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E-TYPES ARE hard tofind as restorationprojects, becausemost of them seem to have been done up already,” explains Mark Wanstall. Although an MG specialist, he’d always wanted an E-type and, in 2012, he finally became aware of a project E-type Series 2 for sale. “I heard about it fourth-hand, and bought it from a chap who owns a bodyshop.”

The car Mark found was a UK-spec 1968 Series 2 that, when he bought it, was a rolling shell. Having been partly dismantled in 1982, it had languished unloved thereafter, although thankfully had retained most of its parts. They were included as part of the package.

Mark’s car is an early version of the Series 2 from 1968, which saw amendments to lighting and the interior to conform to regulations of the time. Says Mark, “This is the 20th right-hand-drive UK E-type Series 2, so a pretty early one. Details were still changing, so things