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Dutton project on Ebay
Andy S - 9/9/13 at 05:46 PM

ETDWM

Early Dutton B Type chassis, bodywork and the V5c

auction

£500 ONO removes it.

will also be listing

Alfa 1300 Twink - tuned and rebuilt before storage for the last decade
Alfa 2000 Twinspark with the crank for spigot bearing so conversion to RWD - low mileage good engine
Alfa 2000 Twink in bits - lots of bits
3 off 5 speed box's
2 live Alfa 105 series axles

Other classic bits a pieces.

Andrew

jossey - 9/9/13 at 06:55 PM

That's cheap for a reg plate to put on another car lol

loggyboy - 9/9/13 at 07:01 PM

Coming soon.... to an MK near you!

Andy S - 9/9/13 at 08:07 PM

Sadly it is unlikely that it will ever be a Dutton again but I can only hope that its used in a honest manner but already had a couple of docs only PM request through this site !

Strangely they attempt to drag you into an illegal undertaking and and offer you less than the asking price ! LOL

slingshot2000 - 9/9/13 at 09:24 PM

Is there any reason that this chassis could not be altered to accept an IRS and Locost/Haynes front suspension without needing to be IVA'ed? Using regular photographs and a blog to show complete and continued use of the majority of the existing chassis?

Just an idea brewing . . . . . . .

Regards
Jon

mookaloid - 9/9/13 at 09:28 PM

I think it would be cool to keep it as a Dutton

iank - 9/9/13 at 09:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
Is there any reason that this chassis could not be altered to accept an IRS and Locost/Haynes front suspension without needing to be IVA'ed? Using regular photographs and a blog to show complete and continued use of the majority of the existing chassis?

Just an idea brewing . . . . . . .

Regards
Jon


You can't alter the chassis at all without needing an IVA - as a number of Range Rover based special builders have found to their cost.

owelly - 9/9/13 at 09:46 PM

I recently had a discussion with a fellow kit car owner who was selling his 'correctly registered' 1968 reg'd car with historic tax. I questioned how it could be historic when the kit wasn't produced until 1983. To prove his point he wrote to DVLA for confirmation. He no longer has historic status on his V5!

slingshot2000 - 9/9/13 at 09:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
I think it would be cool to keep it as a Dutton


Yes, exactly that; but with more modern bits underneath it.

Regards
Jon

Andy S - 9/9/13 at 10:18 PM

Plenty of Duttons out there with modifications to improve the safety of the car around the original chassis - one I did a while ago





And that one was correctly registered with the DVLA as a FORD Coupe - I applied for the V55 info and it provided all of the correct submittal forms from the applicant and the scribbles and hash up from the DVLA processing clerk in 1977 getting it all wrong. Some things never change...

quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
I think it would be cool to keep it as a Dutton


Yes, exactly that; but with more modern bits underneath it.

Regards
Jon

mookaloid - 9/9/13 at 11:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
I think it would be cool to keep it as a Dutton


Yes, exactly that; but with more modern bits underneath it.

Regards
Jon


Yes indeed

alfas - 12/9/13 at 04:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
Is there any reason that this chassis could not be altered to accept an IRS and Locost/Haynes front suspension without needing to be IVA'ed? Using regular photographs and a blog to show complete and continued use of the majority of the existing chassis?

Just an idea brewing . . . . . . .

Regards
Jon


already been done here:

MK Inspired Kit Car

slingshot2000 - 12/9/13 at 07:25 AM

quote:
Originally posted by alfas
quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
Is there any reason that this chassis could not be altered to accept an IRS and Locost/Haynes front suspension without needing to be IVA'ed? Using regular photographs and a blog to show complete and continued use of the majority of the existing chassis?

Just an idea brewing . . . . . . .

Regards
Jon


already been done here:

MK Inspired Kit Car




There has been another thread running regarding that ""Dutton"";

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=185032


I don't think that there is very much "Dutton" in that car whatsoever, maybe just the VIN tag ! !


The seller deleted questions, it was reported to eBay and eventually the seller pulled the ad !
Regards
Jon

alfas - 12/9/13 at 08:09 AM

the seller insisted being a dutton and even argued with me when i asked him that its pressumeably a MK indy which has been put on the road, avoiding IVA, using a dutton v5c.

"I bought and adapted a Dutton chassis in good faith ensuring I have worked well within the law which is more than most kit car builders do. "

"I could send you pictures of the chassis, I could send you picturers of the chassis when I bought it, I could show you picturers of the modifications as I made them, I could show you picturers of the chassis plates and the numbers stamped into to the chassis. Parting with this car after having put so much time effort and money into it is difficult enough as it is, so please I urge you to spend your time on more constructive pursuits and not to contact me again."

slingshot2000 - 12/9/13 at 08:13 AM

He was very unlikely to admit to what is essentially an illegal act now, was he?

I asked what model Dutton it was based on and he could not even answer that simple question.

Regards
Jon

matt_gsxr - 12/9/13 at 09:10 AM

What about this then.

If all those car that are incorrectly registered as Duttons are being found out.

Perhaps there is now a market for brand a new Dutton chassis, so that people reuse these V5's properly. Isn't there a caveat that allows you to replace the chassis with an identical version and retain the V5.


Its a wierd world.