Gelscoe 1078/R Lightweight

[Rob Klein]

I am going to share every aspect of this build from start to finish with you guys. Let's start with the Chassis. The original car as we know was lost in a crash and was re-chassis with a spare. However the original car was a Light weight JW chassis, and this is what we built.

 

[Rob Klein]

More Chassis

 

[Rob Klein]

More Chassis

 

[Rob Klein]

more Chassis. Also you can start to see the Aluminum roof panel getting formed

 

[Rob Klein]

More Chassis

 

[Rob Klein]

The car is being assembled for the body fit.

 

[Brian Kissel]

Awesome craftsmanship. Is this your new car Rob ?? If will be a excellent build.

Regards Brian

 

[Rob Klein]

Awesome craftsmanship. Is this your new car Rob ?? If will be a excellent build.

Regards Brian

yes the car is almost finished, I just thought I would take everyone through the build

 

[Rob Klein]

The process of fitting the body is a lot of hours. Four guys took three weeks to get the body fit correctly

 

[Rob Klein]

More body work

 

[Rob Klein]

More body work

 

[Brian Kissel]

Congrats Rob. That is going to be a fantastic car.

Regards Brian

 

[Pedro]

Hi Rob, just wondering are the rears 12" or 14" hard to tell from the pictures

Regards,
Pedro

 

[Ole Nylende]

Thanks for putting it up again Rob. It was a big loss when your old thread went down...

 

[Rob Klein]

Hi Rob, just wondering are the rears 12" or 14" hard to tell from the pictures

Regards,
Pedro

14's

 

[Rob Klein]

Now for some of the engine build. I have since swapped out the Spanish carbs for italian carbs

 

[Rob Klein]

more pics

 

[Brian Kissel]

All top shelf engine components as well. Excellent work.

Regards Brian

 

[Rob Klein]

All top shelf engine components as well. Excellent work.

Regards Brian

Thank you, the engine turn out strong

 

[David Garton]

Very nice Rob! I have a question on the oil sending port you have it going up to the left head and crossing over to the right head ? Where are you getting your output for your dash gauge? On my Gurney they plugged the crossover ports on the heads and sent the tubes back with the engine? Roush was involved with the build and it has dyno time without issues so not sure why they plugged them off. Thanks for sharing.