Wedge body

[sundown]

Is it posabble to put a complete wedge body on a griff or chimaera chassis

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Anthony..Give Richard Thorpe at RT Racing a call or drop him a message on the FB Wedge owners UK and ask him, What he doesn't know about Wedges isn't worth knowing....Although if its for yours i may know someone with a 400SE chassis that was refurbed i believe...I can find out for you....Cheers...Ziga

[colin mee]

Try ian at sport motive stoke on trent

[JumboBeef]

Just one point about swapping a chassis to remember: if you have a second hand chassis in your car, you would lose your ID, ie: your reg and gain the reg of the car the chassis came from (if you use other certain bits from the other car) or you might end up with a Q plate (only if the DVLA find out of course, but you should keep a chassis swap quiet......)

Also Q plates will never qualify for free road tax, and Wedges will one day.....

[JumboBeef]

PS: all the info here, read the bit about points:

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration/radically-...

[adam quantrill]

Sounds like the best of both worlds though. Updated chassis with the wonderful wedge tub on top? The thing dreams are made of!

[mrzigazaga]

adam quantrill said:

Sounds like the best of both worlds though. Updated chassis with the wonderful wedge tub on top? The thing dreams are made of!

Out board rear brakes....5.0ltr engine...T5 gearbox....No rear wheel traction.....Low centre of gravity...Loads of fun...

[Rockettvr]

There was a guy who turned up at the wedge fest a couple of years back with a Austin Healy body (fibre glass replica) on a 390 chassis. Excellently done so it just shows what's possible. First things to check would be wheelbase and track I would have thought to see if the new chassis and running gear will fit under the body, even then I'm thinking it'll take a great deal of work to marry the two together.... Good luck

[adam quantrill]

mrzigazaga said:

Out board rear brakes....5.0ltr engine...T5 gearbox....No rear wheel traction.....Low centre of gravity...Loads of fun...

You don't need that for fun - how about a wet roundabout exit with oil mixed in too - caught it but only after about 40 degrees tail out, then the next gear it was straight but still wheelspinning on a quarter throttle..... my son even broke his attention from his iPhone screen to comment! ;^)

[mrzigazaga]

adam quantrill said:

mrzigazaga said:

Out board rear brakes....5.0ltr engine...T5 gearbox....No rear wheel traction.....Low centre of gravity...Loads of fun...

You don't need that for fun - how about a wet roundabout exit with oil mixed in too - caught it but only after about 40 degrees tail out, then the next gear it was straight but still wheelspinning on a quarter throttle..... my son even broke his attention from his iPhone screen to comment! ;^)

I take it you changed your trousers when you got home mate...Glad its ended up in your favour....Cheers...Ziga