car is effortless to drive, smooth as glass with bags of torque, eager...

A pic and a video from the show. This is the Classic Jag corner of the estate and by no means the whole grounds. Pictured here is a 1970 Coupe, an original survivor right hand drive built for export to Australia but never got there, which is why it has the reflectors. On the other side of mine (in t...

Nice work, Dana. Just in time for the summer. Enjoy your stunning car. Regards Thx Stu. First outing today at the Van Dusen British car show in Vancouver at the gardens. The car got it's first ribbon, and a lot of attention from the very large crowd amongst the 650 cars entered. A lot of very nice ...

Having been in the middle of this build for 7 months, with the advice and opinions that helped get me there from this thread, it boils down to this, ths first test drive: https://s9.postimg.cc/5sq5gihmn/MVIMG_20180518_145740.jpg So, to summarize, it has been a frame off, nut and bolt refresh, includ...

Another day done, this is what we have to show for it... https://s9.postimg.cc/6nlu6gp67/IMG_20180515_130627.jpg https://s9.postimg.cc/6aug0ambz/IMG_20180515_130633.jpg https://s9.postimg.cc/o0w4ldxcv/IMG_20180515_130653.jpg https://s9.postimg.cc/q5ghmhtun/IMG_20180515_171609.jpg https://s9.postimg....

Today's progress.. getting it together. (The clock works fine, btw)

Surprisingly, as I recall the hovercraft had a choppy ride at speed if there was any size of a sea. They would strap down the car on the wheels, and I had to include (or budget for) the price of a steering alignment as part of the trip when I got back to Germany on more than one occasion. But it was...

Wow Dana. You're really on it! This has been a very quick project. Just one thing. The steering wheel is on the wrong side. :lol: Regards The car had good bones to start with, so that helps a lot .... Back in 1970 when I lived in Europe, I had a girlfriend in London that I used to visit via the hov...

As of this afternoon.. Bonnet back on, Hardtop getting fitted, it's alive.. Next week for misc stuff to do. https://s7.postimg.cc/f0o4sywcb/IMG_20180511_143445.jpg https://s7.postimg.cc/b4aswzqsb/IMG_20180511_172144.jpg https://s7.postimg.cc/um5gcyavf/IMG_20180511_172131.jpg https://s7.postimg.cc/ua...

While we're waiting for the bonnet to get back on, some extra pics of the engine bay..

Finishing up.. Closing the Circle, etc.. couple of pics.

Milestone day: Put some gas in the tank, topped up the fluids, turned the key, and it fired up right away, not even a stumble without the cobbled carbs even needing to be moved off Mike's initial build settings. It's perfectly smooth even at a low idle, no vibration at all, thx to the full dynamic a...

Finishing up in the Engine bay: Mike's built up from his parts bin SU Carb set installed; working on the air filter assembly. https://s18.postimg.cc/njicseh6x/IMG_20180507_173454.jpg Got the Tach and the recalibrated speedo back from Vancouver. Hard to believe they are the originals cleaned up. Grea...

Now that the wheels are on, the recalibration of the speedo to the new 3.07 diff takes place, old school procedure ..

The MWS wheels and tires by Longstone Classic Tyres were coordinated for me by Longstone (Excellent Service all the way from England to Victoria), great folks to deal with over long haul distances. All we had to do was to add air and put them on. :salute: https://s17.postimg.cc/e0uwlb29b/IMG_2018050...

With Burlen's production delay problems on supplying the SU conversion kit threatening the car's completion in time for the Vancouver show, Owen stepped up to the plate and has cobbled together a set over the last week or so so we can get the car running . Many thanks, Mike! Starting with a Mark 10 ...

Progress Report to yesterday:

Progress Report Video

Today, the soft top was put in place so that it will stretch/settle on the frame before we put the hardtop on. Speaking of the hardtop, here is a look at the finished paint: Hardtop paint inspection before chrome/hardware install And here is a look at the soft top: https://s17.postimg.cc/tfan2fdwv/I...

Original 48 year old windows and windshield glass embedded markings. The original blended in light tint works great with the dark blue. Seems amazing that they survived in such great condition. DOT17-M33-ASI was manufactured in Birmingham England by the TRIPLEX SAFETY GLASS COMPANY LIMITED. The dot ...