GT3 RS for £119k

[DodoRacing]

jakesmith said:

What is a shell? I always thought it meant all the panels were replaced or something?

Here is an example of a complete shell:

[jakesmith]

Well what's the issue then if the broken bit was replaced?

[Steve Rance]

I wouldn't think anything of racing a re shelled cup car - providing that I was very sure that the job was done properly. The race market understands that the pace, integrity and therefore the value of a car will not be compromised by a re shell. From a driving point of view I'd be equally happy it it were a road going GT3 but the market is very different and is not primarily interested in pace/performance. Rightly or wrongly it values factors that do not effect performance. With GT or other rare cars, these criteria are generally not performance related at all. I feel that this shows a certain lack of understanding, but the market is what the market is.

[Koln-RS]

jakesmith said:

Well what's the issue then if the broken bit was replaced?

There's a stigma with 're-shells' of road cars. As said above, it's only as good as the people who rebuilt it, and if that's not the Factory, how do we know how exacting every original detail of the rebuild has been?

[IMI A]

Wouldn't bother me but it would have to be considerably cheaper than an original panel car. At £85k I'd take a cheeky look at it but at £119k you may as well chuck in another £20-30k and buy the mint 15k mile car from JZM. I understand its not recorded and jobs probably very good but you'd have to be slightly bonkers to put that sort of money in to it IMO.