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Post by grandsport3 on May 8, 2021 11:36:12 GMT -8
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Post by afx on May 9, 2021 3:42:33 GMT -8
Interesting idea for the chassis.
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Post by grandsport3 on May 9, 2021 11:44:27 GMT -8
AFX, I had built a tube chassis for my 1st King Cobra using the April 1964 Sports Car Graphic with the Lang Cooper-Ford on the cover as a guide. Copy the cover adjusting size to conform with correct wheelbase. Also match the Offy chassis against the bottom molded lines on pan chassis of the AMT Hussein as a template, that gave me width and wheelbase. You're using sections of the the AMT chassis matching side tube bracing to illustration. The AMT chassis is flexible enough to "Bend" and spread mid ways for the seats and dash then bend back in. I added center roll bar midships chassis hoop, dropped in an IMC Ford GT engine with a factory painted Pactra Cooper-Ford body over it and it looked pretty darn good. It too got donated to the San Diego Automotive Museum (which is reopening soon) maybe I can reclaim it. Thanx, John
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