{"id":3242,"date":"2012-06-13T09:23:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T13:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/?p=3242"},"modified":"2015-02-18T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T18:15:25","slug":"the-latest-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/2012\/06\/the-latest-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past Sunday, I drove up to Connecticut to pick up a Series 2 roadster shell.\u00a0 We bought this shell a few months ago at the same time we purchased a Series 2 Coupe to be used as the new shell for our 2+2 customer.<\/p>\n

The gentleman we purchased this shell from had intended to use the coupe as a donor car to build up this roadster shell.\u00a0 He purchased the roadster shell from a bachelor in New England who apparently had the shell stored in his living room for decades!\u00a0 That sounds like a tall tale, until you see the shell – it is VERY solid.<\/p>\n

The shell is stripped, primed with zinc chromate, and then had some work done on it and was in-process, so there were some bare patches, etc.\u00a0 We will strip the outer surface of the shell bare, smooth any dents and repair any suspect areas, and then convert the tail to Series 1 specs.\u00a0 Once completed, the shell will be crated and sent to Canada, where it will be used to resurrect a 1965 OTS whose shell is being repair.<\/p>\n

Here are some shots of the trip:<\/p>\n