{"id":1499,"date":"2017-10-15T14:51:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T13:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xk140.nl\/wordpress\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2017-11-14T20:33:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T19:33:15","slug":"frontwing-mounting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/?p=1499","title":{"rendered":"Front Wing Mounting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now the <a href=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/?p=1374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">left <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/?p=1410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right\u00a0<\/a>front wings are restored, and the inside has been painted, it is time to place them back onto the body. Although most restorers leave them onto the body en remove the lower part of the front wings to repair the\u00a0<a class=\"entry-title\" title=\"Dashside Strengthener\" href=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/?p=298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">dashside strengtheners<\/a>, I decided to remove the whole front wings at the place the where originally fixed to the body.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingRightFrontWing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1525\" src=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingRightFrontWing-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingRightFrontWing-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingRightFrontWing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingRightFrontWing-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingRightFrontWing.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1504\" src=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWing-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWing-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWing-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWing.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This method has the following advantages\/disadvantages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>+ Removing and mounting can be done by myself.<\/li>\n<li>+ Cleaning the inside of the front wings is much easier.<\/li>\n<li>+ Repair and cleaning of the dashside strengtheners is very easy<\/li>\n<li>+ Afterwards it will be invisible to see they where removed.<\/li>\n<li>+ During the restoration process it was easier to store them temporarily in the attic.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0 Difficult to place the wings back on exact the same spot.<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;\u00a0 Lead must be placed back, which can be difficult.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWingDone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1524\" src=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWingDone-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWingDone-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWingDone-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWingDone-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MountingLeftFrontWingDone.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MountingRightFrontWingDone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1529\" src=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MountingRightFrontWingDone-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MountingRightFrontWingDone-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MountingRightFrontWingDone-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MountingRightFrontWingDone-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/MountingRightFrontWingDone.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The front wings are welded to the body nearby the front windscreen. Nearby the radiator the front wings are mounted on three places with bolts onto the chassis.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1526\" style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingParts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1526\" class=\"wp-image-1526\" src=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingParts-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingParts-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingParts-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingParts.jpg 1092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parts needed to bold the front wings onto the chassis<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now that the front wings are mounted and the front hood is placed,\u00a0it starts to get the contours of a Jaguar xk140 again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WingsAndHood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1527\" src=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WingsAndHood-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WingsAndHood-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WingsAndHood-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WingsAndHood-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/WingsAndHood.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingsOverview.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1503\" src=\"http:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingsOverview-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingsOverview-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingsOverview-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingsOverview-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FrontWingsOverview.jpg 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now the left and right\u00a0front wings are restored, and the inside has been painted, it is time to place them back onto the body. Although most restorers leave them onto the body en remove the lower part of the front wings to repair the\u00a0dashside strengtheners, I decided to remove the whole front wings at the <a href='https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/?p=1499' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-body-shell","category-44-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1499"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1535,"href":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions\/1535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xk140.nl\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}