{"id":973,"date":"2011-05-19T16:50:27","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T20:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/?p=973"},"modified":"2011-05-19T16:56:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T20:56:13","slug":"project-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/2011\/05\/project-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Completed!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This very solid, original car is leaving here as good as new – with all of its original bonet panels rescued and reshaped!\u00a0 Next stop – an E-Type gathering – where it will be the star attraction in bare, polished steel!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

I finally found the little riveted on drip channels that I made and then misplaced, so I could attach them and get this door back on!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Here's a shot of the LH side before the final polishing - the blasted '66 roadster shell in the background is up next!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Here's the tail - the decklid just needed to be stripped down - no repairs necessary. You have to look REAL close to even notice that we replaced the boot floor - just the way we want it...<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

The bonnet is now attached - still all loose. We tighten the bolts up in our own special sequence with the bonnet on to ensure the straightest alignment to the shell possible.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Here's a shot of the complete car from the rear. The shell in the background was a '68 2+2 with bad rust and fire damage, so it became an organ donor - the rear 18 inches was sent to Ohio to convert a Series 2 coupe to Series 1 specs, and it looks like the roof may be going to France soon. The cowl is half-decent and will stay here. <\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

The nose is still a little imperfect, but the reflection on the polished skin exaggerates it - it's VERY close now. I believe the paint shop will be able to get back to perfect with less than an 1\/8" of filler in any location.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

All done! Well, we still have to scuff the bonnet down a little and also shim it. I can't wait to see the response at the show this weekend - you don't often see E-Types "naked", and it's great advertising for Monocoque Metalworks!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This very solid, original car is leaving here as good as new – with all of its original bonet panels rescued and reshaped!\u00a0 Next stop – an E-Type gathering – where it will be the star attraction in bare, polished … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allposts","category-1963-open-two-seater-gw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":990,"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions\/990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monocoque-metalworks.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}