Posted: 04 Oct 2008 16:11Ok so this project has just taken a major shift.
Yesterday I bought a Porsche 944 from my neighbor down the street, a neat little car that I've wanted for years. He's a real nice guy, is very knowledgeable with cars, and has done some neat stuff. He's got an S-10 with a 350 and a Corvette IRS in it, and other neat little toys.
Anyways, I was telling him about this rod project and asking him questions about suspension stuff, because I really wanted a second Corvette IRS unit that was sitting in his shed. He says, well, this is going to be a lot of work to build a frame, body, start from scratch. I have a new Model A frame sitting in my shed. Why dont you just take that?
So I have acquired, free of charge, a shiny new reproduction Model A frame, fenders, and runningboards.
He's bringing the parts over tomorrow on a trailer, along with an extra engine for the Porsche. 
I do not want to hack the Model A frame up, so I'm going to put my original CAD design on the backburner and try a less ambitious project to start with. I'll put the Model A together with a big block mopar and a custom body!
Man, what a start to the weekend!
Yesterday I bought a Porsche 944 from my neighbor down the street, a neat little car that I've wanted for years. He's a real nice guy, is very knowledgeable with cars, and has done some neat stuff. He's got an S-10 with a 350 and a Corvette IRS in it, and other neat little toys.
Anyways, I was telling him about this rod project and asking him questions about suspension stuff, because I really wanted a second Corvette IRS unit that was sitting in his shed. He says, well, this is going to be a lot of work to build a frame, body, start from scratch. I have a new Model A frame sitting in my shed. Why dont you just take that?
So I have acquired, free of charge, a shiny new reproduction Model A frame, fenders, and runningboards.
He's bringing the parts over tomorrow on a trailer, along with an extra engine for the Porsche.
I do not want to hack the Model A frame up, so I'm going to put my original CAD design on the backburner and try a less ambitious project to start with. I'll put the Model A together with a big block mopar and a custom body!
Man, what a start to the weekend!
It looks lost. I think ill give it a new home, eh? 
I don't think you'll regret your decision to go a little less radical, though it would be cool to see something really different. At least you won't have to worry now about heckling from the bellybutton car owners about building something different 
Glad you're going with a BB. At least you can give the bellybutton car crowd something to bitch about 
Unfortunately, the market for GT40 kit cars seems to be geared towards people who also have a thing for private jets and maybe their own small nations. 
