1961 Jaguar E-Type (right hand drive) correction detail - 24hrs straight

[gofast908z]

After doing this client's Porsche 993 Turbo, he brought in his restored first year E-Type for paint correction work. This car is just gorgeous and has been on my list of cars to do for a long time. Had a tight deadline on this one and ended up working 24hrs straight on it, 9am-9am the following day.




Upon arrival, it didn't look like it needed much work

A closer inspection revealed the swirls easily seen in the sunlight

That's a big front end....

The beautiful inline 6 engine

More defects under shop lighting

Before compounding

After compounding. A few deep scratches would remain as they were too deep to safely remove. Final polishing still to be carried out.

 

[gofast908z]

Before

After

Some leftover DA sanding scratches from when the car was painted and sanded to level orange peel texture. The sanding was right up to and in a few places over the edges of the panels, making removing them challenging.

Much improved

Headlight lens covers removed to clean all the visible areas not normally accessible.

9am following morning and very tired, but the E-Type was all done and looking amazing.

Nothing really needed doing in the interior as it was spotless, but such a nice interior deserved a pic.....especially with it being right-hand-drive!

 

[gofast908z]

Sun shots

Sun bursts everywhere!

Thanks for checking it out!

 

[Sizzle Chest]

Beautiful car and work!

 

[richy]

Awesome job on an absolutely incredible car!! What did you use to clean the spoke wheels? They look great too. Compound/polish/lsp??

 

[Klasse Act]

Great work on an icon!

Enzo Ferrari said it himself, best looking car...EVER!

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[SameGuy]

Gorgeous, and as you said, a true Dream Car. Great work, too!

Wondering about the bumperettes, must've been added when it was imported to the States? I don't recall the Series 1 having them.

ETA: ah, never mind. I was remembering pictures of the Low Drag and Light Weight editions.