Thread: The 101" FCs stranded in Hong Kong.

Originally Posted by Senorbarbo

I can reproduce one of these chassis with high quality standards for less than $2000. And the good thing is that since they would be made ex novo, I could have them already prepared to eventually be able to install springs. It is not worth incurring the cost of bringing a chassis from the other side of the world, from the antipodes, when we can manufacture it in Canton province, where there are several manufacturers who are very flexible and very capable.

Sure but Chinese quality is hit or miss, not sure i would spend money on a chassis that wont last.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Sure but Chinese quality is hit or miss, not sure i would spend money on a chassis that wont last.

I have been doing outsourcing in China for almost two decades, very often involved in very demanding products. If I ever made a chasis I’m 100% sure it would be done correctly, with the right steel, right tolerances, proper welding, high end coating or galvanised.

Originally Posted by Senorbarbo

I have been doing outsourcing in China for almost two decades, very often involved in very demanding products. If I ever made a chasis I’m 100% sure it would be done correctly, with the right steel, right tolerances, proper welding, high end coating or galvanised.

Reckon you could find a ready market for Series chassis. Even RRC or Disco.

Originally Posted by Senorbarbo

Disassemble the cars, clean and paint the parts thoroughly, and send them all together with the new chassis and their documentation as a kit so that the client can assemble them.

To import a used car into Australia you need a permit.

If you break it down down into parts, and reassemble it here, it would be considered an individually constructed vehicle, and would have to meet current standards.

I don't wish to sound negative about your dream, but getting those 101's to Aus would near impossible.

Tony

Originally Posted by Tins

Reckon you could find a ready market for Series chassis. Even RRC or Disco.

We are involved in too many products now to face one more, but if there is enough interest I could reproduce right away a 110 chasis, for example, as I have samples and drawings.

The thing with the 101s is not intended as business, which hardly would be, but as”romantic project”. We don’t have time for them either, but being involved on old cards is not always a sensible choice. Maybe you know it …

Originally Posted by TonyC

To import a used car into Australia you need a permit.

If you break it down down into parts, and reassemble it here, it would be considered an individually constructed vehicle, and would have to meet current standards.

I don't wish to sound negative about your dream, but getting those 101's to Aus would near impossible.

Tony

Well, as long as you can show a record, some MoD papers… it is obviously a pre- existing car, not a new one. They do have their VIN and they are recorded at the Merlín Archive.

I like impossible things

Well, Japanese grey imports are still a thing, although abuse of the system did no one any favours. Still, might be worth talking to those guys. I have zero idea of what qualifies.

These are all Japanese. Dunno why anything from somewhere else would differ, but it might. Aus is pretty strict.

A friend of mine worked in a prestige European importers' workshop, in the '80s. Part of that role involved modifying brand new cars, to meet compliance. e.g. fitting anti-intrusion devices in the doors and other ADR specific mods.
In many ways, we were ahead of the rest of the world, regarding compulsory safety, but the ADRs were also manipulated to protect the local industry.