Perhaps if the legendary Carroll Shelby were still alive, he might be watching this build with keen interest! I definitely will. Thanks Mr. Potter & crew.
It's a cool build. The Ace and the Cobra had simple interiors, albeit of good quality, whereas the Aceca had all that extra wood trim inside which I thought was slightly out of place, the idea of a more stripped out Aceca is a good one. The name of the body construction of course is Superleggera (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superleggera). Which involves typically hand rolled aluminium, wrapped over a steal space frame and riveted (mostly out of sight). It's a construction technique involving very low investment, the greatest cost being a chassis jig and wooden body bucks, it was therefore well suited to low volume production, whilst also having the prestige of being hand built.
Thanks James, yea I love the little Fiat Abarth. Double bubbles, Monza, etc. The coachwork is very similar and wonderful. The underlying structure is crude, very light, but effective.
The type of engine is indicated by the first letter of the Chassis number, an A would be for AC engine and the B is for Bristol. An additional X would be for Export.
Perhaps if the legendary Carroll Shelby were still alive, he might be watching this build with keen interest! I definitely will. Thanks Mr. Potter & crew.
G'day very cool project
Any more info on this project?
Its actually in paint now. We have been concentrating the filming on some other projects, but I will have the guys do an update on it.
A great project… Would love to see the finished vehicle… How it runs and how it handles…
Will do. Client picking colors this week.
It's a cool build. The Ace and the Cobra had simple interiors, albeit of good quality, whereas the Aceca had all that extra wood trim inside which I thought was slightly out of place, the idea of a more stripped out Aceca is a good one. The name of the body construction of course is Superleggera (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superleggera). Which involves typically hand rolled aluminium, wrapped over a steal space frame and riveted (mostly out of sight). It's a construction technique involving very low investment, the greatest cost being a chassis jig and wooden body bucks, it was therefore well suited to low volume production, whilst also having the prestige of being hand built.
Thanks James, yea I love the little Fiat Abarth. Double bubbles, Monza, etc. The coachwork is very similar and wonderful. The underlying structure is crude, very light, but effective.
The type of engine is indicated by the first letter of the Chassis number, an A would be for AC engine and the B is for Bristol. An additional X would be for Export.
Thanks James!