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MGA Coupe

markjones — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:26:43 +0000

MGA Coupe 1600

MGA Coupe 1600 crushed in the rear by a large truck, then stored for nearly 40 years. Britsport will completely restore the car from the ground up.

MGA Coupe 1600

1958 MGA 1500

markjones — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:23:40 +0000

1958 MGA 1500

1958 MGA 1500. Brought to Britsport for full body on cosmetic and mechanical restoration. This is a very nice California car that has been in the same family since the 60′s.

1958 MGA 1500

1961 Triumph TR3A

markjones — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:02:55 +0000

1961 Triumph TR3A

1961 Triumph TR3A. Brought into Britsport mostly disassembled. We will perform complete body and paint work, dash work with complete rewire, conversion to factory overdrive, brakes and suspension work.

1961 Triumph TR3A

1961 Jaguar E Type

markjones — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:29:34 +0000

1961 Jaguar E Type

1961 Jaguar E Type. This is an early flat floor, welded louver bonnet car brought into Britsport several years ago for complete body and paint work. The metal work was completed as well as most of the plastic work, then the car was left in primer and stored. The project will now continue and should be in Opalescent Gray Metallic soon.

1961 Jaguar E Type

1961 Jaguar E Type.

1961 Jaguar E Type

1961 Jaguar E Type. A good deal of effort has been made to insure perfect, symmetrical body gapping throughout the car, far superior to factory standards. A look at period photos and brochures reveal the Jaguar factory was content with less than stellar seams.

1956 Austin Healey Hundred BN2

markjones — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:59:04 +0000

1956 Austin Healey

1956 Austin Healey. Brought into the shop to convert to 100M specs, ie: engine upgrades, louvered bonnet, etc. The bonnet, purchased from the UK by the car owner, did not come close to a reasonable fit. The paint had to be stripped, the skin removed from the bonnet and modified to match the factory shroud. After large quantities of All-Metal and body filler was found, the decision was made to strip the entire car to metal for a slight color change.

1956 Austin Healey BN2

1956 Austin Healey Hundred BN2

1956 Austin Healey

1956 Austin Healey Hundred BN2. Close up of the poor fitting aftermarket 100M bonnet. Not surprising though, a hand built bonnet matched up to a hand built car.

1956 Austin Healey BN2

1956 Austin Healey. Bonnet and front shroud modifications completed. The fit is much better.

1956 Austin Healey BN2

1956 Austin Healey BN2.

1957 Triumph TR3A

markjones — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:52:01 +0000

1957 Triumph TR3

1957 Triumph TR3A. This is an early TR3A chassis brought into the shop to mate to the bare body tub after the metal work is completed. Alot of the mechanical bits have been reworked here, then assembled by the owner off-site. Note Laycock “A” type overdrive fitted to gearbox.

1957 Triumph TR3

1957 Triumph TR3A

Triumph TR3. The metal work is completed including new trunk floor, battery box, outer sills and various other metal repairs. The majority of plastic work is done after the bare metal was etch primed. The entire car was then coated with poly hi-build primer to continue the flatting process.

1957 Triumph TR3A

Triumph TR3A curing in hi-build primer surfacer.

1957 Triumph TR3A

Triumph TR3A. Body and paintwork completed. Body installed on chassis with outside panels bolted up but not tight. The major inside assembly will commence, then before the outside of the car is assembled the color sand and polishing process will take place.

1957 Triumph TR3A

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4 DHC

markjones — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:01:24 +0000

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4 DHC

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4 as delivered to Britsport for restoration.

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4 Drop Head Coupe. One of 73 total Drop Head Coupe cars produced, both RH and LH drive. Fully disassembled nearly 30 years ago. Brought into Britsport in many sections, crates, and boxes. Full nut and bolt restoration in progress. Body as pictured has all alloy work completed, currently in the priming/blocking process.

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin. Rear bodywork removed. Steel substructure being repaired/restored as nec’y.

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin. Rear steel substructure.

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin. Rear steel substructure.

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4

1954 Aston Martin. Chassis restored to rolling status. Rebuilt engine/clutch/gearbox installed.

Aston Martin DB2-4

1954 Aston Martin. Chassis and powerplant photo.

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin. Chassis/powerplant/front suspension photo.

Aston Martin

Chassis Tags

Aston Martin

Metal work completed. Installation of body on chassis to check gapping.

Aston Martin

Final fit up of body panels to chassis is complete. The body was then removed from the chassis for clean up, conversion coating/cleaning, etch priming, plastic work and paint.

Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin. All body and paintwork completed. The entire car color sanded and rubbed out in it’s original Aston Martin Ivory color (soft yellow). This is the final installation of body on chassis. Now the painstaking business of reassembly begins.

1954 Aston Martin

Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4 DHC. As I stated previously, the painstaking process of reassembly has commenced. The most difficult aspect is that the car was largely disassembled nearly 30 years ago with little documentation of that work. The Aston factory published little to no information covering the DB2-4 MK1 cars. The placement of equipment, brackets, cable runs and a million details requires much research. It has to be absolutely correct. Very difficult to achieve on a car that was one of 70 or so built.

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin DB2-4. The Aston way of combining a bright red engine block, polished cam covers, and gloss black intake castings and carburetor bodies makes for an absolutely beautiful engine appearance. It is one of the better looking combinations that I have seen in the British car world.

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin DB2/4

1954 Aston Martin. Much work has been recently performed including the installation of most of the new wiring harnesses, build up of the bulkhead components, inside aluminum cockpit and boot compartment floors.

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin. New boot compartment floors have been fabricated from thin plywood and an aluminum skin. They are roughed into place. After the missing spare tire well access panel is fabbed up, the new flooring will be painted body color and rubber insulation strips and channels installed.

1954 Aston Martin DB2/4

1954 Aston Martin DB2/4. The engine has been started/gremlins identified and dealt with. The bonnet and doors installed hopefully for the last time. The build up of bonnet and interior bits can commence.

1954 Aston Martin

1954 Aston Martin DB2/4

1954 Aston Martin

After nearly 30 years, it has it’s face back on and smiling!

1954 Aston Martin

Aston Martin DB2/4. Restoration nearly complete and preparing for it’s first outing at the 2011 Kirkland Concours d’ Elegance at Carillon Point.

1954 Aston Martin