Category Archives: This week at the shop

Amazing Vanishing E-type

  Last week Butch & Patrick stripped out this series 1 E-type  to get it ready for refinishing and a little judicious straightening.  There are two methods for extracting a six cylinder E-type engine, the “Up & Out” method pictured … Continue reading

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Morgan at East Coast Collision & Restoration

       Jason Marechaux of East Coast Collision & Restoration in Mount Holly, Vermont fits up a new door post on a Morgan +4 body tub, the old timber no longer being suitable even for kindling. When we first … Continue reading

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A Couple of Coventry Twin Cams

All good repairs begin with a road test.  In this case the repairs will be quite extensivebecause this E-type Jaguar is coming apart for painting and structural & mechanical reconditioning.  It was worthwhile, for instance, discovering ahead of time that … Continue reading

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MG’s Triumphs & LEAFs

    We retrieved this gorgeous Old English White MGB from Tullio at Ash Creek Classic Motors in Bridgeport, Ct. on Monday.  We believe it to be an authentic overdrive equipped 1966 car. There are still a few squirrely problems … Continue reading

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