If I remember correctly. About 10 years, around when they first came
out, ago Peter Egan built a new MG with a shell. He put on a lot of new
parts, because it was "too hard" to put old grubby parts on the nice new
body.
All told, not counting his labor, which is always free, he sunk $12-13k
on it.
Paul.
Dodd, Kelvin wrote:
> The shells are available, last time I looked they only did one US spec shell
>(LHD). That is the approximately a 72-74 design.
>
> Figure approximately $5,500 at your doorstep. This is not an accurate
>figure, but use it to determine if you really want to inquire or not. If you
>are serious I can find out what is available, and get a better handle on cost.
>
> Moss can have them shipped to either California or New Jersey, then they
>would go truck frt from there. There is a crating charge, as the only way to
>ensure they are mostly in one piece is to build a 2x4 box around the entire
>car before they go on the boat. They come direct from Heritage fairly
>unprotected.
>
> An interesting point was that originally the tubs were supplied bare for the
>customer to use their choice of new or used sheetmetal. Then Heritage found
>that no-one had the experience to hang doors, fenders, trunk lid etc. So the
>tubs are now assembled with new components.
>
> Lawrie just beat me to the punch, but the reason no US supplier is pushing
>these shells is that by the time you get one, have it prepped and painted, fix
>the niggly bits that are always a pain and build the car up, you could have
>bought a couple of reasonably rust-free US cars.
>
> The heritage shell is a wonderful starting point if you have a totally rusted
>out shell, such as found in the UK. Usually here in the US it is not that
>difficult to find shells that only need simple repair such as floors, sills
>etc.
>
> Kelvin.
>
>
>
>
>>>Hello list: Where could I find information on Heritage Body
>>>shells? What
>>>does one cost, etc?
>>
>>They cost quite a bit. They're a special order item. Kelvin can
>>obviously give you the gory details, but Brown & Gammons lists them in
>>their catalog, and they're all north of UKP3000 (with VAT). Do the
>>conversion to USD, and you're looking at a pretty big chunk of money.
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