All the panel joints on Jaguars up until the 1980’s were lead filled so all mine will be the same. Unlike body filler, lead won’t crack or fall off it’s bumped.
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Rear Wings - not a pretty sight
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More filler than steel and hard to tell what the correct shape was or how the spats are attached. |
For racing the boot was sealed off with sheet aluminium and any remaining gaps were filled with expanding foam
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| The fuel tank covers were panelled over with aluminium so looked a bit better than they really were. |
The panels under the fuel tanks couldn’t be repaired but since my fuel tank is from an XJS I didn’t need exact copies so could make panels without the drain holes.
Part way through the repairs, this is the view above and below.
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Bracing stops the body from getting out of shape
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| Bracing welded in across the door openings and across the body should keep it all in place when cutting out the floors and sills. Mid way through marking out the new floor panels |
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Front Wings
I picked up a new old stock nearside wing from Northern Jaguar and a used offside wing from Worcester Classic Spares. Had them both dipped ...
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More filler than steel and hard to tell what the correct shape was or how the spats are attached. For racing the boot was sealed off... -
BEFORE - The rectangular steel plate is 5mm thick and is there to brace the roll cage. That will need to be reinstated. A new footwell inste...
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The offside rear door Id bought second hand looked really good but on closer inspection there were some tiny rust spots in the corners show...
