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Originally Posted by techinspector1

Datsun 260Z motor doesn't look too bad.....
http://motoringjstyle.blogspot.com/2...ooks-like.html

That Z motor has been camoflaged.

....and besides, I already killed a decent jaguar for this project.

Originally Posted by Evolvo

Cool project. What's that red grill and headlight hiding in the background?
Alan

1938 Segrave fire truck.

There are also 1940, 1947, and 1950 models in there too. It was a kick I was on a couple of years ago.

Saturday morning, I played with a roll of masking tape.....trying to convince myself that the shape was right.

The door cut out didn't seem quite right. Played with that some more. Drivers side seat has been cut back 6 more inches or so.

This is what we ended up with. Dad thinks it looks like a WW1 airplane







Looks better. Had to see how it felt.

So now that it starts to look like a car....what are you supposed to do? Tear it all apart and work on the frame.

Did I mention that I was thinking about building this car as a unibody?

All of the 1x1 will be boxed in with sheetmetal.

People keep asking about my tubing bender for the square tube. Here it is. A big gear used as a radius and a stop welded to the side of the table.

Adding diagonals is a pain. They have to be curved so that match the horizontal pieces. Chassis should be plenty stout though.







Door swoop goes down to the frame / truss thingy.


Rear suspension is the next thing to figure out.