The 'E' Type Forum

I went to see the V12 in Southend mentioned earlier here and as people have said quite rightly it looked just a bit wrong....so the roof stays on mine I think! It was being sold on behalf of one of his customers by a chap who mainly deals in Porsches/Audis etc....had plainly had an awful lot of mone...

I don't know if what you're after might be here...

http://www.durite.co.uk/Catalogue.aspx

Its always the first place I look for anything electrical

I've been thinking of going the Volvo route...I like to do things that hard way! Have downloaded several interesting articles but putting in links here is a bit beyond me...I'll try harder if its of interest but quite possibly its already been done here anyway? I did notice though that reconditioned...

All fine, I just spoke to them...and in stock! I tend to get easily distracted and had just spent a pleasant hour or two working out how to make a tool for pressing the indents in the floorpan....but buying them considerably easier...thanks!

Thanks for the kind comments Simon, really the whole question of the roof removal idea was only a vague idea...I happened to notice it just before I was finishing that day, got stuck in a huge traffic jam by the Dartford bridge and sat there in something of a panic!! And, at present, its still nothi...

Thanks David, hadn't noticed that but it does come with a works hardtop!! Am going to have a look at it on Monday or Tuesday, no real decision as to whether I actually do this, its really just something to think about for now whilst I get on with the bodyshell itself... Thank you for the warning Dav...

Hi again, I've had no thoughts of shortening the wheelbase, definitely a step too far! And thank you for that link John, that is just what I had in mind....a trip to Southend now being planned.... I did watch the red 2+2 David, but had set my limit at ?2500, I might have gone higher but didn't have ...

Thats very interesting David, thank you. I had thought that there might be some bureaucratic hoops to jump through. I don't think the idea would have even occurred to me if it hadn't been for the roof distortion I noticed yesterday....and if I were to go ahead with this idea I know I'd feel rather g...

Since I bought a 1966 2+2 a few weeks ago I've been posting here and found the help and advice very valuable, now a seperate issue has come up and I'd very much like to know what people think about it.... First, I'll just say that really I know the car isn't economically viable as a restoration proj...

At last its finished! Took rather longer than planned partly because I kept on getting interrupted by having to do proper work and partly because the number of volunteers willing to lift the car on and off the jig, seemed (for some reason) to lose enthusiasm after 4 or 5 goes! Anyway, it all fits, m...

Had a free day today so the jig isn't too far from finished, I bought a pair of builders props so that there is about 450mm of height adjustment ...



One more days work should see it finished....

Your suggestions and advice are much appreciated Simon. I suspect that, like me, you were thinking that on my jig the pivot axis was too high and the whole thing would be very hard to rotate and then suddenly very easy!! It wasn't until I saw your pictures of the height adjustment feature that I rea...

Hi Simon, many thanks for taking the time to write, like you I'm enjoying making the jig a great deal but its easy to overlook some aspects and you've given me several things to think about....and just in time too! I was intending to just use locking pins on the rotating part but the friction bolt i...

Some more progress today, a little more to do at the back end (I've left the cradle over wide so I can take paralell measurements by the way) and can then try the bodyshell in it.... http://i1323.photobucket.com/albums/u593/unclerob1/DSCN0200_zpsa2259a56.jpg After I've tried it out, and made any cha...

A bit more progress today, made the front upper mounting and then attached it to the jig.... The straight edge of the mounting showed how much distortion there is in the bulkhead, about 20mm on the passenger side, it pulled up easily enough when I tightened the bolts but just in case its needed I've...

Hi Steve, lovely jig....mines going to be very similar...even down to the tube sizes! Am planning additional fittings to the radius arm mounts and also the lower inner front frame mounts.... I can't quite see in the photo but are your main rails touching the floorpan or did you leave a gap? I'm plan...

Thanks for those kind comments, and yes Rob is fine, acquired a new niece a few days so picked the username on a whim.... I'm afraid though that this might be a little start and stop, I'm waiting for parts for another job and will have to go back to it when they arrive.... Hoping to have enough time...

Ok, Christopher, thank you for that, I have managed to find a lot of working drawings for SWB cars and have all I need for the rear end on which work begins tomorrow... I'll take on board what you say about tube reinforcement, I was thinking it wasn't really necessary on a closed car but a possible ...

Hello all, a couple of weeks ago I bought a seriously rusty Series 1 2+2 that I've begun writing about in the restoration section. Essentially very little of the underside of the car is going to remain, so rather than take the route of replacing some bits at a time and building in errors I'm going t...

Initially, I believed the car was a fhc and when I found out it was a 2+2 I was a little disappointed but thats been offset by all the extra parts that I got with it, I could almost build another one with all the extra body panels... 5 rear and 4 front wings for instance! The icing on the cake is th...