Category Archives: E-Type Component Restoration

This blog highlights some of the individual components that customers have sent in to have restored in our shop. Browse through the work and see if we can help with YOUR E-Type!

Rust Repair in an E-Type Roadster’s Rear Wings

Posted on December 15, 2012 by admin

In a previous post earlier thia week, you saw us tackle some poorly repaired accident damage in the LH rear wing of the 1968 OTS. Once that was smoothed out, we were able to move on to repairing the rust … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream…

Posted on December 4, 2012 by admin

I was back on the road again yesterday to pick up a new job for this coming Spring.  I had the alarm set for 4:30 AM, but at 3:41, I was already wide awake and ready to go…

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Frame Rail Repair? – You bet!

Posted on November 24, 2012 by admin

Frame rails are a tricky thing on these cars… For one thing – it’s simply AMAZING how much abuse they will take in an accident – believe me, I know! Unfortunately, for every frame rail that survives a bad wreck, … Continue reading →

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Series 1.5 E-Type Center Section – Restoration and Conversion

Posted on October 31, 2012 by admin

I’m actually starting to feel guilty about all of the Series 1.5 bonnets that I’m either converting, or providing the flanges for…  It’s getting to be alot. I did a post last year where I talked about what’s right, what’s … Continue reading →

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Battening down the hatches!

Posted on October 30, 2012 by admin

Well, Sandy has come and gone now, and Monocoque Metalworks made it through unscathed.  We lost power for only 4 hours, and that was in the evening, so production in the shop kept on going without a hitch.  I hope … Continue reading →

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Series 1.5 E-Type Bonnet Center Section restoration

Posted on September 8, 2012 by admin

We’re replacing the 2+2 body shell with a short-wheelbase coupe, but we are keeping the original 1968 bonnet – though it will be converted to Series 1 covered headlights just like the one we did last week. This car looked … Continue reading →

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Converting a Series 1.5 Bonnet to Covered Headlamps

Posted on August 29, 2012 by admin

It’s been a while since we did a set of these in the shop – now we have no less than 4 bonnets backed up for this service! We sell alot of these flanges to restoration shops and customers who … Continue reading →

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Trading Up – then Seller’s Remorse!

Posted on August 26, 2012 by admin

I often get calls or emails from customers looking for a possible patch panel and/or some advice on how to proceed with their particular problem.  I can usually help – and we actually support alot of shell restorations via e-mail … Continue reading →

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Series 2 E-Type Center Section restoration

Posted on August 22, 2012 by admin

This project is the restoration of a Series 2 bonnet that was brought in from Michigan. The customer had visited our shop last Fall and purchased one of our lower valance support members so they could restore this bonnet themselves. … Continue reading →

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Another Series 1 E-Type Bonnet Assembly

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

The main panels of this bonnet were pretty rough – and were from 2 different bonnets, so I was a little concerned about how all this was going to come together in the end.  Let’s take a look:

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Restoring the doors on this Series 1 E-Type FHC

Posted on August 12, 2012 by admin

As things wound down on the shell, we couldn’t put off restoring the doors any longer. We did alot of doors earlier this year, and I needed a break, so I put these off until late in this restoration. Eventually, … Continue reading →

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Reshaping a Series 1 E-Type Bonnet Center Section

Posted on August 11, 2012 by admin

Now it’s time to turn our attention to the center section of this bonnet. This is the gold center section that was part of the “junkyard bonnet” that the customer found in the back of a box truck at a … Continue reading →

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Replacing the lower rear sections of an E-Type wing

Posted on August 11, 2012 by admin

In our last blog for this project, we repaired the forward sections of these wings where cancerous rust had eaten through the skin above the forward bonded flanges. next, we had to replace the lower metal in the rear section … Continue reading →

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Reshaping a Series 2 E-Type Headlamp Bucket

Posted on August 11, 2012 by admin

Here are a few shots of a headlamp bucket we re-shaped earlier this Summer.  I figured out how to remove folds in these buckets about a year ago with some special tooling I made up for the power hammer.  Have … Continue reading →

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Going for broke!

Posted on June 13, 2012 by admin

The ’63 coupe came in with 2 complete bonnets, 2 pairs of doors, and two rear hatches. The owner was able to find the extra bonnet and doors inside of a box truck in a junkyard near their home, along … Continue reading →

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