1971 Jaguar E-Type

  • 1971 Jaguar E-Type – Sill Repair

    While it looked like a fairly small hole caused by a common issue of rust around the battery, a mouse nest led to a larger repair than initially planned. The hole and bubbles never seem so bad until you get to the back side! We made up a repair section and cut away the rusty

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  • 1971 Jaguar E-Type — Floor Repairs

    While this car is very solid, it does have some rust issues. The right side jacking point had been damaged (never use the factory jack) and put a hole in the floors. That hole, combined with other water ingress over the years, made repairs necessary. There was a lot of thin metal combined with pinholes,

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  • 1971 Jaguar E-Type – Arrival and Assessment

    This 1971 E-Type had been stored in a real barn (not a pole barn) in Ann Arbor since about 1992. Carl made a trip to look the car over and deem it worth saving, then it was loaded on a flat bed and brought to Eclectic. The car was very dirty and had some unfortunate

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