Ford F3L and David Piper
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Hi Leo
Welcome back. I thought we had lost you!
Please dont take as long before your next post.
A couple of questions:
1) Did you fabricate part, or all, of those wheels yourself. Judging by the the expertise you have shown so far It wouldn't surprise me if you had made them from scratch. Come to that it wouldn't surprise me if you had also first produced the tooling needed to make them.
2) What are the two quill shafts used for?
Here's hoping for a fairly quick reply
Tom
Welcome back. I thought we had lost you!
Please dont take as long before your next post.
A couple of questions:
1) Did you fabricate part, or all, of those wheels yourself. Judging by the the expertise you have shown so far It wouldn't surprise me if you had made them from scratch. Come to that it wouldn't surprise me if you had also first produced the tooling needed to make them.
2) What are the two quill shafts used for?
Here's hoping for a fairly quick reply
Tom
Hi guys,
thanks for your encouraging answers.
Tom,
1) The wheels shown are my own design; Accordong to design they weigh short of 0.5 kg less than the aluminium wheels and additionally have less rotational inertia. I made some of the pieces for those wheels myself, but not all (including some of the tooling), most of them are way too big for my machines. The most difficult part in fabricationg those is figuring our how to minimize distortion. Runout of the wheels shown is very satisfactory.
2) The quill shafts shown are the drive shafts (gear box -> shafts in the rear uprights), they look a bit different than the typical ones because of the higher diameter between the splines. This is because they are hollow, designed for equal strength at the splines and between them. They are quite lightweight.
Best,
Leo
thanks for your encouraging answers.
Tom,
1) The wheels shown are my own design; Accordong to design they weigh short of 0.5 kg less than the aluminium wheels and additionally have less rotational inertia. I made some of the pieces for those wheels myself, but not all (including some of the tooling), most of them are way too big for my machines. The most difficult part in fabricationg those is figuring our how to minimize distortion. Runout of the wheels shown is very satisfactory.
2) The quill shafts shown are the drive shafts (gear box -> shafts in the rear uprights), they look a bit different than the typical ones because of the higher diameter between the splines. This is because they are hollow, designed for equal strength at the splines and between them. They are quite lightweight.
Best,
Leo
Hi Olivier,
The gearbox we're using (see pictures) is a Quaife ZFQ, as sold by Chris Melia.
We are looking to get the car road licensed, this however will be a tough test to take with the strict regulations here. We'll see how it goes.
Best,
Leo
The gearbox we're using (see pictures) is a Quaife ZFQ, as sold by Chris Melia.
We are looking to get the car road licensed, this however will be a tough test to take with the strict regulations here. We'll see how it goes.
Best,
Leo
Hi guys,
attatched you find some more recent pictures of our project. All of the structural hardware is done, currently we are dealing with the wiring, systems testing, and some minor fabrication work.
At this point I want to emphasize that our car is built to look externally similar to the 1968 built Ford P68, but on the inside it is a re-engineered, yet unofficial successor. Therefore, we feel that it should have its own name. Since our monocoque was finished in 2013, and in accordance to the designation of its predecessor "P68", we will call it "GTP-13".
I hope you enjoy the pictures,
greetings from Austria,
Leo
attatched you find some more recent pictures of our project. All of the structural hardware is done, currently we are dealing with the wiring, systems testing, and some minor fabrication work.
At this point I want to emphasize that our car is built to look externally similar to the 1968 built Ford P68, but on the inside it is a re-engineered, yet unofficial successor. Therefore, we feel that it should have its own name. Since our monocoque was finished in 2013, and in accordance to the designation of its predecessor "P68", we will call it "GTP-13".
I hope you enjoy the pictures,
greetings from Austria,
Leo
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Not that you would race this, but it reminds me of a story -
Kevin Schwantz crashes his Suzuki GP bike at Suzuka (I think it was) The guy who had spent untold hours fabricating the perfect pipes on the bike was practically in tears looking at the smashed works of art. Kevin looks at the guy (being a clueless young kid) and says "Don't worry, I wasn't hurt and we have more bikes". Today - Kevin says about that incident, "I don't know why the poor guy didn't kill me right there, on the spot"
As usual, you have produced more beautiful works of art.
Kevin Schwantz crashes his Suzuki GP bike at Suzuka (I think it was) The guy who had spent untold hours fabricating the perfect pipes on the bike was practically in tears looking at the smashed works of art. Kevin looks at the guy (being a clueless young kid) and says "Don't worry, I wasn't hurt and we have more bikes". Today - Kevin says about that incident, "I don't know why the poor guy didn't kill me right there, on the spot"
As usual, you have produced more beautiful works of art.
Fair to say that Kevin, like most of us, had to grow wisdom with age.
Unfortunately, I'm practically in tears at the skill, creativity and determination shown in a build like this. Since I possess none of those qualities in the automotive field......
Keith, Mic,
thanks a lot for your kind words.
Following you find links to two videos of the premiere presentation of the GTP-13, which was celebrated on March, 11th, 2016 in Hangar-7 (Salzburg airport).
https://youtu.be/zoUT7TrsgSA
https://youtu.be/G7Oa7K1GWoU
Best regards,
Leo
thanks a lot for your kind words.
Following you find links to two videos of the premiere presentation of the GTP-13, which was celebrated on March, 11th, 2016 in Hangar-7 (Salzburg airport).
https://youtu.be/zoUT7TrsgSA
https://youtu.be/G7Oa7K1GWoU
Best regards,
Leo
Just wow! What a build up! Now, you are going to have to tell us exactly why the big public expose? Beautiful though the car undoubtedly is (my favourite of all the 60's and 70's era), the F3L never won anything, did not get developed into a viable package and disappeared as quickly as it arrived.
Come on, spill the beans...rockonsmile
BTW gentlemen, Leopold has undoubtedly raised the bar for self constructed vehicles from scratch, as if it wasn't high enough already!
The "bar" is now at 5 miles high....:stunned:
Come on, spill the beans...rockonsmile
BTW gentlemen, Leopold has undoubtedly raised the bar for self constructed vehicles from scratch, as if it wasn't high enough already!
The "bar" is now at 5 miles high....:stunned:
That's how I take MY car covers off!
