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[admin]

A few years back I saw a Ferrari 'replica' (ahemm) that had a wooden body, mounted on VW running gear. Shocking idea, but the standard of woodwork looked pretty good, especially as it hadn't been painted so you could see it all. I saw it again a few years later on eBay, all painted up in red in a half-ar$ed attempt to make it look like an F40

Found this link today, about an amazing car built from wood, powered by 2 V8 Cadillac motors:

http://www.tomstrongman.com/ClassicCars/JerryNickel/Index.htm

Ok not old enough to be a classic, but amazing handiwork nonetheless!!!

RJ

[buzzy bee]

I like that, I love wood, think it is a more useable material than metal. I don't think that I would aspire to make a wooden car from scratch though, while I was at college one of the other more basic engineering course involved making a car from scratch. Being a agricultural college, it turned out to be a huge thing, made of some real heavy steel, but it worked and drove, but the car was cut up before anyone had the chance to make a body!

Cheers

Dave

[buzzy bee]

Hi

E83W Woodie:- http://www.oldwoodies.com/img/truck/51fordson_e83w_ford10(1).jpg
and
http://www.oldwoodies.com/img/truck/51fordson_e83w_ford10(2).jpg

Cheers

Dave