The 'E' Type Forum

Bought my 1969 roadster back in August this year, not many miles done before the salt started going down!, A bit of fettling to carbs was needed right away, then fitted electronic ignition, goes very well now, next priority jobs are to try and tighten the roof up a bit, it is as new but a bit loose, also replace coolant hoses and maybe have a look at the front steering rack mounts, they look like new but also look to be a bit "spongy", maybe thats normal?, has anyone tried one of the "Honeybourne" glassfibre hardtops?

Car was a home resto about 20 years ago,not concours but good and usable, importantly with a completely solid body!

Roll on spring! photos below was taken by a pal passing me in a MK2 en route to the Bo'Ness Hillclimb in September

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John

Welcome to the Forum and starting things off with a great and evocative photo. Lots of information and experience here so feel free to dive in and ask questions.

Only hardtop I know of (apart from originals) is the one produced by CMC which is exact in every detail. The only question I have is why you would want one? They are heavy, difficult to store and permanently mark the bodywork when fitted. Others can advise on the steering mounts but for the hoses suggest you avoid the kevlar ones and stick to the standard cotton/rubber variety.

Please add your car to the World Map of E-Tyoe's when you have a moment.

Hi David

Thanks for that, one thing I dont like about convertibles is the darkness of the cabin when they are in use, storage not a problem for me just now, nor the weight, marking the body one very good reason not to have one, I do think it may make the car much more enjoyable to drive throughout the year, especially for my better half!

Cheers

John

OK the hardtop of choice is this one: http://www.classic-motor-cars.co.uk/box ... d_top.html because you can be sure it will fit!

Got to say the car does look fantastic with the hardtop fitted. Harry has a lot of experience with them, he may wade in with a view.

John,,

Is it a Series 1.5 or a Series 2 . Just like yourself, I bought my Series 1 back in August just in time for winter.

Looking forward to spring when I can start using it properly. Oh and welcome to the forum.

Hi Tony

My car is a series 2, what variant is your car?

D'oh, please ignore stupid response!

Hi John. Good to see another Scottish E on the Forum 8)

Greetings and welcome to the fold :)

Hi there John,
Greetings from another E-Type obsessed Scot, albeit in antipodeal exile for some 32 years now.....! Fantastic photograph, I must say, obviously wasn't taken in the last moth or two, I hear the weather has been a tad inclement of late, and driving an E-type with snow chains on just doesn't cut the (social....) ice, does it....(pun intended....) Down here we are struggling under a blue sky and 28 - 35degC, it's hard to take, but someone has to do it.............Your post really struck an evocative chord with me, I bought my first E-Type in 1969 (a series II FHC)in Glasgow at the tender age of 25 (Kelvin Hall Motor Show of November 1969....) There goes my age (!!) more money than sense after a very remunerative 3-year contract as an engineer in Africa, plus an obsession to own one.... Hard to believe it was a tad over GBP 2,000, then, about what I need now to get a Suffolk and Turley interior trim kit, now, for the 1967 Series I that I am now restoring. I sold the Series II FHC in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia.....) for twice what I paid for it, and have regretted that ever since.....Such is life (famous Australian character quote........)
Anyway, please excuse this tautological dissertation, and welcome to the Club/Forum, I can assure you there is much wisdom available from the members.....
Best regards,
a "choochter" in exile (Hebridean...)
Norman

Thanks for the welcome Gents, yes Norman past wee while could be described as "challenging" as far as weather goes, great to hear about your S2 bought in Glasgow, I wonder if she is still alive?, I sold off various things to make space and help finance the E, the one I regretted before it was gone is my 1964 SAAB 96, will post a picture when I am at a computer.
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Hi John and welcome.
One of my favorite cars from my days of club night events in the 70s...the SAAB 96 !!

Most of us had the normal kit....Mini Cooper, Lotus Cortina, Escort Twincam, but one 96 was always there, filling the forest with smoke and ying-ding-a-dinging it's way around the route. A wonderful sight, sound and smell, and the car faired very well against far more powerful and modern kit. That may have been something to do with the completely barking driver of course!.

I hope that you stir the E Type along in the same way that you must have had to with the SAAB !!

Hi Mark, not much chance of hustling an e type along like a 96, the weight distribution on a 96 bullnose is close to perfect, being diplomatic would say the e type's layout maybe not quite as good!, I was servicing at Roger Albert Clark in November, there were 2 two strokes running, I followed them along one of the road stages in a chase car, rolling road through a forest with heavy snow, for all there 50bhp I could not keep up wiht them! it was pure magic, wish I had a video camera rigged up as my memory is dismal[/img]