Category Archives: E-Type Component Restoration

I should just put “I’m sorry for being so behind on the blog” at the top of every blog posting… The Louisiana bonnet was finished up a few weeks ago and is sitting happily up on the shelf, waiting to … Continue reading →

This is the lower valance from the Louisiana Bonnet.  NO RUST on this baby – not ONE SPEC!  The whole support member and caged hinge plate assembly is absolutely beautiful – inside and out – on most of these that … Continue reading →

Late last year, a customer brought in a bonnet to be restored for his ’66 coupe, and when he started unloading it, the pieces looked like they were brand new!  All pieces had been plastic media blasted, and then sprayed … Continue reading →

This bonnet was destined to be shipped across country, so we packed her up and took her down to the local freight depot – after quite a comical series of mis-communications from MULTIPLE freight companies! If you haven’t tried to … Continue reading →

All pieces have either been restored or fabricated now, and we’re ready for assembly – finally!

Next it was time to restore a pair of wings for this bonnet.  These wings are a matched pair that we picked up last Fall.  They have some issues, but overall, are straight, and the difficult to repair V-12 wheel … Continue reading →

The next step for this build was to restore some early-style V-12 inner valances. We actually purchased these plus a rusty center section from a Series 3 V-12 bonnet that was incorrectly mounted onto a Series 2 car 20 year … Continue reading →

We were recently contracted by a customer to build a good original bonnet for his 1972 Series 3 V-12.  He had no bonnet for this car at all, and was not having any luck finding a new bonnet from the … Continue reading →

She’s an evil temptress – the eBay bonnet…  There she is on eBay, up for grabs to the highest bidder, with a low starting point, GREAT looking photros, and a description that promises that this is the nicest E-Type bonnet … Continue reading →

The Series 3 bonnet that the building caved in on actually came in on the same truck as this project – a wrecked Series 2 bonnet.  Someone had attempted to repair this bonnet with a new fender, but threw in … Continue reading →

“You have got to be kidding me…” – that’s what I said when this customer showed up with this bonnet in the back of a box truck.  They had said over the phone that the ceiling of a storage building … Continue reading →