MG 1300

Always good to have some variety through the workshop. Nice little MG1300 is an example of a cheap but increasingly rare car which makes for a fun drive. Engines were 1275cc Midget spec so they go well. This one got a full check over, waxoyl and respray in Iris blue. A set of period Cosmic alloys were refurbished and finish it off perfectly.

Triumph Spitfire V8

A sneaky peek at my own little toy. The first one I converted to V8 power - pictures here are of the bonnet finally getting its E-type louvres let in, bump to cover the distributor cap and side vents. All finished in Mercedes Signal red. I know it's mine so I'm bias, but this car is just the best. If I wasn't so busy building cars for other people you'd never get me out of it! 

Jaguar E Type S2 Coupe

An original unrestored UK RHD E Type, bit of a time warp really. This was taken off the road around 30 years ago for some minor repairs and a repaint and got no further. So with the small repairs done, and the usual mechanical servicing and overhaul that you would expect after a long term lay up - this will be a presentable E Type without breaking the bank account.

Update Jan 2010 - here it is completed earlier this year. Actually the rarest version in RHD are these coupes. Great to drive with a lot of presence on the road. It's deceptive how much work goes into building one of these, in fact it took months to put together but was well worth it.

Riley RME

This 1950's Riley RME has been in a local lock up since around 1975. I'm always up for a challenge and the owner assured me it wasn't too bad when it drove in. That was before I found out how long it had been in there! It is very, very rotten - even the chassis which are renowned for being very strong. So Winter 2010 has seen the body removed and the chassis repaired / painted. As I write there are 3 large boxes of parts just arrived to complete the chassis.

All new body mounts have been fabricated and buckets of dirt and rust scale removed before anti rust priming and chassis black.  Amazingly we had the engine running sweetly on the first day in the workshop. The rest of it is going to take a while - it's wood framed too you know.......aaargh.