OOPS, Posted this in the wrong place originally. Not a good start
. How will I possibly build a car!
Well I have been lurking here long enough, I suppose I should start a log and actually start on a car!
I like hot rods, particularly those that look that were built in the late 50s early 60s. I also like sports cars of that same era. I go between a Lotus vi replica, or a hot rod. I know hot rods, used to make a living making them, so in the end the hot rod won. So it's going to look like a hot rodder built a sports car, or a sports car guy built a hot rod.
I have had this idea kicking around in my head, and there's enough empty space in there to kick a ball around. So here's the plan. Using a '25 T Ford roadster body, I will build a spaceframe chassis and attach the sheet metal to it in a similar fashion to a Lotus. It will use a solid axles front and rear with quarter elliptic springs. It will use a Suzuki 1.3 dohc mated to a Samurai 5-speed. In an attempt to keep it simple and look period I will fabricate an intake and use twin SU carbs or a single Weber. I have a set of period Smiths gauges and some English lights. I have a set of MGA steel wheels and some skinny tyres.
I am under no illusions that it will handle as well as some of the cars built here, but I do want it to handle the best I can using the components I have chosen mainly for their aesthetic, in my eyes. As long as it handles better than my '33 coupe I will be happy.
So when choosing parts I made up several criteria.
It had to do the job.
It had to be as light as I could find.
It had to look cool, to me.
It had to fit in the budget, which is not large.
Compramises may be made as one criteria overrides another.
My aim is to keep the car under 1300lbs, and the engine should put out around 100bhp. Not exactly warp speed, just fun. I would like to run occasional track days and autocross, and run the flying mile at Wilmington run by the ECTA.
So that's the rather long introduction. I will post some pictures as I start.
Cheers,
Stewart.