DIY Alu body market?

[jberg]

Hi all,

I have made some alu-parts and deep draw tools earlied in my daily job (not for cars) and I have now thinking that maybe I could do also some cobra alu-body parts.

So I like to ask from you that what you think:

- Is there market for pre formed alu body parts if set of those cost e.g. 5000$ (just pull that price from my hat…)

- Parts could look like any normal ”deep draw” parts and have some extra material left around part shape. Reason for this is that who ever put those together should trim those parts (real scratch building…) and do the final fitting to chassis.

- One body could be made about 10-14pcs of parts (include door, hood etc panels). This amount depend a bit of material what will be used. E.g 1xxxx series of alumin is much easier to form that 7xxxx.

- No Sub-frame etc. Included. I don’t have time, tools, skill to do this (but if there is a lot of need for these then I could find some company to made those).

If there is market let say more that 15pcs of these then this project could be doable.

I know that this is very rough idea and there is still a lot of open questions like body shape, materials, what chassis could be used etc etc but those can be solved if there is real need/market for these parts.

Let me hear about your opinion of this idea, and let see do I need to think this more seriously.


Ps. As some one may remember I made a mold for fiber cobra body last year. I did have a plan to made fiber body for my own build, but that project is a bit ”ongoing” at the moment. I (and specially my five) get enough of fiber/resin mess during mold building