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Been busy on the design side too, pretty happy now with the body structure. Stiff and strong enough and weighs less than i do .. which was the target .. and i an easier target now after christmas! changed the suspension around a bit too, inboard dampers still but actuated from the upper...

So, bit of an end of year update .. still working on the pattern for the rear clip but the end is in sight. Its pretty much all smooth and i'm now down to the finer grits to get the scratches out. Hoping to start fibreglassing the mold before the end of January, which i'm very much looking...

So .. bit of an update. This month has mostly been sanding, more sanding, and even more sanding. I finished the rear clam area and decided to separate it from the rest of the buck so I can add mold edge flanges and repair any damage before I prime it and sand to finer grits. I had some fun with...

A local firm waterjet cut the wooden formers for me from thin ply, there were over 300 in all, too many to mark out and cut by hand The windshield is from a lotus elise, it was the first part i bought. I spent a long time looking at cars in car parks trying to decide which had the right shape I...

you and me both ! Neil - yes you are right, all the openings will not be great for aero drag. I decided at the start that I was going to favour aesthetics over aero performance, in the early days I did start some CFD but dropped it when I realised I didn't care so much about it. The openings...

Some photos so far; building a buck of the outer body panels from wood & foam & plaster. Will then cut into front clam / rear clam / mid upper and take some fiberglass moulds

Hi everyone, i've been enjoying this site for a few years now and reading about all your builds, so I thought i'd post my own project. I've been designing it for a few years now and this year I started the build. It was originally going to be a GT40 replica but my wife convinced me to try and do...