1963 E type historic race car

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Stripped for cleaning, modification and rebuild.

[Grey_Area]

Great work; hope Peter has a full as possible recovery.

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Grey_Area said:

Great work; hope Peter has a full as possible recovery.

He is being sensible,which is a bit of a surprise !

[Sko77y]

Glad to hear he's on the mend, sounds like he took a right battering. Progress is looking good, typical project creep, better to decide before paint rather than after I suppose.

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All the parts of rear axle were collected from the powder coaters yesterday.
Now the good bit happens !
It's always a joy to put clean fresh bits back together.

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A big piece of the jigsaw has been collected. An alloy bonnet, mucho £££ !

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The cutting, grinding and welding is finally finished on the tub . A thin coat of stonechip followed by a coat of body colour .

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When it's all dried it can be turned the right way up .

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Another couple of coats of colour and while it's upside down it will be fitted up with as much of the underside stuff as possible, starting with heat shields .

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[pingu393]

If this is the standard of the underside, I can't wait to see the bits most people will see

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pingu393 said:

If this is the standard of the underside, I can't wait to see the bits most people will see

Peter the builder has very high standards.
That's why his work diary is full for at least the next year .

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The front cradles getting bolted on

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Lots of new fixings!

[carinaman]

Thanks for the thread and aluminium bonnet photo.

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You start to realise where the money goes when you start fitting race specification stuff.
Things like mini remote bleed nipple's for the clutch and brakes ,a pair of 6mm nipple's cost £26 ,normal ones are pence to buy