Taking shape

The past week was spent tack welding the tubes in place and adding more tubes. I was a little worried about front trapezoid as it requires compound angles to cut, but it turned out well. The top tube is three inches behind the bottom tube.

 

 The build table is 42" wide by 96" long. A nose cone will fit over the front trapezoid and the high angles rear portion is the back of the seating compartment. The back of the chassis will be extended for the rear differential and suspension.

 

 A shot from the front to illustrate how parallel the cross tubes are. If you make a mistake on the basic chassis it will haunt you for the rest of the build by effecting all the measurements afterward and the quality of the finished product.

The car is beginning to take shape although my oldest son thinks it looks like a boat right now. Haha!