ACourtney wrote:I guess Charlie must have re-shelled it, as under the rapidly peeling paint the gelcoat is shiny cream (yes shiny, which is largely why the paint is peeling!). Whilst the car has quite a few gel cracks from various minor impacts, it has certainly not been repaired to the extent required by the accident damage shown in your photo.
I am the current custodian of Q815PFE and plan to do a rolling restoration on it (already replaced a worn steering rack, ball joint and front brakes). At the moment it doesn't have any front dampers, relying upon the damping within the hydragas units. Whilst it has a good ride, the handling is, well I'll just say that it is not to my taste. I will be taking my Excelsior to Castle Combe next weekend.
At some point it will need to be resprayed and this time I will take it back to the gelcoat and do the job properly. I guess that I could choose any colour, but I think that a slightly more vibrant red would suit the car well.
I suppose that he could have re shelled it but I sold him the busted shell with no other bits and he came all the way from down south to collect it and the registration is not particularly valuable so where does that leave us? Also I could have sworn that at some point in time after selling it I heard that the old shell had been repaired, however my memory can't be trusted these.....(bugger, I've lost my train of thought).
Anyway British Racing Green was its original colour, some people say that green cars are unlucky but I never had a problem with the only green car I've ever owned, er, thinking about it I did have a little incident in it. That photo would have looked great with four BRG cars in line.
So, as I removed all the mechanicals and Charlie (or someone else) rebodied the car I reckon that it has earned the title of "Trigger's broom".