Is this possible? What would you do?
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We are getting married in the summer and my parter has given the okay to buy a new car, but with a twist.... We are looking for a 1920-40 Rolls Royce, preferably a sedancca.
Given that- here is the unpopular twist, we want to do a roof chop hot rod, and possible channeling of the body to. Obviously it would be done to a decrepid starting car.
How feasible would it be to do an engine/gearbox transplant? Or how would you approach it?
Something like this.
Given that- here is the unpopular twist, we want to do a roof chop hot rod, and possible channeling of the body to. Obviously it would be done to a decrepid starting car.
How feasible would it be to do an engine/gearbox transplant? Or how would you approach it?
Something like this.
Edited by Bob_The_Builder on Saturday 22 April 15:12
Great idea - but!
2027 seems like an achievable deadline. Or you could visit all of the custom shows and try and hire something which sort of meets the brief.
If you do not know how to go about an engine and transmission swap, then you are truly so far short of achieving the desired end result as to require counselling. It is pretty straight forward - but avoiding the IVA implications is now tricky (look them up - it will help!).
2027 seems like an achievable deadline. Or you could visit all of the custom shows and try and hire something which sort of meets the brief.
If you do not know how to go about an engine and transmission swap, then you are truly so far short of achieving the desired end result as to require counselling. It is pretty straight forward - but avoiding the IVA implications is now tricky (look them up - it will help!).
Bob_The_Builder said:
We are getting married in the summer and my parter has given the okay to buy a new car, but with a twist.... We are looking for a 1920-40 Rolls Royce, preferably a sedancca.
Given that- here is the unpopular twist, we want to do a roof chop hot rod, and possible channeling of the body to. Obviously it would be done to a decrepid starting car.
How feasible would it be to do an engine/gearbox transplant? Or how would you approach it?
Something like this.
Anything is feasible with enough money.Given that- here is the unpopular twist, we want to do a roof chop hot rod, and possible channeling of the body to. Obviously it would be done to a decrepid starting car.
How feasible would it be to do an engine/gearbox transplant? Or how would you approach it?
Something like this.
The hardest bit will be finding a suitable donor project to start with, and keeping the mods within DVLA points rules to avoid having to IVA it......
It might be worth contacting Sargeants at Goudhurst in Kent. We dropped in there a few years back when we were touring Kent - we just found it on our route and went in.
It probably helped that we were driving a classic Alfa, but we were made very welcome and they gave us a complete tour of their premises. They specialise in old Rolls and Bentleys, and when we visited they had several "project" cars that they had acquired, plus customer cars in various stages of restauration.
It probably helped that we were driving a classic Alfa, but we were made very welcome and they gave us a complete tour of their premises. They specialise in old Rolls and Bentleys, and when we visited they had several "project" cars that they had acquired, plus customer cars in various stages of restauration.
Bob_The_Builder said:
We are getting married in the summer and my parter has given the okay to buy a new car, but with a twist.... We are looking for a 1920-40 Rolls Royce, preferably a sedancca.
Given that- here is the unpopular twist, we want to do a roof chop hot rod, and possible channeling of the body to. Obviously it would be done to a decrepid starting car.
How feasible would it be to do an engine/gearbox transplant? Or how would you approach it?
Something like this.
Looks like the Bentley Blue Train, although not exactly a cheap way to go!Given that- here is the unpopular twist, we want to do a roof chop hot rod, and possible channeling of the body to. Obviously it would be done to a decrepid starting car.
How feasible would it be to do an engine/gearbox transplant? Or how would you approach it?
Something like this.
Edited by Bob_The_Builder on Saturday 22 April 15:12
I would expect that the skills and costs involved in having a modified body are likely to be on a par with restoring a rough one to standard, as it's all going to be a similar makeup, just dimensionally different in what you're replacing.
But I would be working on that similarity meaning "not hugely more expensive than" as opposed to "as cheap as"!
But talking of a change in driveteain? And would you want to mess with things like suspension and brakes as well?
I think what you want can be done, but will need significant reserves of cash and patience to achieve.
But I would be working on that similarity meaning "not hugely more expensive than" as opposed to "as cheap as"!
But talking of a change in driveteain? And would you want to mess with things like suspension and brakes as well?
I think what you want can be done, but will need significant reserves of cash and patience to achieve.
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