philshelton

richard was most helpfull when i called after the accident i had in my 2b and when i visited him to descuss my options he gave me as much time as i needed do tall to him and look at what options he had. come on you guys give them a break they are trying to improve things and in the end we will all benifit. keep up the god work GBS.

insurance asessor is due friday to look at my bent 2b. Hope he approves my quote for fixing it. has anyone else had to go through this and did insurance pay out for you to fixit. insurance value £4000 my repair quote £2900.

hey i love the look and build of the zero 7 and if it wernt for the wife would proberbley get one

can come and look at mine im in leicester just off j21 m1 shes a bit bent at moment due to bump but your welcome to pop down

speek to richard hall again found him most help full if they cant ship to you let me know

sat in demo last week at gbs like it just wish i didnt have size 11 feet found it a bit tight in the foot well for me bet guess as richard said could narrow tunnel

Very interesting, yes i bet it costs but someone will give it a try..... I wonder how big the samples are?

if samples are 3 off 8foot by 4foot sheets i will have some!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just looked at the link intresting but whats the cost of it may give u a lighter hood but bet its like filling your wallet with helium

Have been to GBS this afternoon and richard hall was most helpfull with abit of luck and burning the late night oil i may have her back on the road before summer is over ( thats if it even begins). a big thankyou to richard at GBS for all his help and time.

Who was at fault for the collision

happend on a bend but he stopped quicker than me so suppose i got to put my hands up to it

Have you asked GBS if they will do it on the insurace for you ?

Dave

gbs not over helpful asked if they would supply a new chassis but the only got one left and will only sell as a plus kit not even a starter kit and they quoting prices that i think insurance will right it off think got a mate that could rebuild front of chassis just need to get some acurate mesurments from some where

following my head on meet with a nissan quasqui keep going out to the garage and thinking where do i start. list of things to do is getting longer

1 get chassis fixed ( might have got a mate who can do that i hope)

2 type 9 gear box ally casting snaped new gear box i guess

3 gear box has cut fuel line

4 body panels ( o/s panel twisted by exhaust both front in fill panels had it)

5 nosecone had it and o/c cycle wing bracket twisted

6 rad got more holes than a culinder and fan just as bad

on the bright side the rear end is fine and so am i

does anyone know where there is a 2b double front wishbone chassis. gbs have one left but will only sell as a plus kit and I think it might be gone by the time i get my insurance claim sorted. failing that it their any one local to leicester who would fance rebuilding the front end on mine. pic of damage shown on other posting

sorry to hear

 

What speed were you and the other vehicle doing when you collided? I assume it's an insurance job, so get it sent to GBS and they will fix it for you.

 

How did the accident occur?

was doing about 25 happend head on on a bend ouch. so a tip to you all you never know wots round the next bend

I suspect as soon as you cut the bent box section the side rails will spring back into there correct position. Looks an easy fix. As for the engine coming forward it will have done, and then gone back again as the mounts have a fare amount of give in them. I tried mating with a BMW about 18 months ago and that bent the side panel around the front of the exhaust hole

Best of luck with the repair

rubber engine mounts have sheared off so front of engine still kising radiator (wots left of the rad)

Phil, that doesn't look too bad. Could just be a case of cutting out that box section and replacing with a new piece. I assume your nose and bonnet are mangled, but provided your chassis rails at the side are straight your structural repair will probably be limited to replacing the upper box section.

 

engine has come forward so branch manifold has dented side panel but all other chassis rails look to be fine think it has twisted front to rails in where box rection has gone back. would be great if there was some local to leicester that could pop round with theres so could mesure things up with a tape

have just had head on in 2b thought id post some pics to see what u lot think about fixing it

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