can you buy new shells?

iv just been talking to a guy that runs a body shop and his building up a 3dr from a new shell ! ???

 

all types ARE still about! just knowing who/where they are etc

 

i reckon stu @ mdev would be good to talk to, but define "new"

 

any hint on a saff shell?

 

Check your local barns.

 

They are about but as said esrlier - you need to know who to ask and where to look. GGR had some new 3dr shells a few years back, long gone now but my mate just bought a brand new Mk4 Escort van shell for his next turbo van.

 

try tal motorsport i had 2 brand new escort cosworth shell of them

 

need a new 3door shell my self

 

heres a brand new one

nice and warm in my garage



I believe Simpson Bros who supplied mine still have one left but last I heard he wanted 4k for it

 

yes he does mate but i aint paying that what did he charge you if you dont mind me asking and what you doing with yours

 

well i was out of town today, and as i poped into the garage next to a body shop to get a drink i could see a black 3 door on the ramp.

the guy see my saff and came out to talk to me.as he showed me around his 3 door,he started telling me how he had been reshelling it from the old rustie shell.

i asked him where he had picked up this brand new shell and he said it had been in a barn for 11 years and was just lucky to find it. the only problem is as it was new, it had no numbers stamped in the floor!

 

graham where abouts was this car you saw

 

I paid £1500 with bonnet boot and doors - still in primer (that was in 1998 mind you) I then spent a further £1000 having it seam welded and converted to accept 4x4 running gear then another £2500 on the paintwork and glass.

I did have it up for sale a while back as I was selling off all my new 500 gear but then had a change of heart and will now build it up into a track car with all my spares bits.

If you do a search on the rs owners club there was a guy a few months ago selling a bare in primer shell

good luck

 

a.k.a are you steve manning?
adbr500 how much did you pay for these shells?

 

i cant remember exactly how long ago but the 3door shells at simpsons where once £900

 

what about mk 4 escort shells just out of curiousity ????

surely there about , what prices are u looking at anyone ?

 

id dont know the name of the place its about 5 miles out of romford essex.on the main road going to ilford.

 

just funy is my mate just built a black one from a new shell thought you might mean him

 

lets get this right. if im lucky and can pick up a new saff shell,can i put all my running gear in it and it still have the same g reg number plate and not be a Q reg?

 

as long as the shell hasnt been used before

 

what do you do about the numbers in the floor?how do you get them restamped?

 

dont know mate try dvla

 

anyone know???????

 

take it to your local Ford main dealer with the correct paper work(log book etc) and they should be able to stamp the floor or tell you which main Ford dealer CAN! no difference from when you ask them new vin tags!

 

yep thats right - they were £900 plus vat bare or £1295 plus vat with all closures

they had 22 at one time, and had 8 left when I bought mine

 

maybe ill just restore my old g reg one but a new shell would be great. lol.

 

this can be done by any garage but i very much doubt that a ford dealer would be interested in doing it!

 

do you know of any new 3 door shells martin im a panel beater but im not a magician lol

 

N E garage Ford HAVE the right sized stamps and on the Cossie the letters/numbers are raised upwards in the floor so normal stamps aint no good!

 

i was thinking the same as you martin, i cant think what a garage would say if you turned up and asked um to stamp a number?

 

not all cosworths had the up stamped numbers and i know of atleas 3 that didnt and one had 20 000 miles from new so i doubt it had been re sheled

 

do you even need um? the 3 door i see today had no number at all. just vins and number plates.

the guy said that dvla had cleared it. its was soon to be up for sale for £4500 as he had a bmw .

 

have you got his number

 

yes any garage and i doubt that ford dealers have the ability to stamp vins upwards. .. the purpose of a vin number is to give the shell an identity and if it's been reshelled who gives a toss if it's stamped up or down... unless you were going to deceive someone

 

n e vehicle WITHOUT stamped numbers has a story to it end of!

new shell or been removed by the grinder

 

no way would the dvla clear a car without a stamped vin in the chassis!

 

this had not been removed with a grinder!

anyway the car is very stock but if you want it i did ask him for his number. his name was danny 07786064269

 

(jhw) i paid £4500 each shell

 

lol, but jaaaaysus

 

How fast was you going in that ?