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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Just watched the above episode about the Cooper S  heap of rust that had been stored for well over 20 years in a garage.
It was an early model without the right hand extra petrol tank - it fetched £18,000.

I checked the VRM DFY160C its now taxed  so presumably re-shelled and now fully restored.

Johnwebley:
They did a catch up show,

And yes, fully restored and up and running

No longer moving on a pallet and forklift



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K2-K6:
APPARENTLY  :) it wasn't a reshell, as noted in the catch-up show.

Just how far the panel replacement went in getting it back to competent wasn't revealed in any significant way. There's been some notable repair jobs on these car show programs generally though, with shells welded with temporary significant internal frame + jigs etc to keep the original salvageable structure as much as possible. 

I think it's good to save cars like that, but open to interpretation as to just how much metal has to be replaced. After all a shell is literally a collection of pressings anyway.

oapcb400:
Triggers broom, 1275cc version

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Triggers Broom ! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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