#1 New member + New E type owner
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:18 pm
Hello all.
My name is Ben, I am 23 years old and have recently purchased my dream car, that being said it is currently a bare shell and in about 10 boxes. A restoration was the only route for me to own an E type as to buy one in road worthy condition is way out of my reach. I have restored a few classics such as Land rovers and minis but now is the time to set my target higher.
I bought the Jaguar about 1 month ago and have since had the heads skimmed and valves/seats ground. I am currently rebuilding the heads and having all sorts of fun trying to figure out the sizes for the tappet shims.
The body is in great shape with no rust at all, to my knowledge the previous owner who only had it for roughly 1 year bought the car from an old school enthusiat who had owned the car for 25 years.
The car is a matching numbers 1973 series 3 2+2 v12. I have just recieved the Certificate from the jaguar heritage trust showing it is an original UK RHD car which was supplied by Henly's of London in Old english white with Dark blue interior.
I have attached some images for you all to critique (some are saying they are to large so will try and figure out what to do with them), please let me know what you think. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Ben
My name is Ben, I am 23 years old and have recently purchased my dream car, that being said it is currently a bare shell and in about 10 boxes. A restoration was the only route for me to own an E type as to buy one in road worthy condition is way out of my reach. I have restored a few classics such as Land rovers and minis but now is the time to set my target higher.
I bought the Jaguar about 1 month ago and have since had the heads skimmed and valves/seats ground. I am currently rebuilding the heads and having all sorts of fun trying to figure out the sizes for the tappet shims.
The body is in great shape with no rust at all, to my knowledge the previous owner who only had it for roughly 1 year bought the car from an old school enthusiat who had owned the car for 25 years.
The car is a matching numbers 1973 series 3 2+2 v12. I have just recieved the Certificate from the jaguar heritage trust showing it is an original UK RHD car which was supplied by Henly's of London in Old english white with Dark blue interior.
I have attached some images for you all to critique (some are saying they are to large so will try and figure out what to do with them), please let me know what you think. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Ben