Ron McCall
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RCR Chassis #14 Ron McCall
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Ron McCall
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Ron McCall
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Ron McCall
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Pat Buckley
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Nice job!
I love those black wheels - are they powdercoated?
I love those black wheels - are they powdercoated?
Jay,
check your email....
check your email....
For me, what makes this car so interesting is it's stance, and not for one moment does this mean I am not recognising Ron's brilliant work, but this car (or make of car) has the best "natural stance" of any 'replica' I've yet seen, without months of suspension tweaking, unless we're talking about the rare RML's - and they've something in common: both marques have been produced by professional race car designers/manufacturers. (RML sadly only produced 6 examples, but remain a "must have" apart from an original of course
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As one who has been around tin top and sports car racing for almost 45 years - you know the saying...."if it looks right" etc etc
The front & rear wheels tuck nicely inside the arches as you would expect from a stiffly sprung suspension and, you know, it just looks quick standing still: this without the motor and trans!
I have to say, Ron's car would pass as an original even with more than just a cursory glance....
Hope you guys don't mind my totally unbiased comments...
).As one who has been around tin top and sports car racing for almost 45 years - you know the saying...."if it looks right" etc etc
The front & rear wheels tuck nicely inside the arches as you would expect from a stiffly sprung suspension and, you know, it just looks quick standing still: this without the motor and trans!
I have to say, Ron's car would pass as an original even with more than just a cursory glance....
Hope you guys don't mind my totally unbiased comments...
Keith -
I agree, I looked a bunch of photos of many of the manufacturers and many have a different stance. A few people took the time to get them to sit like Ron's car, but many just looked 'jacked up', was never sure if the tire/suspension/body but didn't look good. I think a few people commented about this when I posted some feed back on the different cars I was looking at. The stance and overall menacing look of Ron's car is what I'm looking to hit as well. I am really looking forward to seeing BillD's car with the oil drum rear tires as well, that should be a nice looking car as well.
Sandy
I agree, I looked a bunch of photos of many of the manufacturers and many have a different stance. A few people took the time to get them to sit like Ron's car, but many just looked 'jacked up', was never sure if the tire/suspension/body but didn't look good. I think a few people commented about this when I posted some feed back on the different cars I was looking at. The stance and overall menacing look of Ron's car is what I'm looking to hit as well. I am really looking forward to seeing BillD's car with the oil drum rear tires as well, that should be a nice looking car as well.
Sandy
Ron i have a question for you. I was looking at the beginning pages of your build and saw you had your chassis powdercoated and it looks like rhino lined the bottom. May i ask, did you have the aluminum panels welded on or riveted? If they were welded do you mind telling me the process? Thanks and i'ts looking great!!
Ron McCall
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Thanks very much for the comments.I agree that the stance of a car is VERY important.You see these custom car builders all the time start a car project with the wheels and tires so that the stance of the car is correct then they build the car around them.
When it is finished the front will sit about 1/2" to 1" lower than it is now.The rear is right where I want it.It can actually go a bit lower if I want to.
Stigg: The chassis is fully welded aluminum.All of the welding is done when it comes from RCR .After mock-up, I removed the suspension ,body,roll bar.etc.... and sent it to the powdercoaters.
When it is finished the front will sit about 1/2" to 1" lower than it is now.The rear is right where I want it.It can actually go a bit lower if I want to.
Stigg: The chassis is fully welded aluminum.All of the welding is done when it comes from RCR .After mock-up, I removed the suspension ,body,roll bar.etc.... and sent it to the powdercoaters.
Stigg.
the chassis is completely manufactured from aluminum...the panelling you refer to is the actual load bearing chassis structure....this type of construction is called a monocoque.
Hope this helps
the chassis is completely manufactured from aluminum...the panelling you refer to is the actual load bearing chassis structure....this type of construction is called a monocoque.
Hope this helps
