Type C Chassis???

What is a type C chassis? Excuse my ignorance on this but I was looking to sell my GT40 but the people who were interested are now not as someone claimed it has a type C chassis and I am lost on this one. The car was manufactured in South Africa from a kit supplied by a company called KCC (Kit Car Company) in Boksburg South Africa and it is not a KVD.

Hope someone can help answer my question....

 

[Simon]

I think the C type KVA chassis (if that's what it is) is the one to have.
Simon

 

But the car I have is not a KVA so it would not have this chassis type anyway? I was told by someone today that the KVA type C chassis is cortina based and is the weakest chassis type and this was the chassis type my car was made from which seems difficult when the car was made in 1990. I was wondering if this is correct or not as I am sick of people imparting shite information to potential buyers everytime I have looked at selling my bloody car.

 

[Simon]

I'm pretty sure the cortina based chassis is a PRE C type chassis.

 

So whoever it was who was claiming to be an authority on GT40 replicas has not got the faintest idea what they are bleating on about then - I would like to say hand on heart thanks to the prick who told a potential buyer that my car was basically a bag of shit; next time I would recommend knowing what you are on about, actually know the car/have a look at before casting opinions on a subject where I can blatantly say you know bugger all about.

 

[Brett James-McCall]

jklye69,
If I remember your posts correctly, you have a chassis that is similar to an early KVA or what cometimes is called the K type. Its has subframes added front and rear.

The C Type is more akin to what many of the replicas look like today, whilst not being the same. It has the twin trailing arms, reverse A frame and single arm suspension at the rear.

Brett

 

[Ian Clark]

Hi Jkyle69,

What there is little expertise on (thus far) is information about your South African tube frame GT40 which predates the GTD/CAV cars. Surely somebody knows something of this car.

However when it comes to the knowledge base of Ken Atwell (KVA) based replicas there is a vast body of knowledge available here, plus the information is freely offered.

The highest evolution of the KVA was the type "C" chassis and as such served as the base for the RML GT40s (arguably the best GT40 tube cars ever built).

As Brett mentioned, the similarity of the KVA type C to current cars is no mistake (or coincidence).

However, you have an oddity. In some circles that would ad value. Good luck selling your car.

 

[StuartB]

Hi Jkyle69,
The South African KCC kit was very much based on the early KVA designs (no two of these are ever the same for some unknown reason) and as such used the complete front `K` suspension frame from the MK3/4/5 Ford Cortina and came as a choice of either Ford Granada or VW Variant hubs as a fitment to the rear swinging arms supplied as part of the chassis kit.
I've a copy of the original KCC build manual here and it is almost an exact copy of the early KVA MK1 (similar to the even earlier KVA MK111 chassis) and is often mistaken as such.
As Brett said, the `C` type chassis is a late KVA and may not be the same as yours, or maybe KCC changed over to this later KVA chassis?
The KVA `C` type chassis isn't that bad realy and if that's the one you have it's a latter version than covered by the manual I have here, if built well there's no reason why it won't make a nice car. As you say, the buyer should come and take a look and make up there own mind.
As an aside, the KCC factory are still going and make a lotof Cobra replicas but if you get in touch with them with anything to do with your GT40 they will probably ignore you, as others have found in the past!