Pan versusTube . . . ? This is the best of both!

Check this out . . .

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=217451

SWEET ! ! !

Looks cool, any idea if it will fit a speedster kit ?

I don't think it will but I'm pretty sure he can make it for you if he has correct measurements and/or the body.

To answer your questions, this is David Barrett, I make the pan shown in the samba ad. Yes I can and do make the pan shown for speedsters. I am in the middle of changing my old IM to a similar chassis, but with fully adjustable torsions fronnt and rear. The A arm, rack and pinion, with independent A arm irs, all coil over chassis, is on the prototype jig at the moment. The first one goes on a manx, but I might have to put another chassis under the IM again next year. Keep drivin plastic cars guys.
David

David,
I would be interested to see if you make one for the CMC/VS/IM cars.
Doing something like this might make it easier to modify suspension and the cost is reasonable. Please keep us in the loop if you make one for the kit cars.

Michael

Michael, I do make them for speedsters. I have produced a few for builders changing from pans to tube. You can keep the vin if you want to register them that way. I CAN build them with total front and rear adjusting of the torsions, (height), I am changing my IM to one of those just to cure the cowl shake and general looseness of the vw pan under a kit car. These tube frames make everything alot stiffer and tighter feeling. I will try to whip up a photo of the complete tube chassis, not using the vw torsion, for you if you would like to see it.
David 559 876 3217

David, yes post some detailed pics !

Is this developed to support a mid ehgine mount or only rear?

Mid engine frames are very different from what I am showing you here on thesamba. SAW makes a great mid engine car. I am still working on those pictures
David

David, definately interested..I would love something to make this vehicle more like the car it should be. These would make the car more rigid...hmmm..and if asked ..you could probably drop thre floor an inch or two for us taller gents?

Michael

just might make it to cholame, just and to get this part on first and build a little motor. hum.. and its sunday noon......
David

Is this, by any chance, the tube frame that John Steele is now offering as an option?

No his chassis is not even close to this, well I guess kinda close, I built the four prototypes for him, they were the front half, but different in that they were built to a strict budget, and I couldn't do everything I wanted to. The project was dropped from this end, I don't know what he is doing now. This chassis is completely built from scratch, except for the prominent vw rear shock mounts, I just couldn't see building them when I had some and all it took was ten minutes on the mill to clean them up and weld them onto the adjustable rear torsion, no more reseting the rear four or five times till it is just right, and since I do alot of cross country, I can just jack up the rear when I load it down to the gills with camping stuff. The motor is going in wednesday morning and a day to break it in and a run to Jack Ranch and then the coast for a night. see ya
David

I am making a custom semi monocoque chassis with pushrod operated double A arm suspension up front and semi trailing arm at the back, hopefully it should go round corners well! Check out my photo's. Busy on the front subframe at the moment, it should be ready for sheet steel soon. It will be powered by an Alfa Romeo 1700 flat 4 which pushes out about 120hp as standard. Target weight is about 600kg.

Not far off galvanising now