Britsport of Seattle » Past Projects

1958 MGA Roadster

markjones — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:02:49 +0000

1958 MGA

1958 MGA. Brought to Britsport with the substrate sealed and the majority of the metal work done. Britsport was hired to finish up panel fitting and perform the long process of block sanding, filling and flatting as well as applying the basecoat/clearcoat in “Mellow Yellow”. The paintwork is done and will cure for three weeks or so, then the body tub will be installed on the restored rolling chassis. The majority of the inside assembly work will be completed before the post-paint sanding and polishing is performed.

1958 MGA

MGA roadster

MGA roadster with body and paintwork completed. Installation of body on chassis then back to owners place for mechanical work.

MGA roadster

1983 Jaguar XJ-6 Series 3

markjones — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:13:42 +0000

Jaguar XJ-6

1983 Jaguar XJ-6 Series 3. Brought in for strip and repaint. Discovered significant rust out in front and rear window channels and lower rear valance. All rust cut out and replacement sections welded in and metal finished. Painted with PPG DCC Urethane and Glasurit clear on top. Fresh headlining, mats and door seals as well.

1961 MGA 1600 Roadster

markjones — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 00:32:51 +0000

1961 MGA

1961 MGA 1600 roadster. One owner since 1966, stored for the last 20+ years. Brought to Britsport for a complete nut and bolt rebuild of the entire car.

1961 MGA

1961 MGA 1600. Initial teardown continues. Body tub is nearly ready to pull from chassis, but the inner and outer sills as well as doglegs will be replaced first.

1961 MGA

1961 MGA 1600. Metal work/rust repair in progress. Note that the body and chassis is still resting on it’s tires while the sills are fitted in order to keep the chassis properly aligned.

1961 MGA

1961 MGA 1600. Major metal work/rust repair completed. The body staged for removal from chassis.

1961 MGA

1961 MGA 1600. Bare, rolling chassis ready for removal of front and rear suspension systems, final stripping and off to media blasting. After blasting is completed, rust repair of chassis rails can commence.

1961 MGA

1961 MGA. The chassis frame has been sandblasted and all rust repair completed. The frame was then powder coated satin black. Front and rear suspension systems are completely restored with all new/rebuilt parts throughout. The gearbox is fully rebuilt and coupled to the restored motor with a fresh flywheel and 3 piece clutch kit. The ancillary components on the engine are being rebuilt and installed when done. The wheels were blasted, epoxy primed, then painted satin silver as original. New wooden floor boards were fitted to the chassis rails.

1961 MGA

1961 MGA. Building up engine ancillaries.

1961 MGA

1961 MGA. All metal and body work completed. Complete respray with base-clear urethane in original MG Iris Blue.

1961 MGA

1961 MGA chassis. Prepped and ready for body installation on chassis.

1961 MGA

1961 MGA. Installation of body tub on restored chassis.

1961 MGA

1961 MGA. Body reunited with chassis. Reassembly can now begin.

1961 MGA 1600

The majority of the reassembly work is completed. Fuel/cooling systems complete and initial startup and re-torque work done. Next up is flushing and bleeding of the new brake system then time for fresh leather upholstery/carpets/weather equipment.

1961 MGA 1600

1961 MGA

MGA 1600 roadster back to owner (on left) after a 25 year slumber.

1968 Triumph TR250

markjones — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:56:34 +0000

1968 Triumph TR250

1968 Triumph TR250. Body and paint restoration by Britsport in Spring 2009. One owner car for the last 35 years. Extremely rare factory American mags. One of the nicest, tightest, well maintained Triumph’s I have ever driven. The mapping/taping/painting of the bonnet stripe took the most of two days to accomplish.

1965 MGB Roadster

markjones — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:43:00 +0000

1965 MGB

1965 MGB Roadster. Brought in for disassembly, strip of old finishes, body and paint. Very nice original car.

1965 MGB

1965 MGB. Old paintwork and body filler removed. Ready for minor bodywork, flatting, and respray.

1965 MGB

1965 MGB Roadster. Respray complete. Ready for color sand and reassembly.

1965 Austin Healey 3000 BJ8

markjones — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:45:27 +0000

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000 BJ8. Driven into the shop. This was a old redo by a not so talented home restorer/car flipper. Completed covered in thick sheets of all-metal style body filler that covered several decades of rust, old repairs, sins and shenanigans. After several days of painstaking chemical stripping, the aluminum/steel work can begin. The gearbox leaks as much oil as my leather seal Moss gearbox in the XK120 OTS.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Old finishes being removed.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Old finishes being removed.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Old finishes being removed.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Old finishes being removed. Note how thick the alum filler is on the LR fender. The majority of the body was covered in the same manner.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. The majority of alloy and steel rust repair complete. Fitting up panels and chrome bits to check gaps.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Fitting exterior panels for gaps.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Exterior panels removed for prepping and paint on backsides of shrouds, fenders, doors, etc. A general clean up of chassis as well.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Front and rear aluminum shrouds scrubbed clean, conversion coating applied, then etch primed with epoxy. Ready for hi-build primer surfacer and flatting.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Hi build primer surfacer applied, guidecoated, and block sanded by hand. Many highs and lows need attention.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Many, many labor hours later. Bodywork completed on all exterior panels and final check of body gaps. Ready to disassemble and apply color and clear.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Bodywork completed.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Paintwork completed with application of sealers coats, as well and basecoat/clearcoat applications. Paintwork to cure for a few weeks, then color sanding and post paint rub-out.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Paintwork completed.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Paintwork completed. I prefer if possible, to spray the bonnet and boot lid detached from main body for color application in order to paint troughs completely. Nothing ruins a decent paint job like unpainted corners. Note exact reflection of overhead lighting in the body and paintwork.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Color sanding in progress to remove all irregularities and orange peel in paintwork. It is at least a two step sanding process by hand, followed with three different polishing steps.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Color sand in progress.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Color sand complete. Reassembly of car commences with fitting all exterior panels, trim, fender beading and other brightwork and lights. Most everything needs to be worked or cleaned up before installation with new rubber, gaskets, etc.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Assembly process.

Austin Healey 3000

Austin Healey 3000. Requested to do so by the customer, the wooden fascia removed for replacement.

Austin Healey BJ8

Austin Healey BJ8. Finished and ready for customer pickup.

Austin Healey BJ8

1974 Jaguar V12 E Type

markjones — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:25:27 +0000

1974 Jaguar E Type

1974 Jaguar V12 E Type. Brought into shop completely disassembled with body and paintwork partially done by another shop. Every component of the car will need to be worked before use. Paintwork has since been completed by Britsport and assembly of chassis started. The V12 is fully rebuilt and installed with a 5 speed conversion. The car will also be converted to SU carbs.

1974 Jaguar E Type

1974 Jaguar V12 E Type. Front suspension/steering work.

1974 Jaguar E Type

1974 Jaguar V12 E Type. Front bulkhead at brake system.

1974 Jaguar E Type

1974 Jaguar V12 E Type. RH bulkhead initial assembly.

1974 Triumph TR6

markjones — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:13:31 +0000

Triumph TR6

1976 Triumph TR6. A completely stripped TR6 brought in as a blasted, disassembled body. The majority of the metal work is complete, and the car mocked up to see if we have a good overall fit of panels.

Triumph TR6

Triumph TR6. Initial body assembly.

Triumph TR6

Triumph TR6. Initial body assembly. Note factory steel hardtop. The car will also be fitted with a Laycock “J” overdrive gearbox.

Triumph TR6

Triumph TR6. Initial body assembly.

Triumph TR6

1974 Triumph TR6. Photo showing the method of reinforcing the upper forward diff mounting pins in a IRS TR4A thru TR6 car. Guaranteed not to crack.

Triumph TR6

1974 Triumph TR6. Photo showing method of boxing in front lower diff mounting pin sections for strength. Note old stress crack near pin welded up.

Triumph TR6

Triumph TR6. After the welding was completed, the chassis went back to the customer for the bulk of the mechanical restoration. He did a fine job, then it was brought back for the fitting of body to chassis.

Triumph TR6

Triumph TR6. Body back on chassis. Now all outer panels will be bolted up and adjusted.

Triumph TR6

Triumph TR6. Body is bolted up and being loaded for transport back to owners garage for final assembly.

Triumph TR6

Wave bye bye!

1958 MG Magnette

markjones — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:24:15 +0000

1958 MG Magnette

1958 MG Magnette ZB. Complete strip, metal work and paint. Assembly and sorting by car owner. Many awards up and down the West Coast.

1958 MG Magnette

1958 MG Magnette. Rust repair LH rear fender. (OK wing).

1958 MG Magnette

1958 MG Magnette sill replacement.

1958 MG Magnette

1958 MG Magnette sill replacement. New sill tacked into place, ready for welding.

1958 MG Magnette

1958 MG Magnette sill replacement. Door fit up to check gap.

1958 MG Magnette

1958 MG Magnette sill replacement. Adjusting door to sill gap.

1958 MG Magnette

1958 MG Magnette sill replacement. Adjusting door to sill gaps.

1972 Jaguar E Type V12 2+2

markjones — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:13:38 +0000

1972 Jaguar E Type 2+2

1972 Jaguar E Type V12 2+2. Stripped to bare metal and resprayed Jaguar Racing Green. All new body rubber and chrome.

1972 Jaguar E Type

1972 Jaguar E Type as brought into Britsport. Prior paintwork blistering from poor storage in the weather requiring complete stripping to bare metal.

1972 Jaguar E Type

1972 Jaguar E Type. Disassembly in progress for body/paint.

1972 Jaguar E Type

1972 Jaguar E Type Disassembly.

1972 Jaguar E Type

1972 Jaguar E Type Disassembly.

1972 Jaguar E Type

1972 Jaguar E Type. Stripped to bare metal. Raw substrate treated and etch primer applied. Hi build primer surfacer applied and wet sanded to show defects.

1972 Jaguar E Type

1972 Jaguar E Type.

1972 Jaguar E Type

1972 Jaguar E Type. First round of wet sanding complete. Note many highs and lows that require attention.

1972 Jaguar E Type

1972 Jaguar E Type. First round wet sanding completed.

1972 Jaguar E Type

1972 Jaguar E Type. Cosmetic restoration complete with body/paint, rechrome as nec’y, body and window seals. This is a 50,000 mile car with excellent original interior.

1972 Jaguar E Type

1972 Jaguar E Type. Restoration completed.