[Three Peaks]

If you are going with a tubbed body like the Hurricane, ERA, etc.... you can get by with a substantially simpler chassis in 2x4 tubing. The body can be purchased several places but you may want to shop around to find one to your liking. There are a lot of variations in body styles, quality, and originality and some will be easier to work with and live with than others.

If you want to go with the "non-stressed" body- meaning it is only supported by the superstructure and isn't part of the structural frame, you can get them lots of places also. I believe Factory Five will sell just a body as well as some others. My body came from Roger Bollick from this forum and it is extremely well made and accurate to the originals.

Patrick is right, fitting the superstructure to the body can be a real head scratcher, but nothing you can't handle if you have some good fabricating skills. I bent most of my tubes with an electrical hand bender and a few other manual tools and it fits great.

Either way, let us know if we can help and we'll relate how we accomplished whatever task you need help with.

Bob