A few photos of your car sporting a set of CJ Borrani wheels!

I am pleased to report that this very cool project has now been completed and your beautiful E Type is ready to head home! I am sure that your dad would have appreciated your efforts to keep the car looking just as it did when he owned it new.

Jay pulling the car from a 20 year hibernation
Ran car (and trailer) through the car wash on the way home!
Jay about to head south to Classic Jaguar in Austin, Texas	Jay arriving safely at CJ the following day - time to get the restoration underway!
Two years later, the restored car is ready to head back to Chicago
Fit and finish is exemplary throughout
Restored original steering wheel looks new
Love the original decals and badges installed by your dad
	Engine bay looks just as it did in 1965
Tool Bag Company leather case and a CJ tool roll....just in case!

The new Lucas Tripod headlamps have now been installed, as well as the original screen and quarter light glass, complete with period 1960's decals.

	Tripod headlamps look great
Fantastic old 1960's decal!	Original 1960's badging has lovely patina

Final assembly, continued...

OEM style radiator installed	Original fan shroud cleaned up like new
Rebuilt SU carbs installed
	Doors assembled and installed
Panel fit is beautiful throughout	Almost time to install the original windscreen

Lots of progress in the trim room...

Rear bumpers and lamps now in place	Installing luggage rails to boot boards
Original rear window clean up very nicely	Tailgate door has been trimmed
	Original, unrestored body tag replaced on license plate panel

Rebuilt engine now installed
Installing Dynamat throughout the cabin
	Original Konis will be rebuilt at the Koni factory

I am pleased to report that your car has now made it back into the trim room where the reassembly continues apace...

	Carlos has started gluing red moquette inside the cabin
	Alex has begun the process of installing your new wiring loom
New gas tank installed	Dynamat will be installed trhoughout the cabin

Installing front and rear suspension systems, car now rolling again...

Engine frames and front suspension now installed	Installing the rebuilt IRS
	Almost ready to be set on the wheels

We have now painted your firewall, bonnet, engine frames and all associated body color items. It won't be long now before this E Type is back on its wheels!

Original SU carbs have been restored and rebuilt

Painting in progress...

Base coat applied, clear coat next

Painting the underside of the floors...

Painting inside the cabin on Thursday...

Applying the first of the Opalescent Golden Sand paint. First to be painted is the underside of the bonnet...

With the bodywork stage of this project now completed, we have applied sprayable polyester to all of the outer panels.

We have now completed the panel replacement and lead work..

Installing the new left lower quarter
	Right hand panel also now welded in place

We now have the body restoration of this car underway. Our first task is to cut away the old floors and lower quarter panels...

We have now completed the block machine work..

Align honing in progress	Setting up to torque plate hone the cylinders
Surfacing the deck surface with timing chain cover installed	Engine block now ready for assembly

Head on the surfacing machine	Measuring the cc in order to calculate precise compression ratio
	Machined head ready for assembly

Back from being media blasted, the bonnet is clearly in very poor condition, but the main body shell, doors and tailgate are all relatively sound. Other than the need for a new bonnet, really no nasty surprises!

Lower quarters will require attention	Evidence of accident damage at front right of car
	Bonnet is in poor shape and will be replaced
These rust holes were lurking beneath the factory jute insulation pads	Similar issues on right side of main floors

We have finished tearing down your E Type and placed the monocoque on one of the rotisserie jigs for media blasting back to bare metal..

Outer sills cut away prior to media blasting	Definitely the right decision to remove original outer sills
Grinding rusted/seized fasteners in order to disassemble bonnet for blasting	Engine will be fully rebuilt

With the assistance of long time owner Jay Butler, we now have this project underway. Jay had asked if he could be a part of the tear down process, so we invited him to work alongside Carlos in the trim room, where he helped remove the interior, glass and bright work.

Interior has never been removed on Jay's car
Jay removing the passenger door window mechanism
	Boot floor looks to be in great condition
	Carlos cleaning seat runners
Untouched factory wiring
Rare to see this alloy strip still in place
	Nesting has occurred behind the headlamps
Jay about to tear down the seats	Rarely seen seat base bracket
Factory trimmer's initial "M" stapled into seat bases	Interesting to see how the factory shaped the seat bottom foams
	Car now in the mechanical shop about to have suspension and drive train removed

We are delighted to have this extremely original, one family owned E Type on way to us for a total restoration. We are scheduled to have this exciting project underway in the next few weeks.