Aluminum bodied 289 FIA

[Imperial Wheel]

Hi guys, New here. 62 years old, retired, live in North Alabama. I'm primarily a metalshaper and have been building an aluminum bodied art deco roadster for the past several years.



The problem is that I have two sons and would like to leave each of them a scratch built car. Cobras have been a dream since I rode my bike down to the Ford dealer and sat in an early 289...until the salesman ran me off.

At any rate, I just traded for a Gentry 289 FIA body that had been stored outside. It's in solid shape but obviously needs a good bath.







I'll use the body for patterns and as an aid for putting the panels in the correct arrangement prior to welding. The body structure will be superleggera similar to what Kirkham did on the Elliston Cobra in their build manual.

Not sure what I'm going to do for a chassis. I have access to a Stage 3 chassis jig but I'm more interested in a driver not a racer.

This will be along term project. I need to finish the roadster first. Probably be doing some panel work from time to time and will update this thread as that happens.