Ewan Gallie
Joined: 29 Oct 1997
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Location: Italy
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John Murch
Joined: 05 Jun 1976
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Location: London, United Kingdom
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| What a terrible shame, but while people will pay a lot more for a faux racer or replica tourer it will continue to happen, fortunately nice vintage saloons which used to suffer the same fate are now prized! |
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Nicholas Simons
Joined: 01 Aug 2019
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Location: Derbyshire, United Kingdom
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| However horrific this is, in this world there is no law against it. If you own it, you can chop it. Indeed, this club appears to support the manufacture of specials. |
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Christopher Carnley
Joined: 16 Nov 2007
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Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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This is nicely restored B87FC Park Ward, fitted with a new alloy head in 2008, became an Eddie Hall tribute car.
Peris Edwards is seeking pre 1950 MKVI saloons to modify.
Any donors, mucho grando £££.???
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Ewan Gallie
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| Nicholas Simons wrote: | | However horrific this is, in this world there is no law against it. If you own it, you can chop it. Indeed, this club appears to support the manufacture of specials. |
Alas, I fear you are right. What I hope someone might explain is: I can understand, from the eventual buyers point of view, buying bodywork in this way to replace something beyond repair.
However, from the sellers point of view, if you put the bodywork on the market, it must be still useable, why then destroy a vehicle just to create a 'special'? I'm sure the knowhow and capacity is available to preserve such a car in its near-to-original state.
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. With current skills available, is it really necessary to give an old car the chop in this way?
