Anyone completed a Kitman yet ? 
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A few pics from a customer who ordered the subchassis first, built his shortened chassis , running gear, suspension, and is ordering his Coupe body very soon. He decided to go from the ground up.
This is frequently what we see with AUS, and Canadian builders in order to use a Donor VW pan that is already registered in their country.
Cheers,
Dr. Chris
www,kitmanmotors.com
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Nice pictures, Chris.
Full Mendeola!
It's like "The Full Monty", but for 356 enthusiasts!
I wonder why he cut down the tunnel in front of the shifter. Imho, the chassis has lost significant strength doing that. I realize the subframe adds back some rigidity, but I don’t see the point.
Kitman needs to team up with Mendeola and provide their speedster/coupe tube chassis with the pickup points for the Mendeola suspension built into the chassis and get rid of all those heavy mounting plates. That would be about as good as it gets in VW chassis.
Is there an additional subframe component that supports the fiberglass body in both the front and the back? The classic sub frame has front support just in front of the gas tank and around the rear supporting the sides of the engine compartment (and giving a mounting point for the rear bumpers). I assume tunnel is cut/lowered to give extra foot space for mashing the gas pedal.
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@LI-Rick posted:I wonder why he cut down the tunnel in front of the shifter. Imho, the chassis has lost significant strength doing that. I realize the subframe adds back some rigidity, but I don’t see the point.
Kitman needs to team up with Mendeola and provide their speedster/coupe tube chassis with the pickup points for the Mendeola suspension built into the chassis and get rid of all those heavy mounting plates. That would be about as good as it gets in VW chassis.
Agreed. Three or four down-angled tubes from the under dash hoop, X-braces in the door openings, and a triangulated subframe in the back for rigidity AND butt-sag support would be a great idea.
I'm not a fan of how the rear brake lines are run, either.
If you're doing coilover rear suspension there is no need for a torsion tube.
And you're right, Rick. A lot of extra weight in front for those parallel plates.