I'd be interested too.

Paul

thank you, thats good to know.

hello all,

I'm seriously considering my first cyclekart build. I've been reading here for a good while after seeing some of you at the kit car show in malvern. I have a vehicle in mind, a 1904 Napier 6 Cylinder (Samson) partly chosen because I fancied that the copper pipe bodywork might be easier to achieve than a painted fibreglass body of a later car with sweeping lines and curves.

I've had kit cars for a long time but never built one as i've not really got any real fabricating/engineering skills. I have a fairly logical approach to problem solving and am reasonably practical however.

My plan with this build would be to go down a well trodden route in terms of chassis/steering/drivetrain and simply copy what has been done before in that respect.

I wondered if for those of you who had never tackled anything like this before, what were the parts you found the most challenging about your build? what presented the steepest learning curve? Did you get stuck at any point?

thanks

paul

thank you, yes that makes sense. I suppose when you reach the point that it requires more work then steel section, (unless you have lots of sopare racking hanging around) it isnt worth doing

Has anyone ever made a chassis from this sort of racking? I was wondering if it would work to make a weld free chassis? https://www.bigdug.co.uk/bigdug-pallet-racking-system/v/ENPTDC1311_1/?ppcp_platform=bing&msclkid=ee52fad12c5f1ef758dd939006ecddcd&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=[BD]%20-%20CSS%20Shopping%20-%20All%20Products&utm_term=4578778762952960&utm_content=All%20Products

thanks