Wow: you can buy the complete Body Assembly for less than $20,000 for a 2015, $34,200 for a 2017 from JaguarReno.com
So a talented DIY'er could take a totalled F-Type and rebuild it onto (into?) a new Body Assembly.
Available for 2015: https://parts.jaguarreno.com/v-2015-...dy--body-shell
Available for 2017: https://parts.jaguarreno.com/v-2017-...dy--body-shell
Has anyone ever done this or is this a professional body shop repair?
I"m impressed that JLR probably can build you any major part given the automated nature of the manufacturing process.

 

This is neat. No idea that you could buy them this way.

 

Quite doable if all other significant components (suspension, etc.) are still intact, you don't assign any value to your own time, have several hundred hours to spare, and don't care about the resale value. More cost effective to go out and buy a used F-Type in excellent condition. In 30 years, in a collector car environment, maybe a different story.

 

The thing I was lying awake wondering...



Does Jaguar Reno provide free shipping?



(I gots to get me a bigger mailbox!)

 

For as long as I can remember, bodyshells have been listed in JEPC (Jaguar Electronic Part Catalogue) for all models. Here's an example for the F-Type convertible:



However, I'm sure the delivery time and payment terms will be designed to prevent anyone actually ordering one.

Graham

 

No free shipping. However, they might cut it up for you in sufficiently small pieces to fit into your mailbox one package at a time.

 

Cue up the Johnny Cash ...

 

GGG bodies were available back in the 50s also.