With everything repaired and painted, it was time to start reassembly. We bolted the freshly painted chassis members to the firewall and began reinstalling all of the firewall-mounted items. A fresh engine harness was called for as well, and it was installed and routed in the factory locations using all the correct clips. …
With the firewall completely disassembled we opted to repair a bit of rust in the battery area and then scuff, prime and repaint the whole area with matching paint.
After rebuilding at the machine shop We masked and painted the engine in black enamel. The cylinder head, which is the high-compression version, required careful masking and gold paint for originality. After painting we completed the reassembly by reinstalling the front engine components
With the engine out of the way we can start in on the rust and cosmetic issues. We’ll be stripping the car apart from the firewall forward and doing essentially a complete engine bay restoration. We’ll be repairing the rust issues, replacing all of the rubber, and straightening out the dents in the “Picture Window”…
A full rebuild was in order after all of the issues we found. Pulling an E-Type engine is never easy, and pulling the bonnet, while a 4-person operation, is essential for access to everything. Fortunately this is an early car and the engine can actually come out of the car through the bottom with the…
This 1962 Jaguar XKE FHC is from Kalamazoo, Michigan. When we received the car it had been sitting for several years and didn’t run. Looking down into the cylinder head and observing the oil beneath the camshaft gave us quite the shock. In all…