Re: More three wheeler stuff

[Michael Hurley <mephit_stophilis@yahoo.com>]

>Clear coat it after it's posished.

I've used a lot of different clear coats on metals and I've never 
found one that didn't chip off pretty easily. Once it starts 
chipping, you'd have to grind the whole think down and re-polish and 
re- clear coat, or you'd get an uneven surface and visual 
distortions. Maybe an automotive clear coat done professionally, but 
that would run me about a grand, if done by a reputable shop. Or 
maybe a layer of fiberglass finishing resin.

>You may want to think about using a different front end than the beetle.
>
>The car has not been produced it quite a while, and even though there are
>lots of parts available, they tend to be specials.

It's really just a thought at this point. I'll use whatever I can get 
readily and is not too expensive.

>You might want to look at the front end designs being used by the Street Rod
>and Kit car vendors.  Most of these are fairly simple and easy to mount.
>They tend to be based off early Pinto designs, but work very well in Mega V8
>applications.
>
>Depending on the vendors you can get different suspension styles, some use
>springs and shocks, some use coil overs and others use airbags or torsion
>bars for the active suspention components.

I have flipped through a few hot rodding magazines recently and seen 
several things like you discuss, and if I can afford them, I may use 
them instead.

>Build the roll cage into the composite structure you are going to build the
>body out of.  This will increase the strength and maximize the interior
>dimensions.

That's exactly what I was planning to do. Weld the the roll cage up, 
place it onto the formers, put down the foam and fiberglass over it. 
I might try placing the foam between the bars of the roll cage, but 
I'd be a bit worried about compromising strength with the breaks in 
the foam. I suppose if I glued it securely to the cage and filled in 
all edges and cracks with glued in foam to make a smooth surface to 
be glassed over it might work. I dunno.
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