How much is slicktop shell worth thinking about breaking mine for spares.

uk or Jap ? Any Rust etc ?

uk or Jap ? Any Rust etc ?

 

UK = no slicktop.

Jap mainly rust free a bit on rear arches where they were rolled in eh7 some flaking laquer.

not as much as you would get for a lwb manual TT is it a manual TT if not i wouldnt bother. I made about £2500 out of my UK spec manual rust bucket TT but there is a demand for parts on a lwb

Really hard to say how much you'd get for a Bare shell, your typical LWB shell would be scrapped but if you can find somebody looking to build up a slicktop then you may be able to sell. Somebody looking to build a Dedicated track car for example.

 

There will be certain parts that most owners would want with the shell, as they can be a nightmare to find seperatly though.

 

not as much as you would get for a lwb manual TT is it a manual TT if not i wouldnt bother. I made about £2500 out of my UK spec manual rust bucket TT but there is a demand for parts on a lwb

Supply vs Demand though.

 

SWB specific parts are a lot rarer and hard to come by, there are owners that have been after parts for many months, even years, without a suitable breaker becoming available.

 

Compared that to a LWB where there are half a dozen always being broken for parts at any one time.

 

For example - Took me 4 months to find a SWB drivers window and I was working near the largest Z breaker in the country at the time, that had 2-3 new z's coming in to be broken every week and had access to a storage of 10+ LWB drivers windows that nobody wanted.

 

I've been looking for 9+ months now for slicktop roof trims, and looks like Im going to have to buy them new(very expensive). I also know a few owners that have been after swb interior panels for a long time now.

 

Its extremely rare for SWB's to get broken and as for slicktops...

Edited February 25, 201114 yr by Yowser

when it comes to the slicktop i just buy new as i cant see a breaker coming up and things like roof trims are never in A1 condition so i wouldnt use them. Unless it has things like leather seats, TT engine, manual conversion and all the other nice parts its not gonna make much money.

Please do not let this turn into a for sale thread - only subbed members are permitted to sell on the forums.

 

Richard

when it comes to the slicktop i just buy new as i cant see a breaker coming up ..

 

Exactly, very high demand for swb and especially slicktop specific parts. Dont see how you could think the lwb would fetch more money breaking.

 

Taff's is a slicktop TT manual, but he's asking about how much the shell is worth, not the parts of it.

Exactly, very high demand for swb and especially slicktop specific parts. Dont see how you could think the lwb would fetch more money breaking.

 

Taff's is a slicktop TT manual, but he's asking about how much the shell is worth, not the parts of it.

 

And as such a Slicktop shell in todays depressed market aint gonna be worth much more then the weigh in price.

tere are very few members or prospective owners who are prepared to construct a car from a shell.

I got mine for free!!!

But i did have to pay to have it straightened again:huh:

So it wasnt really free:lol:

But it wasnt very expensive either:thumbup1:

And as such a Slicktop shell in todays depressed market aint gonna be worth much more then the weigh in price.

tere are very few members or prospective owners who are prepared to construct a car from a shell.

I got mine for free!!!

But i did have to pay to have it straightened again:huh:

So it wasnt really free:lol:

But it wasnt very expensive either:thumbup1:

 

yep, I agree....selling just a bare shell is a very limited market.

 

Funnily enough the 2 people I know of that were crazy enough to undertake such a project are myself and you Pete :stupid:

 

My shell was quite a lot more than free though....in fact more than people buy complete working Z's for these days. :blink:

I've been looking for 9+ months now for slicktop roof trims, and looks like Im going to have to buy them new(very expensive). I also know a few owners that have been after swb interior panels for a long time now.

 

Its extremely rare for SWB's to get broken and as for slicktops...

 

Sorry to take even more OT, but I am guessing there are a few slicktop owners needing the roof trims, maybe a group buy option possability ?

 

@ the OP, Maybe worth holding onto if you have room, just ask whatever your happy with and wait it out. I am sure at some point someone will have a use for it !