QUOTE (werks prototype @ Mar 20 2010, 13:25)

That is very nice! Does anybody know anything about those curious extrusions on the side of the chassis? Please tell me they are a thing more exotic than a mere crash structure.
I don't think side impact crash structures were much of a design consideration in those days.
I would hazard a guess, seeing that there is some smaller tubing for body support along the sides, that these outrigged box sections could have acted as jacking points.