Simply amazing. Bravo!
Thanks all, work continues and i`m afraid it is not finished yet!!! But I am getting there slowly, the tube chassis takes an age to construct but am pretty much done now, next task is to fabricate some wishbones and get the rear wheels on, I shall then do the front suspension. I have someone who has done the chassis in CAD so we will be able to laser cut all the tubes (what has taken me 9mths to do can now be done in under a week and it will probably be more accurate than mine too!) Just amazing what modern tools can achieve!!! So there will be the possibility of a kit being produced if anyone feels stupid enough to want to make one for themselves!!!
best regards Chris
Hi all, thought I’d do an update as done a fair bit of work over the year or so since last on!
I have made the first chassis (hand made) this is basically a mock up, to provide measurements for the first “works” chassis, all measurements have been put into CAD and we now have a complete laser cut tube set for the car. I have done the sill moulds, dash moulds, light pod moulds and seat molds, produced another body for someone else and done a lighter one for myself. So will just post a series of pictures as more fun than reading my drivel!!
bodywork on just checking sill plugs for shape prior to taking mould 
Got the dash moulded
The sills moulded, pic show first one out and how it mates to the tube frame
The first CNC’d Laser cut chassis in CAD designed jig being Tig welded up
3rd body placed on the first CNC cut chassis to check fitment
And that is about where I’m at now, just started doing the wishbones, uprights are being machined from Billet alloy, seat mould done, so hopefully by spring I should have the engine and box in and it on it’s wheels but still some way to go yet!!
regards C
I used to mess with car rebuilds… the most important thing to remember when buying the donor car is MAKE SURE IT COMES WITH A TITLE! Otherwise you’ll never get it registered. Could take years. Motor vehicle won’t be nearly as impressed as we are.
Excellent work!
Great job. Really great.
Congratulations for being a glider pilot as well … not to mention the trmendous amount of “composites power” to achive such a result with your 917