The first show for this car was the 2009 Salisbury Concours d’Elegance in which it was featured along with other micro sized cars.
Archive for the ‘1957 Berkeley SE328’ Category
Berkeley Concours
Sunday, September 13th, 2009Berkeley in the sun
Thursday, September 10th, 2009The Berkeley is painted, polished, put together and ready to go to the Concours this weekend.
Dynamic Test
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009After some more fiddling with the ignition the car was able to drive out of the shop.
Filling it up
Monday, September 7th, 2009With the engine and fuel tank dropped in the engine bay is really filling up again.
Clean bay – clean engine
Monday, September 7th, 2009The engine bay and engine are cleaned up and ready for assembly.
Everything is blasted
Sunday, August 30th, 2009Everything gets sandblasted so that it can be painted or powder coated, even the engine.
Good body
Friday, August 28th, 2009The body work is almost done and paint will be going on soon.
Shape is getting there
Friday, August 21st, 2009You can really see the smooth body lines of the car starting to come out.
Rough paint
Monday, August 10th, 2009This body is going to need a lot of work.
Berkeley and Cobra
Sunday, July 26th, 2009Before I take apart the Berkeley I thought I would take a few pictures of it next to the AC Cobra.
Fresh wheels and new light covers.
Monday, October 6th, 2008Headlight covers with new weather stripping are test fitted.
New 165/70R12 tires fitted onto sandblasted and painted wheels.
1957 Berkeley SE328
Sunday, September 14th, 2008Here is the smallest project yet a very original Berkeley even wearing the original tires.
Berkeley and Bugeye
Sunday, September 14th, 2008The bugeye Sprite took over as the car of choice for many racers who were driving Berkeleys