My younger brother took care of one of these cars back in the early to mid 1970's,..when I looked at it closely,..it was made mostly of a wood monocoque fiber glassed reinforced Plywood body pan for most of the cars main body frame and sub structure. What a little potent car if I ever saw one,..
"And likely anti-roll bars"? What, did you just decide not to look that one up? For the record, Elites had anti-roll bars on the front but not the rear. The front ones also served as part of the upper wishbones, as on the Seven. Extra credit: the rear suspension is elegantly simple, comprising only three elements: a strut, a trailing link, and a half shaft. The half shaft and the trailing link, together, form a virtual A-arm. This arrangement is called the Chapman Strut because it was invented by Colin Chapman.
It was an Elan that was in the Avengers.
My younger brother took care of one of these cars back in the early to mid 1970's,..when I looked at it closely,..it was made mostly of a wood monocoque fiber glassed reinforced Plywood body pan for most of the cars main body frame and sub structure. What a little potent car if I ever saw one,..
Marcos?
Elites don't have any wood in their chassis. Could you be thinking of a Marcos GT?
"And likely anti-roll bars"? What, did you just decide not to look that one up?
For the record, Elites had anti-roll bars on the front but not the rear. The front ones also served as part of the upper wishbones, as on the Seven.
Extra credit: the rear suspension is elegantly simple, comprising only three elements: a strut, a trailing link, and a half shaft. The half shaft and the trailing link, together, form a virtual A-arm. This arrangement is called the Chapman Strut because it was invented by Colin Chapman.
I thought it was the accountants who always ruined cars.
Shocking? Truth? Over used terms, and I'm so tired of AI commentary that mispronounces so many words. Beautiful car, though. I've been in one.
Nice car😅
Fred Costin? I think you mean FrankCostin.
The mistakes in specs make the whole naritive suspect, good still pictures though.
AI narration is odd.
JUNK ! that any school boy would know :(
Yeah, people win Le Mans all the time driving junk.