You Think You Have A Tough Build

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Dean Los Angeles

February 23, 2008, 09:04:38 PM
The Splinter - A wooden supercar
This is the best build diary I've seen. You think YOU had a tough build.
http://www.joeharmondesign.com/index.html
http://joeharmon.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66898206@N00/






Well, it used to be Los Angeles . . . 50 miles north of Fresno now.
Just remember . . . It isn't life or death.
It's bigger than life or death! It's RACING.

1212FBGS

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February 23, 2008, 09:30:23 PM
holy crap batman... that right there is craftsmanship
kent

Stainless1

#2
February 24, 2008, 09:20:26 PM
Quote from: 1212FBGS on February 23, 2008, 09:30:23 PM
holy crap batman... that right there is craftsmanship
kent

Kent, I figured you wood have said it wood be stronger in carbon fiber...  :-o 

Honey, hand me the router... :roll:
Stainless
Red Hat 228.039, 2001, 65ci, Bockscar Lakester #1000 with a little N2O

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#3
February 24, 2008, 09:50:35 PM
Great line, Stainless, I'm with you! All us metal fabricators should take a lesson.
-Even Willie.
who needs a CNC machine? Your basic Craftsman wood router will do just fine!
5 mph in pit area (clothed)

1212FBGS

#4
February 24, 2008, 10:56:35 PM
i tripped out on his site for a while this morning...makes me want to do the new liner in wood...
kent

oz

#5
February 25, 2008, 01:58:25 AM
Incredible Beautifull and a master craftsman/men, Wood has its own beauty and brought to mind a car I saw and fell in love with when i was a kid.Its a Hispano Suiza H6C. 1930s









We once had a Guy come into the Custom shop I was working in who had built a wooden chassied Trike (It Wasnt to the standard of these masterpieces though)
Newcastle born and bred a City built on Coal and Steel and a people built of stronger stuff

fredvance

#6
February 25, 2008, 07:01:07 AM
Didnt the 40s&50s Morgans have wood chassis?
WORLDS FASTEST PRODUCTION MOTORCYCLE 213.470
Vance&Forstall Racing
WOS 2011 235+MPH
Engine by Knecum, Tuned by Johnny Cheese.
Sponsers Catalyst Composites, Johnny Cheese Perf, Knecum Racing Engines, Murray Headers, Carpenter Racing

tomsmith

#7
February 25, 2008, 07:20:29 AM
To make them street legal, don't they have to crash test a bunch of them?
139mph with no bike, but with speedo and helmet.

1212FBGS

#8
February 25, 2008, 02:27:52 PM
tom
it looks to me like its a guy that has a whole lot of talent and time that is building a car... i dont think he is gonna build a bunch of them...
kent

Stan Back

#9
February 25, 2008, 04:36:23 PM
Brings to mind a story told to me by my friend S-s-s-t-t-tuttering S-s-s-teve.  Tells better if you stutter, too.

Thirty years ago one summer in San Bernardino he restored a 48 Ford Woody.  Great craftsman.  Got all the panels lined up. wood all restored, the gaps just right, great paint, the whole 9 yards.  Just in time for his wedding day.  They motored up the coast on their honeymoon in Carmel and two days later he said they had to "C-c-c-rawl out the windows" as the Coastal weather made a shipping container out of his pride and joy.
 
Don't know if it's true, but after a few beers I like to hear it every year or so.
Past (Only) Member of the San Berdoo Roadsters -- "California's Most-Exclusive Roadster Club"

roadtrip

#10
February 25, 2008, 07:46:13 PM
WoS '07

oz

#11
February 25, 2008, 11:28:02 PM
Wow what else can I say...... Collectors Item? Work of art? Innovative? Pioneering?  Master Craftsman? or havin a Laugh!!
Newcastle born and bred a City built on Coal and Steel and a people built of stronger stuff
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