what will buff right out? I don't even see a car in the first pic.
At some point, a car is less "restored" than "a brand new car built from new parts and just a handful of originals that were actually restored". This one seems to be on straddling that line.
Vin looks good, that is what matters right?
trucke wrote:
They all look like that at some point in the restoration process. I am restoring a 100-4 Healey that is much worse. The article states the car was disassembled and stored in a barn. The rest of the parts were in that barn too. It wasn't just a rusty tub with a VIN. It was a whole car in kit form. The pics are misleading.
I will be starting in on the 12th E-type made with the dropped floors in a few weeks. It will look just like that before pic soon.
Here is a pic of the shell Mid restoration. Note that pretty much the entire car is replaced below the doors. Might as well since the entire assembly is available and you are in the deep end anyways.
The other thing to note is that once you are under the curvy exterior panels, the structural stuff is metal-shaping 101. If you are playing within your financial league, the tin work on a Jag is not the most daunting prospect.No different than an MGB when it comes to skill level required to do the work. The sheer number of components to the entire car is what kill you.
Fitting the bonnet if it does not fit, could be a Waterloo moment.
Klayfish wrote: At some point, a car is less "restored" than "a brand new car built from new parts and just a handful of originals that were actually restored". This one seems to be on straddling that line.
Yeah, that has the original firewall and VIN tag. That's about it. Amazing that a "resto" like this wasn't remotely financially worthwhile 5-10 years ago. Now that E-Types have skyrocketed, stuff like this will happen--until the bubble bursts.
Money can do some neat things 
If that is a "barn" find, then the "barn" must have been in even worse shape. Looks like more of a "field" find, rotting into the soil. But kudos to the restorer for creating a beautiful Jag once again.
The before pic looks pretty solid actually. Just taken apart.
dculberson wrote: The before pic looks pretty solid actually. Just taken apart.
I was gonna say that.
The bottom 8" of Tunatruck was essentially replaced as well, but I think it's still the same truck I started with.
I'll allow it
Why do so many farmers buy cool cars? No offense to farmers, but I would expect to find old F100s and Comanche pickups, maybe some vintage John Deer stuff or a Landy. Who milks cows in the morning then takes the E-Type into town for supplies?
Why don't we have more "storage garage finds"? Garages behind a house in New England somewhere where grandpa, who used to be an executive at IBM or Westinghouse in their heyday, stashed his NART Spider years ago?
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