Re: Build a 'new' Elan?
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 8:52 pm
jono wrote:
...and a note to add is that the bodyshell is the chassis unit on a Elan for the purpose of 'identity' so it would only be legitimate if you purchased a bodyshell along with its V5 then re built the car to original spec.
The unit number comes from the Chassis rather than the Bodyshell. The body number (certainly for +2's) is very often different to the Chassis number, but close to the Chassis number/VIN number. The bodyshells were manufactured in batches which included replacement parts. Matching number bodyshells and chassis were merely a coincidence dependant on the rate of production at the time of manufacture. The body was then mounted to a chassis and the chassis number used as the VIN. This was my understanding at the time of obtaining a Certificate of Provenance for my car.
Therefore you could by a body with V5 that doesn't match the body number of the physical Bodyshell... really you would be looking at buying a chassis and adding a new bodyshell. But then how many original chassis are there out there?
To get through an IVA test as a brand new built car wouldn't be that difficult. You would need to look at running the TwinCam on injection, with remappable closed loop lambda enabled and a half decent catalyst. A map could be created to suit the 0.2% CO requirements without too much of a palarva and other maps created for lets say the in between times of MOT testing *cough*. Age related plate transfered to the vehicle, and there you have it... a brand new built Elan! (In theory)