Micah Wellman (US) reporting on 7th April 2003:
Jaguar Mk X - restoration / part 2
 

I thought I would show you what is going on with my car. I took last Friday off from work so that I could help out. Also, since the shop charges $65 per hour and I make less than that, it saves me a few dollars to do as much as I can.
  The first day I got the car to run, some 20 years ago, it did not have brakes but the parking brake worked. I decided to drive it from the back yard to the driveway. When I got there, I forgot about the brakes and drove the car into a brick wall.
  It only appeared to have bent the bumper, but the hood never closed correctly again.
A few years later, I had a shop straighten the frame but they did not do a good job. When I recently had my suspension out, I noticed a crack in the frame. I welded it back up.
  I also noticed that the car must have been in an accident many years before me and the work was not done well. I could see where panels were bent.
Friday, the car was put on a very impressive frame straightening machine.
The left side was bent 4mm.
  They straightened it out. Then we began to cut out the damaged panels. For $500, including shipping, I bought the repair panels from Australia.
It was a lot of work, but I want to do it correctly.
Micah
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