1972 V12 Jaguar E Type roadster (DW) Team CJ restoration

Specification (briefly) for this project is as follows: Team CJ restoration to a rolling chassis. Coachwork to be refinished in Opalescent Gunmetal.

Update report - June 11, 2014

We now have your car back on its wheels, rolling and steering. The bonnet, doors and boot lid have been installed, along with all associated latches, etc. All that remains is for us to pack up you remaining parts and the car will be ready for transportation.

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Chris Scarborough installing the engine frames, front suspension and IRS..

Front suspension components have been Nickel plated	Black anodized Grade 8 fasteners used throughout
	New Koni shock absorbers all round
	Poly bushings
Uprated CJ road springs	IRS now installed

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Preparing to remove the body from the jig and set the car back on its wheels..

 

A couple of shots of the bonnet taken on Thursday immediately after Gerardo had applied the clear coat...

Painting in progress this afternoon...

Painting the underside of the bodyshell...

Applying the first of the new Opalescent Gunmetal paint...

The heart and soul of your 7.3 liter Team CJ Supersports engine, including a brand new block and the stroked RBR billet crank, etc.

Your custom wheels arrived from the UK this morning...

Trial fitting chrome, windscreen and factory hardtop...

Bonnet grill surround had to be hammered and ground into shape
	Now is the time to identify ill-fitting chrome, not after  the car has been painted !!
Transition between screen pillar and door chrome now the way it should be	Passenger side was also tweaked for best possible fit
	All bumpers, overriders and lights are trial fitted
Trial fitting hardtop and associated chrome	After some filing, the hardtop chrome now fits very nicely

I am pleased to report that we have now finished the bodywork stage of the restoration and your car is in high build Glasurit primer. The following sequence of photos were taken in the CJ parking lot yesterday afternoon. After priming, the body was reassembled using new rubber seals and latches. As you can hopefully tell from the photos, the panel fit on your car is truly spectacular.

Check out some pretty spectacular gains on the flow bench following our port work. We picked up well over 60 cfm at .450" lift on the intake side, which is a significant number for a V12 head.

Exhaust baseline flow numbers	Exhaust after porting
Intake baseline flow numbers	Intake after porting

Lots of progress in the CJ Coachworks....

The following sequence of photos show the repair of both rear quarter panels in progress. We have also bolted and glued the bonnet back together after it was blasted back to bare metal and sealed with Glasurit etching primer.

More rust than we had hoped in the bodyshell	Cutting away corroded metal from the left rear quarter
	These panels will be fabricated
	This area of the boot floor will be replaced
Bonnet was in good shape after blasting	Bonnet has been glued and bolted back together

Back from the blasters, unfortunately the body isn't quite as clean as we had hoped it would be. As well as a few corroded areas, there is also evidence of collision damage at various places around the monocoque. The worst damage is in the boot floor and the lower right hand rear quarter panel.

All in all, really not too bad...

	One of a few corroded areas that will be repaired
Minor corrosion at the base of the firewall	Lower right rear quarter is rough
	Right side cowl panel will be replaced
	Inside the boot compartment

It is time to have this body blasted back to bare metal.

Floors look extremely solid	Discoloration is mostly trim glue and red oxide primer
You can just about make out Oscar's hands in the left hand headlamp opening	Bonnet is completely torn down prior to blasting
Outer sills cut off	Original inner sills are in fantastic shape!

Installing custom oversized valve seats...

IRS rebuild completed, front and rear suspension components Nickel plated...

We have now torn down the front and rear suspension systems and placed the body on a roll-around jig. The differential was in very poor condition, with a number of worn and broken components.

	Items from IRS that will be powder coated
Items from IRS and front suspension that will be Nickel plated
Broken component from diff
Inner floor surface rusted but very solid	Spare wheel still has 1972 vintage cosmoline on the spokes

We now have this project well and truly underway. Watch this space!

	IRS removed for complete rebuild
Car will be stripped to a bare shell for repainting	Firewall and engine frames will also be repainted

Before tearing into this project, we decided to perform some baseline dyno testing. We will be looking to pick up approximately 250 rear wheel HP, which will put us somewhere around 575 HP at the flywheel, when our work is done.

Click on the image of the car below for a short video clip of the baseline dyno test.

The finished car will have around 460 HP at the wheels

Click on above photo for video clip of baseline dyno run	Car currently equipped with 4 X 2" SU carbs. Will be  converted to computer mapped fuel injection

I am pleased to report that we now have your car in place in the CJ workshops and we will have the mechanical rebuild underway in the next few days. I hope you enjoying following the progress over the coming months!

Car is very striking in Opalescent Silver Grey with Red interior	Panel gaps will be improved throughout the car
A number of chrome items will be replated	Car will receive new carpets, convertible top, etc..