Etype Gallery
This is the Restoration Gallery
Clean, shiny, or simply rebuilt components, this is the greatest fun to be had when building a car - fitting all the new or restored components back to the car, and slowly over time, it begins to look like a car again. You will also see many of the parts that I nickel plated...
Engine Sump
It won’t stay this clean for long, but for now is thoroughly clean inside and out
Front suspension
so pretty – this is the front suspension all nickel plated and ready to refit
Top wishbone
Awaiting ball joint & grease nipples
Front Suspension
All components were Nickel plated, new ball joints, poly bushes etc
Nickel Plating
More plating – these are pedal assemblies and a few brackets
Brake Linkage
Also plated and then made a bit grubby (oops)
Throttle linkage
A little over zealous in the polishing phase
Nickel Plating
quite a difference between restored and not restored…
Nickel Plating
The brackets although shot blasted clean were not as good as I would have liked, however the modern replacements rust very quickly which is worse
Nickel Plating
A few more nickel plated components
Bonnet Locks
Nickel Plated at home
Rear axle
All components refurbished or replaced and you can see my upgrade to the bleed nipples which brings them down from inside the cage to an accessible point
Windscreen washer
Original Bottle and mounting bracket but I replaced the motor with a modern one fitted inside the old housing.This is one of many modifications that no-one would notice
Fuel feed
Naturally all fuel and brake pipes were replaced, this is the connector that awaits a pipe up to the fuel bowl
Battery Tray
…and Brake Servo (from a V12 Etype – another upgrade)
Wiper Motor
Fully refurbished because the old motor had some damaged windings
Clutch Cylinders
Refurbished Master and Slave cylinders
A few Nickel plated items
Fuel bowl bracket, bonnet locks, throttle linkage, bulkhead plate etc. All plated at home and looking the part
5 speed Gearbox
A Guy Broad 5 speed gearbox with a slight modification to strengthen the gear select mechanism
Hydraulic bottles
The originals simply would not clean up well enough so they had to be replaced.
Heater Control
I had to replace this with a new one but you can also see one of the bulkhead pipes. Getting the rubber hose onto those was interesting
Heater Fan
Shot blasted, painted, new upgraded fan fitted.
A lot of Rubber trim
Awaiting fitting
Wiper drive
Re-chromed (wish I could do that too)
Passenger Seat
Trimmed by Mike Turley – a genuine interior fitter who worked on Etype’s at the Factory! Lovely man
Seats
Trimmed by Mike Turley – a genuine interior fitter who worked on Etype’s at the Factory! Lovely man
Centre Dash
All original but restored at home. Because this car has an alternator, I swapped out the Ammeter for a Volt Meter though
Centre Console
This is a modern FM radio that I modified to have the face panel of a 1960’s Motorola fascia. I am rather proud of this because its a 100w stereo with an aux input for iPods etc.
Cubbyy panel
Original plasticised vinyl after some cleaning
Classic Etype Dash
Glorious place to look at. A true classic look
Interior
Coming along – a couple of creases to ease out but getting there
Interior
Coming along but not yet finished
Overtaking mirror
Never a factory option but something of a necessity in modern traffic. These are wing mirrors for a classic Mini which I repurposed
Original Dashtop
This merely needed a lot of cleaning and nurturing back into life. *BUT* it is very brittle and I suspect the ancient plasticised covering may crack one day
Inside the bonnet
Inside the cavity of the bonnet is treated with anti rust protection (applied before painting)
Engine
The beautiful Classic Fabs 6 branch manifold looking rather awesome. I wonder how long the polishing will last.
Engine
Now with carburettors, ignition etc – you can also see a lot of new pipework has been fitted
Getting there
Getting closer to the day we start the engine…
Getting there
The classic Etype engine bay.
Dipstick holder
Why? Because this is a subtle modification that looks cleaner and means oil doesn’t drip onto the exhaust…
Brakes & Clutch
A shot of the pipework..