Scratch built car

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OlberJ said:

Yeah, i was thinking that but maybe you made the same mistake as me here.

This is front mid mounted rather than rear mid mounted.

Is it going to be a drag car type thing or American muscle car? That carb in the middle of my viewing platform would do my head in.

Please see earlier post. The carbs and manifold are going to be changed to a single carb setup and a lower manifold. So the view will not be restricted at all.

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TheAllSeeingPie said:

Loving this!

Thanks

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Pixel-Snapper said:

Probably finished by now! Gosh if only I worked as quick as you it wouldn't have taken so long to finish my mini van. (its still not finished)

Looking forward to following this one too.

all the best

Cheers, years before it will be finished but I do have some more pictures.

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Chassis build.

[mwstewart]

Amazing! Well done!

[SammyW]

A mad project, I love it! Keep the updates coming, I can't wait to see how it turns out.

[anonymous-user]

I guess it isn't going to be the lightest of cars, but with that socking great lump of an engine pushing it along it probably won't matter much ;-)

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mwstewart said:

Amazing! Well done!

Thanks

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SammyW said:

A mad project, I love it! Keep the updates coming, I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Cheers

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Max_Torque said:

I guess it isn't going to be the lightest of cars, but with that socking great lump of an engine pushing it along it probably won't matter much ;-)

I use an Applied Weighing load cell to measure the weight. I did the chassis with the running gear, wheels, floor and door beams first and then the engine and box next and you can see from the graph (not using the best fit line) the total weight is 860kg. Estimating the other components/materials the curb weight will be approx. 1250-1300kg. Not that bad!

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[OlberJ]

No Sound said:

Please see earlier post. The carbs and manifold are going to be changed to a single carb setup and a lower manifold. So the view will not be restricted at all.

Top news. I do like seeing someone take their skills and apply them to their own projects.

Inspirational.

Don't fall into the kit car builders trap of not getting other experts in for other parts of the car. That's why we get beautiful kits with crap chassis or fantastic chassis and ugly as sin looks.

[jamesc_1729]

Will this have/need outriggers to support the bodyshell?

What rust prevention/coating are you planning on the chassis?

Have you contacted the new tvr peeps for a job? :-)

Great effort btw.

[dom9]

The speed you're knocking this out is just awesome - very impressive!

Looking forward to seeing this run for the first time... Next wednesday at this rate!

[benters]

blimey. all i did last night in my garage was colour sand a bonnet, i take it you couldnt sleep the last couple of nights !

[S6OOH]

You only declared your intention on Saturday! brilliant work

[OlberJ]

dom9 said:

The speed you're knocking this out is just awesome - very impressive!

Whatever floats yer boat Dom.

[gifdy]

It's threads like this that make me keep coming back to PH (after reading some of the trash in other less 'car' oriented parts of the Forum ) . Fantastic stuff - just don't leave it too long between updates as we will need a regular fix

Am I right in thinking this project has been running for a while and the posts are not in realtime ? If not, amazing speed.

Also agree you should be getting in touch with Les Edgar

[Squiggs]

Bookmarked!

[benters]

Looking at the rear uprights/hubs. . what will link this to the chassis ?

[Fastdruid]

Jags use a somewhat odd setup where they use the half-shafts as part of the suspension.