We’ve had two of Paul Kennelly’s race cars on the rolling road recently including his ’65 Mustang. In addition, his beautifully prepared Jaguar E-type. The E-type is more of a pure circuit racer where as the Mustang still has an interior and some creature comforts. The perfect tool for Tour Auto perhaps. Paul has a […]
Kennelly’s E-type and Mustang on the rolling road Read Post »
This Jaguar E-type Series 3 V12 has been in storage for 13 years. The owner now has a new garage and room to bring it home so we set about getting it road worthy once more. Although the condition of the car has been maintained over this time there are a lot of items that
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We had another historic racer in from Paul Kennelly. This time his recently prepped Jaguar E-type. The standard of preparation on this car is very high, much the same as Paul’s Austin-Healey. This E-type racer is built like the early steel bodied cars you see in the Kinrara Trophy at Goodwood rather than the Lightweight
Jaguar E-type race car on the rollers Read Post »
This Jaguar E-type came in for a back end rebuild. We dropped the rear subframe, stripped and repainted it, and rebuilt it with new parts. Whilst apart the differential was rebuilt and fitted with a Quaife ATB. Doing any work to the back end of an E-type usually involves dropping the whole subframe and sometimes
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Jaguar E-type 4.2 litre in for some fine tuning on the rolling road.
4.2 E-type on rolling road Read Post »
A lovely Series 1 Jaguar E-type now with a fully refurbished speedometer and a brand new angle drive.
Jaguar E-type Speedometer Refurb Read Post »
All done. The E-type has been finished and looks stunning. We’ve gone the extra mile with this one with two coats of primer wet flatted before the base coat and clear. The restoration of the shell was so good we had to have a paint job to match the quality. Can’t wait to see this
Jaguar E-type painted Read Post »
We recently received this beautifully restored Jaguar E-type roadster shell for painting. The metal work is superb with lovely door gaps and lead loading. Only the best paint job will do for such a nice shell. Watch this space for updates.
Painting a Jaguar E-type Read Post »
We have a few cars on the rolling road this week. John King from King Classic Cars in Hove brought his remarkable Jaguar XK120 for a tune up along with Steve Gunnis’ Lotus Elan and a Jaguar E-Type race car from Crosthwaite & Gardiner.
A Busy Rolling Road Read Post »
