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Old Mar 9, 2016 | 09:06 AM
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my e type S1 is ready for paint correction and full detail
 
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Old Mar 10, 2016 | 02:09 PM
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Looks stunning! Many happy s(miles).
 
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Old Mar 10, 2016 | 02:13 PM
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Thx SC
heres a few after the work
 
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Old Mar 10, 2016 | 04:49 PM
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You're a lucky man to have a car like that. Enjoy !!
 
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Old Mar 11, 2016 | 07:34 AM
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Thanks Fraser.........she is a beauty. Now if I could only get my dash lights working LOL
 
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Old Mar 12, 2016 | 08:13 AM
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Beautiful!! I am in lust all over again
 
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Old Mar 12, 2016 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by etypo
Thanks Fraser.........she is a beauty. Now if I could only get my dash lights working LOL
In the 70s, I was poor and on motorbikes, but my friend (from when we were six years old), had sports cars, culminating in a series of E-types. First off was a Coupe, then a white Roadster, and finally another Coupe.

I remember going with him to pick up the first car from a dealer in London down the Old Kent Road. Driving back, after about two miles, he turned to me and said, "Frase, I can't get it out of 2nd", to which I responded " Jeez, is the gearbox gone ? " "No" he said, "it's so fast" !! We had driven there in his part-ex, an MGB Roadster.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 08:38 AM
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thats a cool story Fraser
 
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Old Mar 15, 2016 | 10:41 AM
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Stunning with red interior. I'm currently working to complete my Oct. build '64 OTS.....all black. 2nd restoration as I did body, interior, engine bay detail in '83. Stripped down and started over...ground up this time. If I didn't already have a perfectly good black interior, I'd go with red this time around...much more eye appeal. Did you do black with clear coat or polished out single stage finish?
Yours looks terrific.


Bob in Kansas City....Go Jayhawks!!
 
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Old Mar 16, 2016 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Lotibob
Stunning with red interior. I'm currently working to complete my Oct. build '64 OTS.....all black. 2nd restoration as I did body, interior, engine bay detail in '83. Stripped down and started over...ground up this time. If I didn't already have a perfectly good black interior, I'd go with red this time around...much more eye appeal. Did you do black with clear coat or polished out single stage finish?
Yours looks terrific.


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just buff and polish.....
 
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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 02:54 PM
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Purchased by my father in 1975. I acquired it August of 2012.







 
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