DodgeRover Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Why?Any modification to the body shell of a monocoque construction vehicle - ie one not on a chassis requires a fully type approval test and registration as a new vehicle, for example I have a metro, I cut the roof off and make it a convertible, my metro convertible was never type approved so needs to be registered as a new vehicle with a one off name and model. Same with estate cars cut into pickups and the like. I keep mentioning 1988 as that is the date prior to which if you kept 8 points so basically engine gearbox axle and suspension then you could do what you like and retain the original identity. The Old Bloke Next Door 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Puddlethumper I would get in touch with the last recorded owner on the logbook and ask what the crack is with it and go from there, in a way it's a pity those pics on rods n sods weren't lost in the great photobucket swindle.When you next come to tax it there's a chance you are going to get a letter out asking if it's modified / there's a chance the last owner already had this and shifted it on rather than loose the registration - if they did get it find out if they sent it back....I would choose to believe that to the best of your knowledge it's always been a 2 door estate (just look at all the pictures of other ones in this thread, no reason 2 doors wouldn't be built to special order) and has just had the windows panelled in which is absolutely legal. Even welding the rear doors closed is still absolutely fine if it was converted to an estate early in it's life. The Old Bloke Next Door 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Got a good point there DR. The last owner acquired the vehicle in 2011 which is not long after the RnS guy was trying to sell it.I'll see if I can get in touch with him. Datsuncog and The Old Bloke Next Door 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 What's a friary? Aside from where chips come fromLet us learn from Fat Freddy's Cat: Skizzer, JeeExEll and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 KBJ56J is still down as a saloon on the database I just looked up.Does the chassis no. end in 305? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 It's still a "panelled-in" all-steel-bodied saloon.No MOT required if you wait 2 months.Nuns are still nuns and kittens are still fluffy. Carry on, business as usual. The Moog, Braddon81, Dick Longbridge and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Any updates on this purchase? tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Haven't had time to do anything as I've been working for six weeks in Accringtonand the next couple of months are full as well. So, probably little to report for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Part 1. Well chaps, chapesses, LGBTQ and any others I've missed out, it's been a couple of years since I acquired this magnificent steed and either I or my spanner man have not had the time to do anything to it. Today it all changed and it was dragged screaming, with a fork lift, (the ignominy of it) from its rusting place into the light, the garage, where it was subjected to a severe talking to, amongst other things. I'll start with the ignominy bit. To be continued soon, when I've sorted photos and words. Semi-C, GrumpiusMaximus, UltraWomble and 32 others 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Excellent! Every so often I'd wonder whether you'd done anything with this. Watching with interest. puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Brilliant comeback! this thing is mega puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Great to see this thread resurrected. Poor old girl must be pretty grumpy about having to sit on her laurels for two years, only to be dragged into the sunlight with forklift! Watching with interest - love the look of this thing.... puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Hooray! puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Part 2. Up on the ramp for a look at her botty. Poked around her botty department and found it was pretty much as I had first thought on seeing it. All welding done ready to go body shopwards. If you look up the mot history, KBJ56J for those who can't remember, look at the advisories for the penultimate one and it is loaded up with rusty suspension mounts. Following year, last one, no mention. When I got it I couldn't get the hatch tailgate open but I could see it was full of bits. Well today was the day that it succumbed to a handy sized screw driver. I was excite to say the least. Better than that christmas thing. A lot of you would have felt the same, ay ? Here she is on the ramp. Not terribly interesting. I didn't take any pics of her botty coz it was all black and didn't think you would be able to see anything. Part 3 to come with my, mostly, one fingered typing and eating n ting. Burnside, GrumpiusMaximus, Stevebrookman and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 You see ? forgot the bloody pic. I iz crap. brownnova, Semi-C, eddyramrod and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 What treasure lurk within? Probably lots of spiders. It's always spiders. Amishtat, Heidel_Kakao and puddlethumper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Part 3. Christmas in chod land. The first pic is, a potatocam, view of Christmas. As you can see limited sight through to the windscreen. I can't be arsed listing it, but extra bumpers, lights, head sides and rears, wheels, 2 grills, chrome trim and a lot of etc. Feast your eyes on big chrome bumpers. Mmmm lickable. Wheels of ally, Mmmm. scdan4, pilninggas, Burnside and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, vulgalour said: What treasure lurk within? Probably lots of spiders. It's always spiders. Normally I would agree, but it seems it was in a spiderless zone of some sort and I didn't see one. Weird. vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Part 4. Various presents from Father Shite. Skizzer, tobyd, vulgalour and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Part 5. Before I go any further I have to tell you that I have some info on this vehicle. It seems to be an amalgamation of three other Crestas. When I hauled everything out I discovered a number plate different to the one on Crusta. Ooh, I wonder what that's off thinks I. Turns out it is from a D plate Viscount. The "I'm above a Cresta m8 and I blow my nose in your general direction" sort. Further evidence is extra bumpers, lights, etc as you can see in the above bumpers and wheels pic. Viscount has over riders for one of a number of wins. Also a Viscount grill sort of strengthened my belief. BUT ! There is a third donor involved along the way. There are certain parts that I'm sure came from an estate. There is some extra glass, windscreen, handy, and two side pieces for the rear quarter that could only have come from one. Sorry forgot to do a pic but there are also two fibreglass inner panels for the same as in the pics below. Also the tailgate is rust proof fibreglass which is the same as an estate. Friary were the company that converted them I think, or was it Farnham ? I forget. vulgalour, Skizzer, Burnside and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Martin Walter did the PB & PC estates, so some of it must have originated there. Also D is early for a Viscount, I believe they were launched in 1965 but I've never seen one on a C. Dammit, I really want another PC now! puddlethumper and 500tops 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 34 minutes ago, Amishtat said: Martin Walter did the PB & PC estates, so some of it must have originated there. Also D is early for a Viscount, I believe they were launched in 1965 but I've never seen one on a C. Dammit, I really want another PC now! You may want but ,if you can find one, not impossible, they ain't cheap. Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Although there is one on C and C for a bit shy of £4000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 My old Viscount... I'd love another! Joey spud, Mrs6C, Burnside and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Part 7. There are also six rear light clusters, Four of one style and two of another. May be the guy worked at Friary ? I can't see an estate getting scrapped. A question. What wheels are these for or off ? I like them and I'm presuming they fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500tops Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 The clusters with the chrome trim are Viscount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, 500tops said: My old Viscount... I'd love another! Seems there are none left, according to you know who. I'm putting the Viscount bumpers on coz they have the integrated side and indicators for another win. I've got upmarket aspirations. stonedagain, Burnside and Amishtat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, 500tops said: The clusters with the chrome trim are Viscount I've got two pairs of those. The other two don't have the reversing light and seem to have been painted black as the scratches on them show chrome underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 48 minutes ago, 500tops said: My old Viscount... I'd love another! I had a mate, back in the eighties, when I had a Ventora, same engine , who had one. Lecky windows if ircc. They were well posh at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 Part 7. Here's a win if ever I saw one. BEHOLD THE FILLER CAP OF HIDDENNESS. You will have to imagine a number plate in the second pic. Got to be a mega win that has. Tickman, Rab, scdan4 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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