Brand new shell - Page 2

tantallon · 2nd November 2018, 17:13

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Originally Posted by marinabrian

I would suspect with a pop rivet gun

Brian

Brian
Are you related to Bobby Thompson or are you Wor Tadger!
No offence meant whatsoever lol

mininuts · 2nd November 2018, 19:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by marinabrian

I would suspect with a pop rivet gun

Brian

Used to be very common in Mini circles years ago..............still going on these days.
Buy a log book off eBay and you’re away

http://www.retrominisltd.co.uk/index...index&cPath=31

trikey · 2nd November 2018, 21:10

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Originally Posted by tantallon

Brian
Are you related to Bobby Thompson or are you Wor Tadger!
No offence meant whatsoever lol

Bri is no little waster

tantallon · 3rd November 2018, 00:27

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Originally Posted by trikey

Bri is no little waster

Correct Andy .
But at times he makes me laugh .
Joking apart He.s always right in what he says .

sworks · 4th November 2018, 01:54

I know the guy that owns this, he bought it to reshell his Tomcat that’s been off the road for a while. Its sad if it’s now sitting outside as it used to be inside, I thought he had a unit with it in?

Sonic ZS · 4th November 2018, 10:04

I'm not sure how much insurance reshelling goes on nowadays - with bodyshop hourly labour rates, the ever increasing complexity of modern cars and the fact that a bare shell shipped over on a boat takes up the same space as a complete new car (but with far less profit for the manufacturer) I'd say it's a dying trade, unless the shell is sourced from the UK of course.

Years ago, I seem to remember the approved way to show a legitimate 'trail' for DVLA, Police, etc. was to cut the chassis number from the damaged shell and weld it alongside the number stamped in the new shell. That way, there was full tracability of what had gone on

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Sonic ZS Posted a thing or two 75 Conn CDT Tourer, 75 Conn SE V6, 75 Conn V6, 75 Conn CDTi Tourer, ZS 180 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Devon Posts: 1,986 Thanks: 1,287 Thanked 963 Times in 534 Posts	I'm not sure how much insurance reshelling goes on nowadays - with bodyshop hourly labour rates, the ever increasing complexity of modern cars and the fact that a bare shell shipped over on a boat takes up the same space as a complete new car (but with far less profit for the manufacturer) I'd say it's a dying trade, unless the shell is sourced from the UK of course. Years ago, I seem to remember the approved way to show a legitimate 'trail' for DVLA, Police, etc. was to cut the chassis number from the damaged shell and weld it alongside the number stamped in the new shell. That way, there was full tracability of what had gone on __________________