Jaguar d-type build

Going to be loads of fun that’s for sure!!

She’s going to be a quick one

see here : https://www.pinterest.fr/cool95/jaguar-type-d/

Some great references.

Thanks for sharing

other technicals pics if you want …

That would be great, the more the better.

Here we go. Panel number 1.


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Hound dog supervision… for a cat?

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I assume you and the panel beater know, that if the panels are fitted to the outside of that shell, the resulting product will be ever so slightly bigger?

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Awesome. Great skills.

Polished these


So I can torque this



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5 panels down around 15 to go……


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Got any spare sets of those? :slight_smile:

@Robert_Laughton will probably have some

Taken shape….
front fenders nose cone done now Dan’s on to the rear fenders.

Curves are amazing :star_struck:


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Progressing along. Unfortunately Dan wasn’t able to complete the build. It’s moved on to a shop near by and he’s really wheeling and smashing.

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That fellow has a skill for sure. Beautiful work!

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Awesome work, thanks for sharing.

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How is the skin fitted to the separate chassis/tub? The spare wheel and a full petrol tank are pretty heavy but I don’t see any internal boot structure?

If I understand the question Peter I believe he is making the actual body panels using the fiberglass as the buck. They would be assembled into a monocoque as the original. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

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We are waiting for the inner panel kit from rcr.

We have 2 projects going on installing the drivetrain on rolling tub and the shell being rolled. During the next couple on months we’ll introduce the tub to the shell and with a combination of bolts and rivets it will be secured.

I can imagine there will be some fitting struggles but nothing we can’t handle.

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That’s all part of the process, Dino, but please… Let’s not do the crankshaft thing again, shall we? :slight_smile: