Jaguar - Paint shop

Jaguar Wednesday visit to the paint shop.

Guide coat of primer to highlight areas to work on.


A semi-shiny coat of primer helps to show any little defect.


I love the flowing lines. Can't wait to install the eyes, mouth and bumpers.

Jaguar - Paint shop

Jaguar Wednesday progress report...


Front end got a coat of primer.


Starting to look good.


Now on to the doors. The rear end is primed, the front end is primed with a first coat.

Reminds me of Seseme Street poor Solomon Grundy.

Gizmo Gun Lesson

Gizmo gets his first lesson on guns and shooting.
Have to add "don't eat the target" to the list of gun safety rules.

Jaguar - Paint shop

Moved from the sunshine to the paint booth.


Bare metal, filler and primer camouflage.

Jaguar - Dashboard

I have been looking at the dashboard on top of my bookcase for months now, and it just did not look right some how.

This is before the change I made today.


and this is after.

I case you did not detect it, I changed the original fuel gauge for a Autometer Cobalt gauge that matches the rest of the gauges.

The dashboard is now totally modernized.

Electric tachometer, the mechanical one had no place to connect.
Electric water temperature replacing the unreliable bourdon tube Smiths original.
Electric fuel level that can be calibrated with an empty/full tank procedure.
Mechanical oil pressure same as the original.
Electronic speedometer with hall effect sensor. Procedure to calibrate by holding the dual trip odometer reset button while turning on the ignition, driving a measured two miles, stopping and pressing the button again. This solves the problem of different tire diameters.

I attended the Jaguar Club of Florida meeting last night. I got to Cricketer's Arms restaurant about an hour early so I walked the Festival Bay mall and found a little shop where I scored the Jaguar key fob.

Jaguar - Paint shop

More progress this week. Working on front end.

Out in the heat and sunshine.


Filler where the hood meets the body. The hood is popped to the safety latch. When closed, it is a tight fit.

Jaguar - Paint shop

More progress. The rear end is primed and basically done with the body work.

Working on the front end.


Can you see the low spot on the bonnet that was filled?