Aluminium Bodied Contempoary

[mikeinatlanta]

Originally Posted by mrmustang

I was thinking the body in the picture I referenced, looks like a crack in the fiberglass, as well as unpainted fiberglass along the edge

Hey Bill,
Look at the photo showing the hood hinges and opening. Look at the hood opening just outbd of the right hood hinge and how it is formed around a tube. Also in the hood opening fwd end, the white stripe area appears to be rolled under.

Thoughts?

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by mikeinatlanta

Hey Bill,
Look at the photo showing the hood hinges and opening. Look at the hood opening just outbd of the right hood hinge and how it is formed around a tube. Also in the hood opening fwd end, the white stripe area appears to be rolled under.

Thoughts?

Even downloaded and photo shop enhanced I'm not seeing it, same goes for the lack of body framework and support shown in the trunk opening shot. All I see is straight fiberglass Contemporary main body. Would love to see better shots of the doors, trunk area, and of course under the body in the engine compartment to see if there are other modifications to the hood/trunk-lid/doors. Maybe something taken with a forced flash so I can really see the inner framework, be it Contemporary or otherwise

I do of course see the bodywork on the footbox/vin picture, and to me, that does not look like aluminum corner of body showing in upper left of that shot)



Also notice no evidence of rolling........


Bill S

[cobrakiwi]

Originally Posted by mrmustang

Even downloaded and photo shop enhanced I'm not seeing it, same goes for the lack of body framework and support shown in the trunk opening shot. All I see is straight fiberglass Contemporary main body. Would love to see better shots of the doors, trunk area, and of course under the body in the engine compartment to see if there are other modifications to the hood/trunk-lid/doors. Maybe something taken with a forced flash so I can really see the inner framework, be it Contemporary or otherwise

I do of course see the bodywork on the footbox/vin picture, and to me, that does not look like aluminum corner of body showing in upper left of that shot)



Also notice no evidence of rolling........


Bill S

(same goes for the lack of body framework and support shown in the trunk opening shot. All I see is straight fiberglass Contemporary main body. )

What frame work do you expect to see from the angel this picture was taken from then?
Aluminum body's wrap around the tubing (sub structure, bird cage etc) so when finished, not to be seen from the outside!

Once again the OP has claimed to have seen the car in person, (you have not)and verified the body is aluminum, he also verified how the body was attached to the body support tubing,
then you come along and basically tell him he doesn't know what he is talking about, Really?

[mrmustang]

Since you ask, and you are so obsessed with my posts about Cobra bodies, to the point of overlooking your own beautiful work vs this picture of the trunk showing all the way back to the body




Now look closely at the picture, as you can see all the way to the inner quarter panel itself, what appears to be missing from that shot?

The rear cross bracing for the body is missing if it was an aluminum body, and there was almost no trim in place, would you not see the cross bracing for the body to be supported on? Your birdcage has them, but could not find a decent picture of yours to show you, so I borrowed one from Karl to show the diagonal cross bracing.

Originally Posted by cobrakiwi

(same goes for the lack of body framework and support shown in the trunk opening shot. All I see is straight fiberglass Contemporary main body. )

What frame work do you expect to see from the angel this picture was taken from then?
Aluminum body's wrap around the tubing (sub structure, bird cage etc) so when finished, not to be seen from the outside!

Once again the OP has claimed to have seen the car in person, (you have not)and verified the body is aluminum, he also verified how the body was attached to the body support tubing,
then you come along and basically tell him he doesn't know what he is talking about, Really?

[cobrakiwi]

I am not sure of the bracing you are talking about, here is a picture of a rear frame section of one of my cars, please fell free to circle the bracing your talking about.

Karl's picture is to small for me to guess of what you maybe talking about
Great pic tho!