The handle has been repaired

When it’s a gorgeous summer’s evening here in Suffolk there’s nothing better than taking out your beautiful 1965 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 for a drive. Maybe find a local pub, grab a bite to eat and enjoy a couple of ‘cokes’ and watch the sun goes down whilst chatting to all the admirers looking at your car.

What you don’t want…or more to the point, what your passenger doesn’t want is the the door to keep flinging open when they least expect it.

Unfortunately that’s the issue we were up against when this one came in to us.

Upon closer inspection, the rod inside the passengers lock had buckled which was causing the latch to remain in the open position…not ideal.

A new handle and locking mechanism was required, once this had arrived to us John got working on fitting back up.

Now the passenger can enjoy the drive just as much as the driver!

1965 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 Arrives

Time to get on with the tasks in hand.

Our main objective on this project is to have her ready for Good Revival 2016 on Friday 9th to Sunday 11th September. As you can see, that gives us just 1 month.

A few slight problems reported to us but John is already well on the way with this one:

• The brakes and handbrake needs checking as they can at times be a bit spongy.
• The passenger’s lock is faulty which means the door does not shut as much as we would expect.
• The wiring behind the dashboard needs to be investigated as the dials seems to be a little temperamental. Particularly the temperature gauge and the power supply to charge.
• The bodywork has a few bubbles starting to appear so we need to look at repairing and respraying the areas. The main areas to concentrate on are the passenger’s door and the bonnet.

Having assessed the paintwork in more detail alongside the owner, we have decided that a bonnet and door repair and respray would not be good enough for a car of this grandeur.

Yes it can be done, we can strip the bonnet and door but painting just these two areas would make them look very fresh against the rest of the bodywork. When you have a series 1 Jaguar E-Type, you don’t want to be cutting corners. With a little more time and effort, you can make her 100% again.

So a full strip and respray is now on the board and I think that is absolutely the right decision. We are not rushing to get the job done we have all decided that the full respray will be carried out immediately after the Good Revival weekend. All other work is still scheduled to be completed in time but a full respray is not something you want to rush threw…and we certainly won’t be settling for ‘ok’.

Getting ready for Goodwood Revival

With only weeks to go until Goodwood Revival 2016 Bridge Classic Cars has been given a beautiful 1965 Jaguar E-Type Series 1 with a few remedial works needing to be carried out.

Time is of the essence with this project but as big fans and regulars of Goodwood Revival ourselves we know the importance of having this ready for the big event.

The first task with any project is to assess the work that needs to be carried out. Whether we visit the car in it’s current residence or they are brought down to our workshops on Deben Road in Ipswich, we fully assess and discuss what is required and of course, the timescale and budget that the customer would ideally like us to work to.