Chassis replacement

[hal 1]

Hi, just watched the Marcos on eBay go for £7100, it has a wooden chassis which needs some repair, if I was looking for a project then I might have bid for it myself but, just as a matter of interest what would a new chassis cost ?, can they be repaired successfully ? And is it marine ply that's used ?

Hal

[hal 1]

I don't know if marine ply is any better than other plywood, it's about twice the price of ordinary ply and presumably will last a bit longer, a wooden chassis car just sold on ebay today,1600 GT, restoration project £7100
I mentioned it to Mrs hal but was told to sell my other stuff first, looks like I won't be getting a new project for a while,
Thanks
Hal

[hal 1]

Certainly looks like a work of art, whoever designed it must have been proud of it, if it came to a choice of metal or nothing then I for one wouldn't hesitate, the rarity of wooden chassis alone would make that decision easy, so seeing one on eBay was perhaps a one off.

I remember the first time I saw one I must have been about 11/ 12 years old, ( 60 now ) the owner of the corner shops' son had one, we used to see it now and again parked outside the shop, pale blue metallic if I remember correctly,looked fantastic compared to what else was around, probably wooden chassis.

Maybe one day.
Hal