Body swap C63 Wagon C200 Wagon
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Body swap C63 Wagon C200 Wagon
Folks - painfully I have a C63 both 2016, that's been classified as a statutory write off. Do any boffins know if it possible to pop the body off the chassis of a C200 wagon, and lower it onto the chassis of the C63? Leaving all engine, cooling running-gear etc in the AMG and literally swapping bodies - later swapping interior parts etc.
Thanks in advance! Any and all help is HUGELY appreciated.
Thanks in advance! Any and all help is HUGELY appreciated.
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Sorry for the loss. No, you can't just pop a C200 body off and put it on a C63 rolling chassis. The C63 has different dimensions. For the wagon, the front is wider to accommodate the wider track and the hood is longer to accommodate the V8. The rear is the same width, only the coupe and convertible have a wider track in the rear and therefore wider bodies than the standard C.
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Even if you could swap the body, surely this would still mean you would have still have the identity of the written off vehicle unless you plan on messing with the VIN plates and effectively 'transferring' the C200's identity onto the C63 too?
How would you get round the statutory write off issue? Grafting an entire body onto a car a serious piece of work, and although a C200 with a 4.0tt would be a real sleeper, you'd probably find yourself much better off just parting out the '63 and buying another.
How would you get round the statutory write off issue? Grafting an entire body onto a car a serious piece of work, and although a C200 with a 4.0tt would be a real sleeper, you'd probably find yourself much better off just parting out the '63 and buying another.
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Sorry for the loss. No, you can't just pop a C200 body off and put it on a C63 rolling chassis. The C63 has different dimensions. For the wagon, the front is wider to accommodate the wider track and the hood is longer to accommodate the V8. The rear is the same width, only the coupe and convertible have a wider track in the rear and therefore wider bodies than the standard C.
Thanks for the assist, mate!
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The car is in perfect health. No panel or body damage, not rust. It just got flooded with fresh water. Insurance wrote it off and claimed it wasn't repairable. Every single thing on the car works - beyond frustrating. The body is the written off element, it's the part I can reuse. Even though it's straight.
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The car is in perfect health. No panel or body damage, not rust. It just got flooded with fresh water. Insurance wrote it off and claimed it wasn't repairable. Every single thing on the car works - beyond frustrating. The body is the written off element, it's the part I can reuse. Even though it's straight.
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The car is in perfect health. No panel or body damage, not rust. It just got flooded with fresh water. Insurance wrote it off and claimed it wasn't repairable. Every single thing on the car works - beyond frustrating. The body is the written off element, it's the part I can reuse. Even though it's straight.
If you can buy it off the insurance and break it for parts, it's probably the way to go, or buy it back and sell it to a specialist MB breaker.... or just drop the '63 engine into the C200
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It sounds like you're in the UK, from the statutory write off... unless they do this elsewhere too. If you are in the UK it's not the body that's written off, it's the car and it's identity. I don't see how you can get around it without doing some illegal stuff and basically creating your own ringer with the ID of the C200.
If you can buy it off the insurance and break it for parts, it's probably the way to go, or buy it back and sell it to a specialist MB breaker.... or just drop the '63 engine into the C200
If you can buy it off the insurance and break it for parts, it's probably the way to go, or buy it back and sell it to a specialist MB breaker.... or just drop the '63 engine into the C200
The temptation to rebirth it buying a wrecked C63 OS and swapping VIN's is beyond tempting
