E-type in the shop

[DavidM]

The car looks great - would be good to see the finished job?

 

[Sean d]

The car looks great - would be good to see the finished job?

Unfortunately he will be taking it once the bonnet is painted and fitted, I can pop to his place and get some pics when its done though.

 

[DavidM]

My neighbour down the road has a yellow one - he was offered £100k from a guy in Dublin - he turned him down. This guy has had the car for years - 20,000 genuine miles on the clock - it's a stunning motor!

 

[Sean d]

Stag's were a nightmare 30 years ago and they won't have got any better

Tony.

The Stag is coming along, all body work is done and new interior, manual conversion has been done, we had to make a short remote for gear change, engine has been fully rebuilt with high compression pistons and fast road cam, we got it in over Xmas,
Look at the size of that carb

 

[t-tony]

The Stag is coming along, all body work is done and new interior, manual conversion has been done, we had to make a short remote for gear change, engine has been fully rebuilt with high compression pistons and fast road cam, we got it in over Xmas,
Look at the size of that carbView attachment 48144 View attachment 48145

That's not a carb. that's a bucket. My brother in law used to have a Jenson Interceptor years ago and it had a 4 barrel Holly carb. IIRC.

Tony.

 

[Sean d]

That's not a carb. that's a bucket. My brother in law used to have a Jenson Interceptor years ago and it had a 4 barrel Holly carb. IIRC.

Tony.

I remember the Holly's well mate, the carb and manifold cost £800 , we recon the engine should be good for around 230 bhp, could have pushed it but he only wants to pootle about in it

 

[gookah]

does that carb have a short flush and full flush mode?

 

[Sean d]

does that carb have a short flush and full flush mode?

Its jetted so its pumped on tickover and vacuum afterwards.

 

[Gundun]

Amazing, this would be my dream job and some day I ask myself if it's not the case I start chasing my dreams.
@Sean d : how hard is it to restore these beauties on a scale from 1 to 10?

 

[Sean d]

Amazing, this would be my dream job and some day I ask myself if it's not the case I start chasing my dreams.
@Sean d : how hard is it to restore these beauties on a scale from 1 to 10?

For a skilled body tech with years under his belt its just all in a days work, however it takes many years to get to that level, for a novice it would impossible to restore a vehicle to a good standard.

 

[Zeti]

But always worth to try...
You have the advantage you don't need to complain for the mistakes

 

[hard top]

we had to make a short remote for gear change

Meant to ask, what does this mean?

 

[Sean d]

Meant to ask, what does this mean?

Its the part that joins the gear stick to the box so you can select the gears, the original rover remote is a lot longer thus pushing the gear stick back about 6 inches from the centre of the hole in the gearbox tunnel.

 

[Ianmc]

Like the E type, £150K now?

 

[Sean d]

Like the E type, £150K now?

The last one sold for £118k, same model

 

[oldcarman]

I have a pair of Edlebrock Thunder 650's to go on my tunnel ram for my 462 cu in BBC which will be going into my 57 Chevy 2dr sedan. Should be close to 600HP. Or I have two 3-71 GM supercharger to go on with unknown HP. Much too heavy for a Zed though I'm afraid. JIM

 

[Ianmc]

The last one sold for £118k, same model

Easier to store than circa 20 Z3s I suppose!!