It seems the older I get the sillier I get, well according to my wife anyway, as I have had a dream for 40 odd years, ever since I had the unique opportunity way back in 1973 to do a few laps of Pukekohe in a F5000 that one day I would have my own, well the old girls are now worth far more than I can afford so I said to wife , bugger it i"ll build my own.
So here I am, it will be an over engineered tube frame with 3 x 32mm x 1.6 dom tube longitudal rails forming the main structure with 28mm x1.6 dom tubeing for all the diagonals,
as it will be more for enjoyment than trying to win sheep stations. And according to a good friend who did the 3D drawings and took the time to do it Torsional rigidity is around the 16000NM per deg, so i'm pretty happy about that.and its not as heavy as I thought it would be, the completed chassis as you see it now is only 47kg
I originaly was going to fabricate my own body out of alloy sheet, but a friend offered me a genuine 1967 F1 body from a popular marque and it fits like a glove so it looks like its a winner.
a bit of alloy panelling for the sides and we're done.
Drive line was originaly going to be a late model roller cam 302 SBF coupled to a modified VW trans
after a fare bit of soul searching even with new cams , alloy heads and a dry sump, it was still going to be a big under powered lump back there, so its taken a whole new twist, and a new owner, a fellow petrol head that I look after his Lotus 7 has decided to upgrade , he made me an offer I couldn't refuse so now i'm building it for him and we are fiting a 400hp LS1 coupled to a 5 speed Audi trans.
wheels will be 15x10 fronts , 15x14 rears with hand cut Avon slicks.
going the 15" in the front will allow for bigger and better brakes, a feature that the orig F 5000's didn't have
Hopefully Flat chat [Chris] will have the adaptor plate and flywheel etc done soon so I can fit it up.
and yes it will have a we bit of GT40 in it, as the rear uprites are coming from DRB here in Aus as Peter was more than helpful when I asked if he would sell me a pair.
so what can I say watch this space as it should start to take shape very shortly.
cheers John
So here I am, it will be an over engineered tube frame with 3 x 32mm x 1.6 dom tube longitudal rails forming the main structure with 28mm x1.6 dom tubeing for all the diagonals,

as it will be more for enjoyment than trying to win sheep stations. And according to a good friend who did the 3D drawings and took the time to do it Torsional rigidity is around the 16000NM per deg, so i'm pretty happy about that.and its not as heavy as I thought it would be, the completed chassis as you see it now is only 47kg

I originaly was going to fabricate my own body out of alloy sheet, but a friend offered me a genuine 1967 F1 body from a popular marque and it fits like a glove so it looks like its a winner.

a bit of alloy panelling for the sides and we're done.
Drive line was originaly going to be a late model roller cam 302 SBF coupled to a modified VW trans

after a fare bit of soul searching even with new cams , alloy heads and a dry sump, it was still going to be a big under powered lump back there, so its taken a whole new twist, and a new owner, a fellow petrol head that I look after his Lotus 7 has decided to upgrade , he made me an offer I couldn't refuse so now i'm building it for him and we are fiting a 400hp LS1 coupled to a 5 speed Audi trans.
wheels will be 15x10 fronts , 15x14 rears with hand cut Avon slicks.
going the 15" in the front will allow for bigger and better brakes, a feature that the orig F 5000's didn't have
Hopefully Flat chat [Chris] will have the adaptor plate and flywheel etc done soon so I can fit it up.
and yes it will have a we bit of GT40 in it, as the rear uprites are coming from DRB here in Aus as Peter was more than helpful when I asked if he would sell me a pair.
so what can I say watch this space as it should start to take shape very shortly.
cheers John