Hi
have a look at fitting your discs over the hubs as per they are now on cars
and not as bolted on the back of the hubs as they are now

 

what gain will this give?

 

Not much to add but the dash arrived, what’s the best way to restore the wood?

 

If the veneer is intact, a small compressor, a good quality air brush and automotive clear coat.
You will also need a dry place to work, a bunch of disposable in-line water traps for the compressor, and a full face respirator.

 

You need to remove the old varnish, I used paint stripper and a stanley knife blade and slowly scraped it off.

Then as above I used 2K car laquer, loads of coats to fill the grain then flat and mop it like car paintwork.

 

You might wish to read from post #35 here:

IMHO Low VOC nano ceramic automotive clearcoats are also a good choice. Spraygun Devilbiss GFG-670 Gravity Plus. Compressor IR industrial unit. Model unknown. We had excess bone dry air. We were working in a very low humidity area of the country anyway.

Don't be shy to do minor grain touch ups with varying colour stains & small art brushes etc to hide damage etc. should you have any prior to applying lacquer. All the pros do including British Autowood that is probably the best out there.

Great care should be taken not to sand through the veneer on edges etc.

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/m...2/#post2002815

 

I was offered a mk2 jag this weekend and couldn’t refuse






few pics but until arrives not sure what I’ll do with it

 

I saw this up for sale a while back, think it was on eBay. At that time if had a load of panels with it and one was a complete chassis rail so it might need a fair bit of work underneath.

Looks a good project.

 

Early 2.4 from steering wheel & dash manual choke.

 

not sure it was on eBay, came out of a barn and been there a good few years apparently

 

‘63 2.4 manual

I’ll add some pics once it arrives on weds

 

This was it a few years ago when I first saw it on ebay but it was relisted recently either on e-bay or on another website stripped like it is now with a load of panels including a complete new chassis leg. I can't find a link to that one.

https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/3393181...c_v2=1a1p2T3Ah

It looks fairly rotten but if you love welding as much as I do that would make a good challenge!

 

I don’t mind a bit of welding lol

 

thanks for that, for what I paid I think it was worth it however rotten it is lol

 

I’ve found this from the link you shared

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/BARN-FIND-Vi...-/163051875667

that was back in 2018

 

Chassis rails look good, just rear outrigger/ jacking point not good and left inner arch

think I might just weld it up as it really doesn’t look that bad I’ve seen and repaired much worse (see pics above)

if if I can get the engine running then that is definitely the plan

 

Front of inner rear arch not great but nothing that cant be sorted



Gauges and switches in good condition




Chassis rails

 

Guess I’ll have to start another project page as I’m going to weld this one back together, it may not be a concourse resto but just get it welded and on the road as would be a real shame to chop it up

This is the ls left rear seat area right hand side is the same, other than these bits and left front inner arch that’s all that’s rotten structurally