Hello from Norway

jonr · Post by **jonr** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:33 pm

Hi, I apologize for starting asking questions without introducing myself, but here I am:

Jon from Oslo, Norway. 47 years.

Last year I was looking for an AH 3000 MKIII. I had chosen this model because of the 2+2 configuration I hoped the extra seats would give me opportunity to use the car a little bit more together with my family than if it were a two seater. And I wanted a roadster. I had been looking for a while, but hadn?t found the right one for me. One day last October I was looking at a Healey 90 minutes away and I knew there was an E-type for sale in the neighborhood. I thought I could pop by and take a quick look at it. This was the first E-type I was looking at. It was a 1968 OTS Series 1,5. The owner had started a partly restoration some years ago, but because of bad health he had to give up the project. I was in love? Drove home and bought Pete?s buyers guide. Read all night and a few days later the car was mine. I probably did every mistake you can do when buying an E-type?.

The car was almost finished when I bought it. The work he had spared for me was the complete interior, door locks and windows, all chrome and lights, rubbers and some other small details. The plan was to get the car on the road before the summer, but everything takes longer time than planned. And I like to do things properly. I have also added some more tasks like changing the heather transfer pipes.

The plan now is to fix the most important stuff and get number plates. Then I can use the car a little and continue to do more things while I am using it. I am also planning a EDIS/Megajolt conversion. I am also planning on doing a SU conversion. The car is a US car with twin stranglebergs but I got a triple SU setup with a 3,8 inlet manifold as extra when I bought the car. In addition I got a spare cylinder head that PO told me was tuned/ported in some way.

When I start to use the car I will probably find some other flaws that have to be sorted out as well. Because the car wasn?t finished I never test drove the car before I bought it?.

There is a picture of the car here :
http://www.xkedata.com/cars/detail/?car=1E16262

Jon R.

Post by **1954Etype** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:21 am

Welcome Jon and don't worry about asking too many questions - we all did in the early days of E type ownership.

Mark Gordon · Post by **Mark Gordon** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:37 pm

Welcome, Jon. You have a lovely car and it appears that you have relatively little to do to have one that will give you many years of enjoyment. Please keep us posted on your progress.

Vegard · Post by **Vegard** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:46 am

Great, another Norwegian :)

Any updates on the car?

TrulsT · Post by **TrulsT** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:23 pm

And another one here :D

Springer · Post by **Springer** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:53 pm

And another one

jonr · Post by **jonr** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:52 pm

A little update from Norway;

The project is going further. Bumpers and lights are almost finished. Just before the winter came I took the car to the norwegian PKK (as the MOT in GB) to see if the technical was ok. I got some faults, but none seriously. So now I have a short list of things I have to fix before I can get numberplates. In addition the compete interior is still not in the car and this is the main task this winter. The MX5 seats is just temporarely for the ride to the test. I hope to get the car on the road this summer. Not 100% finished, but enough to have some enjoyable rides when the wheather is nice.

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Mark Gordon · Post by **Mark Gordon** » Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:41 pm

lookin' good, Jon! Your seat backs appear to be pretty high. Are you sure that you will be able to raise the hood over them once you have finished?

jonr · Post by **jonr** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:58 pm

Mark Gordon wrote:lookin' good, Jon! Your seat backs appear to be pretty high. Are you sure that you will be able to raise the hood over them once you have finished?

Thank you Mark. The MX5 seats is going to be removed when the original seats are restored. The original seats id dismantled now and I hope they will be finished before the summer.

Vegard · Post by **Vegard** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:02 pm

jonr wrote:
Mark Gordon wrote:lookin' good, Jon! Your seat backs appear to be pretty high. Are you sure that you will be able to raise the hood over them once you have finished?
Thank you Mark. The MX5 seats is going to be removed when the original seats are restored. The original seats id dismantled now and I hope they will be finished before the summer.

Would you be interested in selling the MX5 seats? :)

jonr · Post by **jonr** » Wed Feb 19, 2014 9:08 pm

Vegard wrote:
jonr wrote:
Mark Gordon wrote:lookin' good, Jon! Your seat backs appear to be pretty high. Are you sure that you will be able to raise the hood over them once you have finished?
Thank you Mark. The MX5 seats is going to be removed when the original seats are restored. The original seats id dismantled now and I hope they will be finished before the summer.
Would you be interested in selling the MX5 seats? :)

I don't need them so send me a PM if you want to take a look at them, they are located in Oslo. But the covers are not perfect.

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