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[sheldon]

Bonnet just painted and have a question regarding sugar scoop color on series 1.5 Are they silver and could you suggest a color. thanks sheldon

 

[Deleted member 8987]

1.25 and 1.5 are body colour, gloss.
1's were silver.
No shield, right?
https://www.jcna.com/library/concours/2006/e-type1.5.pdf
Page 24

 

[sheldon]

thanks for the help ,my car is a 64 coupe covered headlights,im still confused about when the scoops were silver vs body color regards sheldon

 

[Deleted member 8987]

1.5 are open, no covers, chrome headlight ring extends into scoop area. 1.25 were few, but a mix of both. Read that Concours Guide, it will help you figure it all out. Maybe you have one of the few 1.25's?

 

[Deleted member 8987]

What's your VIN?
Rading carefully, Series 1 (through late 66, early 67) were covered headlamps, all tohers from January 1967 onward seem to be open, no covers. Now, with E-types being as old as they now are, no way of knowing if the bonnet or other bits haven't been swapped out over the years and owners.
Page 3 gives VIN numbers for 1.25's and 1.5's.

Series 1 found here:
https://www.jcna.com/library/tech/e-type1.pdf

Gives VIN and variations. Early, early cars were body coloured scoops (first 500 hand assembled units), all open headlamp cars body colored, covered are "All other covered headlight cars - the color varies from light to medium silver/gray with a slight metallic finish"

If you have a 1968, or a Series 1.5, it should have open headlamps (no covers) and body coloured scoops.