what the heck he was thinking. This AA ebay car HERE makes you wonder WTF why would someone do this. Tried to make a flip up nose? why, the engine is not there?

you think this is safe to drive without bracing? after all, that's where your front a-arms are mounted!

Andy

QUOTE (itsa914 @ Jul 27 2005, 01:04 PM)

what the heck he was thinking. This AA ebay car HERE makes you wonder WTF why would someone do this. Tried to make a flip up nose? why, the engine is not there?

[QUOTE]Tried to make a flip up nose? why, the engine is not there?

Not yet.

Type lV up front, one in the back, 4 wheel steering, one heck of Pikes Peak Racer

that's just dumb

"Then like a stupid idiot decided that he has some strange Jaguar XKE fetish and thought that he would make a one piece bonnet! So he cut off the damage butch welded the pieces together and stopped! And then his wife got after him for housing such an abortion in their christian home"

that's funny

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Tried to make a flip up nose? why, the engine is not there?

it would make bleeding the calipers easier

Its not that hard of a fix though... weld in about 10 feet of bar in that to make a strong box, put on a sherdian front piece, and you've lost 150+ lbs!...

QUOTE (itsa914 @ Jul 27 2005, 01:04 PM)

what the heck he was thinking. This AA ebay car HERE makes you wonder WTF why would someone do this. Tried to make a flip up nose? why, the engine is not there?

Doesn't need to be, the mid V12 Lambo Miura front and back flipped up. 1 piece has a "cool" factor and is a simple body piece. Like race cars, it would allow more access to susp.

second guessing people, you will drive you

I am really suprised that the car even sits there, with the weight of the car on the wheels. There must be no downward pressure on the front pivot point of the a-arm, with all of the wieght transfer at the rear pivot.

You guys can sure tell I'm not a structural engineer.

If this is all true, why do people with "tubed" front ends always put about 200 pounds of steel tubing in front of the bulkhead?

Is it possible that a few small diameter tubes just to hold the front a-arm pivot points in place would be sufficient? If so, a one piece roger sheridan nose piece might really be a way to go with a track car.

Comments?

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Jul 27 2005, 05:43 PM)

"Then like a stupid idiot decided that he has some strange Jaguar XKE fetish and thought that he would make a one piece bonnet! So he cut off the damage butch welded the pieces together and stopped! And then his wife got after him for housing such an abortion in their christian home" that's funny

Build a cage in the front end to give it the proper support, hose the " bonnet" down with some mold release and make a one piece C.F. front end, then do the same top the rear then pull a mold off of the doors and mold them into the front and rear, paint it red

jason, manages to put a positive spin on everything. you could even drive it home in the daylight. why worry about bumpers and turn signals? funny ad.

k

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ Jul 27 2005, 01:43 PM)

And then his wife got after him for housing such an abortion in their christian home" that's funny

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Even a pagean home would be offended!