Concours Sportscar Restoration

XK140 FHC 804171

We have serviced and maintained this XK140 coupe for many years for a long time customer and he has decided to give the old girl the treatment it deserves. We rebuilt the engine back in 1997.

With the car carefully dismantled, boxed up and labelled, the body and panels were off to the dippers. We steam cleaned the chassis for assessment.

All is revealed! 50+ years has taken it's toll with rust in the usual places and bad repairs in the usual places as well. The sills, floors, shut faces and boot floors will all need to be replaced along with a lot of other rust and damage repairs.

The chassis was stripped down and sandblasted. The front had been modified and there was some rust and damage that needed to be sorted out before the body could be remounted for repair.

We started at the rear of the body. Rust is everywhere and the majority of the rear of the car is going to be remade.

New boot floors and internals were all handmade.

With the rear quarters and rear beaver replaced, the bootlid was refitted and the seams lead wiped and file finish as original. New battery boxes were also fabricated.

Complete new floors were made and welded in and new doors were made from scratch.

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The front guards were a mess, here we begin restoring the front end.

Both front guards required new sides which we made in house.

Final lead wiping of the front end and the body is finally finished.

With the body removed from the chassis, the next step is to prepare and paint the chassis.

The Lavender Gray finally being applied to the insides of the shell and the panels.

And the outside is painted.

Whilst the body is being painted the chassis is restored. This car had been converted to XK150 disc brakes which we are retaining and overhauling along with the suspension and steering. A new alloy fuel tank has been fitted.

Many hours of paint preparation are required to get an XK body perfect, here, the body is ready for final priming.