cass3958 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:56 pm
Very nice Glyn and are you going to tell us that your still clock works.lol.
Mine has never worked since I bought the car so the hands just sit at ten to two. We have talked about getting the clock refurbished in another topic but at over £100 I will just look at my watch when I need to know the time.
No sadly ~ my clock is correct twice in a day. I have spares. I intend fixing one of them at some time which is why I wanted to leave the car positive earth. (yes I know there are ways around that)
A stubborn lump in that Rexine strip that Jaguar cut so beautifully being pressed out. Hey the sledgehammer tactic worked. It's still flat.
Re the glazing jig ~ one of many workarounds we resorted to. Of the next person that says to me regarding many fitments on an S Type ~ "Oh it's easy, just use a little soapy water" ~ I shall respond "Show me"
This became a running joke between my restorer & I every time we were confronted with a new problem. "Oh it's easy, just use a little soapy water"
The shattering amount of internal chromework these cars have & this excludes some of the wood attachment pieces such as dash top, glove box, tray, vent window levers, gear lever & handbrake lever etc.
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First let me state that we were novices to refinishing of the car's interior woodwork. I consider British Autowood to be the gold standard in this art.
So we asked a lot of questions & did a lot of research, took a lot of advice & got on with the job. I was worried about yellowing & durability that led us to a locally made product by Chem Spec that came highly regarded by Rolls & Bentley wood refinishers in SA.
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All woodwork was hand sanded back to base. Lightly stained to the desired colour & many layers of lacquer applied with sanding in between layers. We had no curing acceleration/baking facility available to us so we used good old sunlight. Sinking or slumping into the soft grain is a common problem with Jaguar woodwork so we sun exposed all the lacquered wood for 6 months prior to doing final lacquer coats, sanding & polishing.
Excuse the severe red push on my restorer's camera/cellphone. It isn't that red.
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Glyn I am afraid you have got this all wrong. You are trying to achieve perfect originality in your S Type but I have to say there is no way any S Type came out of the Browns lane factory or a CKD with wood work looking like this in 1965.
Your car is fantastic but not original!
It is beyond original, it is all how we imagine it should have been like and would love it to be now, but mass production methods in the 1960s would never have produced the quality you have achieved.
Your car is so good I would be afraid to sit in it, drive it, park it up at a show, let anyone within arms length of it. My wife has been insured to drive my S Type since I rebuilt it in 2014 but she has only sat in the driver's seat once but not with the engine running. She is afraid of damaging it. If my car was anywhere near as good as yours I am afraid she would refuse to even look at it in fear she might damage it.
I Love it and I admire your dedication to perfection and the seeking of originality. It helps us all with our own cars but also highlights all the faults we have.lol.
Thank you.
Rob.C. P1B8973BW
1968 S Type 3.4 Auto. Old English White.
1993 Yamaha FJ1200 Yellow
1966 Ford Anglia 1760 cross flow (still being built)
2012 Old English sheep dog. Grey and white. http://torbayweddingcarclub.co.uk/?page_id=57
It does look lovely, Glyn, and you and your restorer have made a great job of it. I hope it will last in that scorching South African sun. But, I am curious...
All woodwork was hand sanded back to base.
Do you mean you just removed the previous lacquer and the veneer is all original? It does look quite different in appearance to the veneer on my car, which is very obviously original! Mine has a lot more obvious burrs and very little straight grain. Was the woodwork on CKD cars made locally, maybe accounting for the difference in style?
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1965 Jaguar 3.8S RHD DG Auto, Opalescent Maroon/Beige Leather, Varamatic PAS - one-family-owned from new
