Originally Posted by
daddy2coull
after getting a little side tracked and buying a mini to restore i have a question.
in the past, if i've had a car that is just way beyond restoration, i've reshelled with a second hand body and kept the identity if the car i am restoring. on the mini forum people are hung drawn and quartered for this, there are even people scouring ebay just looking for things to compain about.
what are the views of you guys?
my understanding of reshelling is, if you reshell a cosworth and use a sierra 1.6L shell your cosworth becomes a look-a-like, even if you transfer everything, because when you tell the insurance company what the reg is, it will come up as a 1.6L, if you swap the reg's over youre breaking the law, transfering the chassis no over is coloning (illegal)
but i might be wrong