18-03-2022, 05:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-03-2022, 05:04 PM by Hedd_Jones.)
Another option may be to simply go with the flow.
Go through the running gear and see what pops up.
All sorts of coachworks pops up for sale if you two would prefer to restore rather than build.
Tony has what is basically a new body on ebay at the moment.
There also seems to be a sure and steady flow of used box saloon bodies available. A guy I know is just putting a discarded body, picked up cheaply on a chassis, that he bought off Stuart that he has built into a rolling chassis from spares. I believe he has obtained the V5 belonging to the chassis and therefore has put another box saloon back into the gene pool. I did similar when I was a little older than your daughter.
There was a chopped up RL body also on Facebook recently offered FOC. It looked like it would have yeilded a usable front end - scuttle, flitch panels, wings, bonnet for some sort of custom body, could be made into whatever is wanted.
My favourite special body in on a car I see every year at a steam rally I attend - Onslow Park in Shrewsbury. A 2 seat car that the owner built for his daughter - who is herself probably 10years my senior. I will see if I can find a picture of it.
Go through the running gear and see what pops up.
All sorts of coachworks pops up for sale if you two would prefer to restore rather than build.
Tony has what is basically a new body on ebay at the moment.
There also seems to be a sure and steady flow of used box saloon bodies available. A guy I know is just putting a discarded body, picked up cheaply on a chassis, that he bought off Stuart that he has built into a rolling chassis from spares. I believe he has obtained the V5 belonging to the chassis and therefore has put another box saloon back into the gene pool. I did similar when I was a little older than your daughter.
There was a chopped up RL body also on Facebook recently offered FOC. It looked like it would have yeilded a usable front end - scuttle, flitch panels, wings, bonnet for some sort of custom body, could be made into whatever is wanted.
My favourite special body in on a car I see every year at a steam rally I attend - Onslow Park in Shrewsbury. A 2 seat car that the owner built for his daughter - who is herself probably 10years my senior. I will see if I can find a picture of it.