Dutton Kit Cars and their owners

S1 Rebuild(s)

some pics of the rebuild process,

the top trailing arm bracket is broke......

the diff is sloping back a little (looking up) so that will need sorting.......

As you can see there isn't a lot of bracing in an S1 chassis, that will be sorted.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Adams on February 14, 2017 at 18:59

i need to do something with the ford immobiliser.......it works fine but is insensitive to my key......i may need to move it so that the sensor ring is in a better position for the ignition keys.....

other than that the car goes VERY well.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Adams on February 15, 2017 at 19:48

One of my old friends is a parts manager at a main ford dealers......so i asked him if he could get me coded key for my car as a spare..I gave him the registration and chassis number of the donor car and left it with him........

a few hours later he gave me a ring.....£32.50 + vat for the key and £90 for recoding! £90!

I went to ASDA and the key cutting stall near the entrance charges £40 all in. Less than one third of the price. guess where i got my key from?

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Permalink Reply by Dave Adams on February 15, 2017 at 19:59

I also have a Tornau cover for a Dutton Phaeton S1/2 (also B+ and Malaga) i will never use it.

Any interest PM me..... its in good condition (almost as good as new)

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Permalink Reply by Paul Sheridan on February 15, 2017 at 20:42

PM sent about the cover Dave.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Adams on February 15, 2017 at 20:54

PM sent in reply.... ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Steve and Matt Pegrum on February 15, 2017 at 20:59

Interesting indeed about the key transponder. I live in fear of either of my cars that have that system, should the key gets lost. I thought there was something about a special red key - that I don't have, before you can get a copy made? Almost equally I dont have either chassis or reg number from the donor.

So what did Asda need?