Update #3 ---- SERET SPEED SPORTS CAR ---- Build Thread

Update #1 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=548356
Update #2 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=555922
　
UPDATE #3 The buck is moving right along and as suspected the front of the car was the most complicated to design. I got stuck on the grill for a few days because I need a large opening to get enough airflow to the radiator plus I want to run fog lights behind the grill. An oval opening is to plain and I really don’t want it to look like a Cobra. My friend Ralph came over and asked if I had looked at any Cunningham’s which I hadn’t. I Found a picture of one online and really like the shape of the grill so I stole the design. After the grill opening was done I got the outside of the fender and the shape of the hood bucked fairly easy.
But then came the challenge of having to transition from the hood to the fender. I had made a few temples out of cardboard and had problems adjusting for the uneven rise and fall of the fender to the hood. Then on Thursday night Kirk came over and it took both of us well over an hour volleying ideas back and forth to solve the geometry problem that let the fender drop into the hood evenly. Once we got the concept it only took a half hour to lay it out. (Thanks Kirk). The next day I transferred all the temples to wood and worked on the transition from the grill to the lower front fenders. I probably have eight hours left in the buck then the task of aluminum shaping can begin.
As you can see in the pictures I’m going to need a blister to cover the Magneto and Webbers. I could go aluminum but I’d rather make it out of Plexiglas . If you have info on how to blow plexi please feel free to post it on here Thanks!<p>

 

Looks great! Will it have body work between the driver and passenger (as in a D type) or is the central piece of wood to line things up?

 

Man that is amazing....what patients you have. KIRK=ruler.

 

the wood is to line it up, but I do plan to run a spit like the D type

 

Bucks always remind me of those wood dinosaur skeleton puzzles.
If you want to get rich,
You should design famous car-based puzzles.
Just send me 10%!

TP

 

Sexy sexy!!!

 

Great work! I can't wait to see the next update!

 

Looking really good Matt.

Here are a couple of good links for info on thermo forming acrylic sheet (plexiglas). My guess is that "free forming" will work for your application depending on the complexity and depth of the shape you want. Don't be overwhelmed by the industrial aspect of the attachments, you can use a heat gun or even a home oven to heat the sheet depending on the thickness and shape. The tooling can be really simple.

http://www.plexiglas.com/literature/pdf/135.pdf

http://www.plasticsmag.com/ta.asp?aid=2260

 

Awesome!!!

 

So will you have a removable panel over the passenger well?

Thanks for showing this work - super exciting thread.

 

this may help on the bubble forming -- how they make a bubble top???

and you may want to look at ferrari 250 gto (which has a nice grill) and the Ferrari breadvan (which has a nice plexiglass bubble in the hood).

This car will be SWEET!

 

I still think you're nuts!

Yeah, the last bits for the front fenders were one of those geometry problems that you need two brains for. Once we figured it out it was one of those "duh" moments that seemed simple in hindsight.

 

Wow! I'm really enjoying this build!

You guys got any splinters yet?

 

Wow . Wanted to build something like this for years . I've got about a million classic car magazines at home , and have been dreaming of a hemi powered 50's euro style sports racer . Cant wait to see this done !

 

It just keeps getting better!
2011 is going to be the best year yet here on the HAMB. Quite a few top level builds are in the advanced stages, and the quality and imagination of the builders to pull new tricks out of their hats never fails to amaze me.

Cant wait to see this one take shape. Consider shooting video when you start bangin' aluminum over the buck. I'd enjoy seeing that very much.

 

damn matt your a mad mann

 

Very cool....

 

Well DUH! You can buy replica Cobras already!!

Doc.

 

Just yesterday I was re-reading Parts 1 & 2 and thought, "Part 3 has to be coming soon."

It's like Christmas!!

 

Very cool to see this coming together --- nice work, guys!!



Malcolm

 

I heart you Matt and your wonderful toy. I need to go back in previous thread and see if I missed what kind of engine that is. AMAZAZING.

 

Oh man!! Great update! Very cool to see the buck together. Can really see where you are going...

 

Matt and Kirk - The Deadly Duo (way better than Batman and Robin !). You guys are quite the team Kirk must be the counter balance to Matt. Going to one neat Sports Rod. Looking forward to part 4 !

Dave

 

Looking good Matt!

 

MAN.... you and that Kirk fella really are WAY ahead of the curve on the cool meter. Bravo!

 

And the rainbow meter as well...but I'm up there on the rainbow meter so I can smell my own.

 

c'mon bro... you know damn well that KIRK's ass is just along for the ride...

this is amazing stuff here... awesome

 

You guys are MOTHERF#CKING RULERS!

Seriously bad ass.

 

Speechless!