The restoration journal was begun in mid September 2002, making it a really, really long-term effort. The entires have become a useful resource for people pondering their E-types or wistfully wishing to do a project like this one. However, people have complained about having trouble finding things and navigating through the pages. This reformatting of the entries mitigates that complaint a bit, since the entries are tagged and organized by grouping (see the “categories” menu). You can even do a keyword search of the website (hooray, WordPress!).
Here’s the most recent page: May 2017 – Nylon turn signal clip 3D printed and installed. As I did for the convertible top replacement in 2015, I have created a Youtube video that goes through the two processes: the creation of the model and the part and then the repair of the turn signal switch.
The turn signal switch was a nag for me for a long time, and the repair (fit in between all of the other goings on of life) took months and months.
I like chronology, though, and so I have listed the entries below in that manner. Also, on the bottom of each post, navigation appears that (mostly) leads to the next chronological entry. (I made some mistakes in ordering the entries, so there is a little jumping around.)
Chronological
- 2002
- September – Fetching and dismantling
- September/October – Sand play and evil rust
- October – Right “B”-pillar
- October – Right inner sill
- November – Basic body repair, POR-15
- November – Frame removed
- November – Right sill stiffeners, rear bulkhead, some priming
- November – Various small parts
- November – Ugly hole fixed, car flipped, more nasty rust
- November/December – Left sill, added stiffener, trunk floor
- December – Lousy weather in Carolina
- 2003
- January – Trunk floor (reprise)
- February – Right floor installed, left sill stiffeners, POR-15 trunk
- February – Left floor, wheel well, “fillet” repair
- March – Right upper wishbone removed, other smallish stuff
- March – Floor finished, car righted
- March – Rack and very evil rust
- March – Left door cleaned and fitted
- March – Right door cleaned and fitted, right front suspension disassembled
- March – Bonnet, part 1
- April – Bonnet, part 2
- May – Bonnet, part 3
- May – Bonnet, part 4
- May – Bonnet, part 5, etc.
- May/June – Bonnet, part 6
- June – Bonnet, outer sill, etc.
- June – Lots of stuff
- July – Left outer sill, bonnet internals
- August – Frame temporarily installed to fit bonnet
- August/September – Engine stand, oil pan removed
- September – Pistons removed, rear body shell block-sanded
- September/October – Block-sanding the POR-15, more tweaking of the bonnet and doors
- October – Color choice, subframe & “boot” primer
- October – Paint-primer-with-a-brush hypothesis tested
- November/December – Holiday greetings to all!
- December – Detail body repair, priming, sanding
- 2004
- January – Body shell spray priming
- January-March – Winter cleaning, undercoating, plating prep
- January-March – Plating and spraying color
- March – Bonnet test fit, plating prep, cylinder head cleanup
- April – Cylinder head paint, small plating, bushes installed
- April/May – Small plating gets big
- May/June – Color on front frames, suspension, part 1
- June – Front suspension, part 2
- June – Front suspension, part 3
- July – Priming and painting
- July – Priming, sanding, and bonnet again
- August/September – Painting, finally!
- September/October – Clearcoat, boot lid, steering column, sundries
- October/November – Gas tank
- November/December – Firewall sundries
- November/December – Front suspension
- November/December – Steering setup
- November/December – Master brake/clutch cylinders and pedal assembly
- November/December – Various and sundry
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2014
- 2015
- 2017