AC Cobra totrod

clarkey31 · Nov 2, 2013

Thought i would start a build thread, I have started it with the help of Geoff Moss mph motor panels whilst i was down there this week.

Here is the fiberglass shell i bought to use as a buc the plan is to build it out of aluminium and polish it up if i can get it any were near good enough..

clarkey31 · Nov 2, 2013

though i would start with the boot

DrNik · Nov 2, 2013

looking good so far, looks like youve absorbed some of his talent

clarkey31 · Nov 2, 2013

DrNik said:
looking good so far, looks like youve absorbed some of his talent

Cheers a did have a little help on this panel but reall happy with it so far when the body is done i will put the return lip on it so its a nice fit

clarkey31 · Nov 2, 2013

Next i moved on to the the rear wings, a fair bit of these had to be hammer formed as the radius were to tight to fit in the wheel. I have never done any hammer forming so was a bit of a learn curve but happy with the results so far

They are all roughly shaped and over sized to allow for some fettling when assembling the shell

clarkey31 · Nov 2, 2013

clarkey31 · Nov 2, 2013

Then i moved on to the front wing all much the same as the rear a mix of hammer forming and wheeling

clarkey31 · Nov 2, 2013

i forgot to take pick of this panel when i finished it had to soften the front and hammer form it quite a bit

then moved on to the door but also forgot to take a pic of the finished result

Cris B · Nov 3, 2013

Crikey, that's commitment! Most people would just have used the fibreglass shell!

steveo3002 · Nov 3, 2013

impressive

lchris21 · Nov 3, 2013

awesome skills..... :cool:

Sean · Nov 3, 2013

I joined this forum to thank someone for posting up how to make a scrappy little Sip MIG work, stuff like this is why I'm still here. Brilliant!

DrNik · Nov 3, 2013

More more......... This is great, I'm thinking even if I do the wheeling course I could never make stuff this good.... Keep the work/pics coming

Wedg1e · Nov 3, 2013

Fantastic. As much art as engineering I reckon :clapping:

howardm · Nov 3, 2013

That a very interesting project, are there chassis drawings.?

Howard

clarkey31 · Nov 3, 2013

Thanks All

Cris B said:
Crikey, that's commitment! Most people would just have used the fibreglass shell!

a lot have people have said why did i use the fiberglass one, but want to learn how to make a complete car so thought i would start with a small one saying that Geoff did say a lot of this is harder as all the shapes are so tight

lchris21 said:
awesome skills.....

Still learning loads had to ask what the best way was to do some of it thats why i tried to do one complete side of the car whilst down with mph

DrNik said:
More more......... This is great, I'm thinking even if I do the wheeling course I could never make stuff this good.... Keep the work/pics coming

I couldnt do this at the begining of the year i had never done anything with ali but Geoff is a good teacher

howardm said:
That a very interesting project, are there chassis drawings.?

Howard

I have not seen any will just work somthing out planning on using a moblity scooter that i have got to power it just need to find some nice wheels

J_K · Nov 8, 2013

That is rediculously cool...

jpmillermatic · Nov 8, 2013

MAD skills, sir!

so very impressed...please let us know how you get on when joining the panels...I have much too much to learn!

JP

norlander · Nov 8, 2013

superb stuff-hope you are not going to paint it when its finished- be a shame to hide that craftsmanship with paint (not that I'm saying sprayers are not craftsman gods in their field).

anjum · Nov 9, 2013

Very very impressive!!!

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