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You can tell the people that build cars from the ones that just talk about them!!
Its an incomplete Tuscan V6 chassis
It looks slightly bent at rear (may be an optical illusion) and is missing the rear chassis stiffeners and also the front hoop
It isn't a tuscan V8 chassis because it doesn't have the bolt in crossmember attachment brackets on the lower tubes for the removable x-member that sits under the bell housing of a V8.
The batswing is a poorly strengthened original out of symetry original and highlights how not to really mount a rear diff.
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Its an incomplete Tuscan V6 chassis
It looks slightly bent at rear (may be an optical illusion) and is missing the rear chassis stiffeners and also the front hoop
It isn't a tuscan V8 chassis because it doesn't have the bolt in crossmember attachment brackets on the lower tubes for the removable x-member that sits under the bell housing of a V8.
The batswing is a poorly strengthened original out of symetry original and highlights how not to really mount a rear diff.
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heightswitch said:
You can tell the people that build cars from the ones that just talk about them!!
Its an incomplete Tuscan V6 chassis
It looks slightly bent at rear (may be an optical illusion) and is missing the rear chassis stiffeners and also the front hoop
It isn't a tuscan V8 chassis because it doesn't have the bolt in crossmember attachment brackets on the lower tubes for the removable x-member that sits under the bell housing of a V8.
The batswing is a poorly strengthened original out of symetry original and highlights how not to really mount a rear diff.
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Do you have a picture that sounds interestingIts an incomplete Tuscan V6 chassis
It looks slightly bent at rear (may be an optical illusion) and is missing the rear chassis stiffeners and also the front hoop
It isn't a tuscan V8 chassis because it doesn't have the bolt in crossmember attachment brackets on the lower tubes for the removable x-member that sits under the bell housing of a V8.
The batswing is a poorly strengthened original out of symetry original and highlights how not to really mount a rear diff.
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heightswitch said:
You can tell the people that build cars from the ones that just talk about them!!
Its an incomplete Tuscan V6 chassis
It looks slightly bent at rear (may be an optical illusion) and is missing the rear chassis stiffeners and also the front hoop
It isn't a tuscan V8 chassis because it doesn't have the bolt in crossmember attachment brackets on the lower tubes for the removable x-member that sits under the bell housing of a V8.
The batswing is a poorly strengthened original out of symetry original and highlights how not to really mount a rear diff.
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My V6 has the bolt-in crossmember.Its an incomplete Tuscan V6 chassis
It looks slightly bent at rear (may be an optical illusion) and is missing the rear chassis stiffeners and also the front hoop
It isn't a tuscan V8 chassis because it doesn't have the bolt in crossmember attachment brackets on the lower tubes for the removable x-member that sits under the bell housing of a V8.
The batswing is a poorly strengthened original out of symetry original and highlights how not to really mount a rear diff.
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Its not a 2500 chassis BUT!!
Technically it could be made to be. It can be used as a base for any vixen S2 S3 / Tuscan V6 / Vixen 2500 build.
For the record The base chassis LWB are all roughly the same, but Engine, diff mounts and some strengtheners / triangulation are different model to model
A new chassis will set you back the thick end of £3000 so if someone is prepared to go look, make sure it is a sound straight chassis etc etc then they could get themselves a bargain.
It wants mounts for whatever engine / gearbox the next owner wants. It has the diff mounts for the best option of diff which can be used as is or improved. It also wants a top tube, but again this is an easy bit to weld on.
It is currently closer to Tuscan V6 spec than vixen, but it may well have started out as a vixen...Who knows.
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Technically it could be made to be. It can be used as a base for any vixen S2 S3 / Tuscan V6 / Vixen 2500 build.
For the record The base chassis LWB are all roughly the same, but Engine, diff mounts and some strengtheners / triangulation are different model to model
A new chassis will set you back the thick end of £3000 so if someone is prepared to go look, make sure it is a sound straight chassis etc etc then they could get themselves a bargain.
It wants mounts for whatever engine / gearbox the next owner wants. It has the diff mounts for the best option of diff which can be used as is or improved. It also wants a top tube, but again this is an easy bit to weld on.
It is currently closer to Tuscan V6 spec than vixen, but it may well have started out as a vixen...Who knows.
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