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Plywood cars not designed by Frank Costin?

Started by wilsongt , Nov 14 2007 23:32

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#1 wilsongt

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 23:32

Hello,

Begging the indulgence of the forum for a newbie/lurker. I know of the Marcos - Costin-Nathan - Protos - Amigo string of cars designed by Mr Frank Costin, and of course pre-war, the Issigonis lightweight special. But are there any other other post-war cars out there that made extensive use of wood/plywood for their chassis? Especially monocoques?

I vaguely remember mention of a Sports 2000 car with a plywood body, but that's the limit of my knowledge. Any others?

Regards
Glenn

PS Anyone have a copy of 'design for competition' for sale?

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#2 Vitesse2

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 00:19

This thread might be of help ;)

http://forums.autosp...&threadid=75055

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#3 ian senior

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 09:14

Originally posted by wilsongt

I vaguely remember mention of a Sports 2000 car with a plywood body, but that's the limit of my knowledge. Any others?

Regards
Glenn

There was a Formula Ford car with plywood bodywork - the Getem GBB77. Have a look at the thread "The Getem story"....

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#4 Allan Lupton

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 09:27

Nobody seems to have mentioned the Clan Crusader (even on the previous thread) which had a plywood structure IIRC.

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#5 ian senior

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 09:43

Originally posted by Allan Lupton
Nobody seems to have mentioned the Clan Crusader (even on the previous thread) which had a plywood structure IIRC.

I thought - and could be wrong - that the plywood in the Clan was just reinforcement for the floor, and the main structure of the car was two fibreglass mouldings , joined together at the crease about one third up the side of the body.

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#6 alansart

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 10:15

The Ron Harris Protos F2 cars raced during the 60's had wooden chassis.

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#7 IanDalziel

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 10:30

Originally posted by alansart
The Ron Harris Protos F2 cars raced during the 60's had wooden chassis.

They don't qualify as "not designed by Frank Costin", though, do they?

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#8 alansart

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 11:08

Originally posted by IanDalziel

They don't qualify as "not designed by Frank Costin", though, do they?

Good point!

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#9 Mallory Dan

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 13:47

Was the S2000 car the Dud Moseley Motus. Vaguely rings a bell as 'wood related'.

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#10 wilsongt

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Posted 16 November 2007 - 00:51

Re:

" This thread might be of help

http://forums.autosp...&threadid=75055 "

Oops - sorry about that, forgot the basics of forum use - there is no (question) thing new under the sun...

Regards
Glenn

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#11 tyjak

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Posted 16 November 2007 - 01:31

I have seen a dark wood, almost a veneer, on the bottom of a Chevron B36. It covered the bottom of the tub completely and was held on with countersunk screws. It appears that a TOJ on that thread has wood underneath the front of the tub near the nose support tabs. I wondered why this was there (on both cars). What was the reason behind this? Was this (the wood) a period modification?