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Offline tez

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Should I reshell my G40?
« on: March 12, 2012, 01:15:10 pm »
I'm thinking of reshelling my G40 into a comet blue mk2 coupe, but am in 2 minds on whether to do it or not. My mk3 is an original G40 shell, on an L plate and is pretty rare now from what I gather. It's solid apart from the bottoms of the doors, but could do with a respray due to lacquer peel on the rear quarter, and a couple of places where the paint has been polished through.

Any opinions on whether I should do it or not? I don't particularly want to see another original shell off the road, but I really prefer the mk2 :D
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Offline randombadger69

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Re: Should I reshell my G40?
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2012, 01:24:47 pm »
If your G40 has no sunroof, then do it and i'll buy your shell and race prep it.  ;D

Im on the lookout for a good mk3 non sunroof shell to re-home my G40 conversion.
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Offline tez

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Re: Should I reshell my G40?
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2012, 01:35:55 pm »
 ;D Would have been a plan, but I've got a sunroof! :(
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Offline randombadger69

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Re: Should I reshell my G40?
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2012, 01:39:02 pm »
 :( Would have been too ideal! Haha.

I know what you mean about mk2's though!
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Re: Should I reshell my G40?
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2012, 02:34:16 pm »
why not sell your g40 and then buy a mk2 shell and a g40 engine with the money and also have a night out with the left overs?
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Offline tez

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Re: Should I reshell my G40?
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2012, 04:29:35 pm »
I had my G40 up for sale for 4 months and didn't really get any interest in it. Pretty glad now though, since I now want to use it.

Insurance might be the limiting factor here. I can insure a mk3 G40 with Bell, but it seems nobody will touch me with an engine conversion until I'm 25.
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Offline randombadger69

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Re: Should I reshell my G40?
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2012, 05:08:33 pm »
You tried adrian flux? They have always catered for my cars. Engine conversions don't seem to phase their underwriters.
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Re: Should I reshell my G40?
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2012, 07:48:38 pm »
Sell it and buy a conversion or write off  :)
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Re: Should I reshell my G40?
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2012, 10:07:25 am »
try Brentacre too, didnt make any difference to them whether is a conversion or genuine g40.

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Offline tez

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Re: Should I reshell my G40?
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2012, 11:31:38 am »
Brentacre have given my renewal as £1700 TPFT with a £500 excess :o. I can insure my daily A4 and the G40 fully comp for that with Bell. Bell won't quote online for a Mk2 with engine swap, but I'm going to give them a call and see if they will cover once I give them more details.
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Offline ereeiz

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Re: Should I reshell my G40?
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2012, 12:09:29 am »
HiC are worth a punt too. Always gave me good deals. I paid about £400 on my Golf2G40 tpf+t. This was a few years ago now so probably irrelevant tbh.
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