Chris has been getting our Jensen 541R ready for paint. He’s been rubbing down and priming the surface to be smooth for paint application. He’s also applied Raptor Coating to the back of panels in order to protect the bodywork form the elements. Now that the car has been masked up, the next stage will […]
Our Jensen bonnet has been in the paint shop. The fibreglass structure has a large crack and so will be repaired to a completely smooth surface ready for repainting.
The Engine on our 1960 Jensen 541R has undergone a complete rebuild.
Final preparations on the body of our 1960 Jensen 541R. The panels are now all primed and a guide coat has been applied.
Our heavily pitted hinges Jensen 541R hinges made their way down to London to be assessed with a view to repair by the guys at Douglas Metal Finishing . The results are outstanding… Douglas Metal Finishing is one of the leading UK Chrome Platers with their established factory set up in South East London. They […]
We are now aligning the doors, boot lid and bonnet and completing the primer stage of our 1960 Jensen 541R. We will soon be able to enter the paint room for Chris to carry out the full re-spray.
Whilst Chris works on the final body reshaping preparations prior to paint, John is busy aligning the bonnet and wings of our 1960 Jensen 541R.
Dave has been battling with the mammoth task of encouraging the Jensen 541R doors to fit as they should. The initial fit out was a long way from where they need to be with the expected perfect lines being far from perfect. This unexpected task, although very time consuming and labour intensive has been very […]
We left Shaw Hill Golf and Spa Hotel mid morning to continue with our journey up to Cumbria. As we climbed higher and higher up the hills we quickly begun to realise that our decision to pass the previous fuel station without stopping, thinking ‘we’ll go to the next one’, was not the best decision […]
Day 1 of our 3 day trip and it was a good start as we made our way up the M6, to Chorley, to view a lovely 1977 Ford Escort RS2000. Our intention was to view 3 x RS2000’s during our trip. Working on behalf of our client, our objective was to source a good […]
Ongoing discussions continue on the telemetry of the new hubs so as not to widen the track.
Awaiting restoration, we have our 1960 Jensen 541R with matching number engine. The Jensen Owner’s Club have confirmed the identity of the vehicle so she will be stored away until such time as a full restoration can begin.
David Turnage from the Jensen Owner’s Club has visited today to inspect our three Jensen’s. In order to register the cars, a representative from the club is required to verify the paperwork and confirm the authenticity of the vehicles. And, as always, he arrives in style…
John has now built up the front and rear hubs. The brakes have been upgraded all round with the front set up being converted to 4-pot calipers. We have also altered the set up to hold spoke wheels and have temporarily fitted a set for testing.
Images back from Tony at Wyatt Polishing as he continues to work through the various re-chroming and re-polishing projects we have given him. Here we have bright work from our TVR Grantura, Jensens 541R’s and Jaguar E-Type.
Having just one set of carrier calipers we set to work fabricating a new set so that both vehicles had a set.
We have now stripped back, cleaned and plated the seat runners and bonnet stays. We have also received delivery of our brand new rear brakes, hubs and caps ready for refit too.
We have successfully fabricated the spacers for the front member and suspension for both our Jensen 541R’s.
The final fit of our 1960 Jensen 541R body shell to the chassis. The body has been fixed back on to the metal framework and the complete unit has now been bonded back on to the chassis ready for paint preparation to begin.
Work is well on with the preparation of the bonnet and front wings of our 1960 Jensen 541R (#493).
Our 1960 Jensen 541R (#493) is now in the paint shop having the underside stone chipped. Once this task is complete the bodyshell will be married up to the newly built chassis before being secured into position.
Our 1960 Jensen 541R body is now in primer. The restored internal frames that were retained inside the body for strengthening can now be seen away from the primed shell and mounted onto the finished chassis.
Acrylic 2K mix anti corrosive direct to metal (DTM) paint is a high performance two pack compliant coating consisting of an acrylic modified pigmented base coupled with an isocyanate polymer based hardener. It provides a tough and durable mirror-like gloss finish with excellent chemical and solvent resistance. Designed for the coating of commercial vehicles, trailers, chassis, military, […]
Tommy has carried out a few repairs to our 1960 Jensen 541R door (chassis #493). The outer skin has been removed to reveal the corroded area. With the outer skin removed we have cut out the areas affected by corrosion and have re-introduced new metal before sealing the area and refitting the outer skin.
The stripping and re-shaping of our 1960 Jensen 541R body is progressing well with the shell now primed and ready for the next stage.
We inspected the diffs for wear before media blasting and painting the rear axles.
Established in 1991, Coopercraft very quickly earned an excellent reputation for restoring and maintaining classic cars, in particular Jaguars. In the mid 1990′s, with his life long passion and expertise for all things Jaguar, including preparing and racing his Jaguar 420 with great success, Peter Cooper was conscious that the braking performance of these classics […]
Our brand new fuel tank pickups have arrived this morning from Chris and the guys at Four Ashes Garage. Because of the rarity and complexity in the fuel tank pickups, our old units have been returned to Chris for a future rebuild. Who are Four Ashes Garage They are a family owned leading independent Aston […]
Both of our Jensen 541R chassis’ have now been painted in POR15 Top Coat Chassis Coat Black. In the new year we will be able to start work on reassembling the chassis’, to get them back on their wheels. POR15 Top Coat in Chassis Black (was Chassis Coat Black) is a direct to metal coating designed […]
Both Jensen axles are now removed and ready for the trip up the A14 to Agriblast.