{"id":3274,"date":"2012-06-13T09:56:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T13:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/?p=3274"},"modified":"2015-02-18T13:15:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T18:15:02","slug":"going-for-broke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/2012\/06\/going-for-broke\/","title":{"rendered":"Going for broke!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 with some other pieces like the console, etc. They purchased the whole 9 yards and added it to their project pile – knowing that their existing bonnet was pretty bad. What saddens me about that story is that the pile of parts was obviously what remained of a parted out E-Type, and though I asked, they said the shell was no-where to be found…<\/p>\n

So while we had two of everything to build this bonnet, all 4 wings were really hurting. I finally decided what I thought were the best two – the two wings from the gold bonnet, and had them blasted down bare inside and out. After looking at them bare, I stuck them upstairs for a month before diving in – these are rough!<\/p>\n

The trick with something this bad is not whether we can fix it as much as HOW LONG will that take? We can fix just about anything, but sometimes the amount of hours gets so high that it really makes more sense to replace the panel. In this case, after consulting with the customer, we decided to just go for it. Here are some shots of the initial repairs in the forward areas. I started with the worst areas in order to make sure I could make something out of that area before putting any more time into the wings.<\/p>\n

It turned out well, and we will move forward.<\/p>\n