“Right in the midst of winter settling in on our corner of Vermont I was called out to retrieve this E-type for safekeeping. It’s been here before. Originally imported into California by Charles Hornburg Agency, I believe, it had been completely rebuilt to kick the stuffing out of everyone else in JCNA concours before being exported to New Hampshire, and from there, here, where we began turning it back into a road car again. We started by tightening every single nut & bolt in the suspension, all of which had been left half a turn loose so as not to crack the paint, which I think is somewhat akin to wearing penny loafers in a snowstorm.
Also in the photo deck are some MG’s. My MGC is getting kingpin bushings ( & not the kingpins) on the right side, and a quite interesting Export TC with turn signals and EXU bumpers, but not an EXU car, coming out of long term ownership. Say what you will about it, but we are unusually prideful of the bottom of the Castrol mineral oil jug clamped & RTV’d to the bottom of a porous master cylinder reservoir can so we could road test it. Pity the poor Californians who have no downtime to do this kind of stuff.
