Hi All ,
My names Tony. brand new to the forum but a long time fan of motor racing and in my previous years have had my hands on a few cars and engines like everyone here.
I'll start of by saying a big thankyou for this forum and the people on it that share info, the 40 and what surrounds its memory, existence and life into the future would not be the same without the people contributing to knowledge and making parts available.
I'm looking into starting off a Mk I build (from scratch) and would like to go the monocoque route - knowing that it would be a major undertaking. My questions are (possibly better suited to the Tech chassis sub topic), but ill start it off here:
What would be better, Steal or Aluminium?
Are most Aluminium builds rived or welded? As opposed to Steel being spot welded/ conventional
The current set of plans floating around from FAV, are these the only available plans to work off?
Care there any CAD assemblies of the monocoque around to get an idea of how each parts goes together? (apart from whats on grabcad)
Are there any guys out there making parts from the plans that would be willing to work combine or share info?
Where would be a suitable supplier of the body/shell parts? (i hear some kit outfits dont like to sell just the body shells by themselves)
Thanks!
My names Tony. brand new to the forum but a long time fan of motor racing and in my previous years have had my hands on a few cars and engines like everyone here.
I'll start of by saying a big thankyou for this forum and the people on it that share info, the 40 and what surrounds its memory, existence and life into the future would not be the same without the people contributing to knowledge and making parts available.
I'm looking into starting off a Mk I build (from scratch) and would like to go the monocoque route - knowing that it would be a major undertaking. My questions are (possibly better suited to the Tech chassis sub topic), but ill start it off here:
What would be better, Steal or Aluminium?
Are most Aluminium builds rived or welded? As opposed to Steel being spot welded/ conventional
The current set of plans floating around from FAV, are these the only available plans to work off?
Care there any CAD assemblies of the monocoque around to get an idea of how each parts goes together? (apart from whats on grabcad)
Are there any guys out there making parts from the plans that would be willing to work combine or share info?
Where would be a suitable supplier of the body/shell parts? (i hear some kit outfits dont like to sell just the body shells by themselves)
Thanks!