Originally Posted by Clare
From what he has said, the re-sell has been done on another 'old' but restored shell.
If this was done recent it would be on a Q plate, however, from reading what the guy has said it was done 6 years ago, which would have been just before the DVLA changed the rules on re-shelling a car on a used shell.
It certainly looks this business, but had it been reshelled on a new shell the value IMO would be far greater than one on a used shell. Really needs a meticulous viewing and inspection to be sure if its really as good as he says.
Im confused? It clearly states that it was restored using a brand new shell?
I have reshelled a Cosworth before and had the car called in for inspection by Essex traffic division who passed it no problems. It was shelled into a brand new shell with no ID (flat floor) and I had the floor section cut from the damaged shell which I took with me.
If it had its ID transferred onto another used car then yes that would be a ringer, but this has or it sounds like its purely had a reshell into a new shell and actually had everything else restored at the same time?
No different from if it was accident damaged and reshelled by a main dealer either yesterday or ten years ago?
Or am I going mad?
Its all clean on HPI and the plate changes all tie up with no history attached to any, and that E reg plate it is on now was the original plate from when it was new.