03-08-2018, 08:25 AM
Hi Jamie
Seasoned ash is easy to source, here in the Borders anyway,
It’s ideal for framing, I made two Gordon England
Cup frames recently , using jigsaws, a bandsaw and power sanders..
The Cup body frame is built like a model aircraft
with marine plywood bulkheads and ash uprights and stringers.
The outer skin can be lightweight plywood,
Or 1.2 or 1.6 mm aluminium.
My pal Neil has made a Cup body this way with
A double layer of ply on a LWB chassis. My own Cup
Is on a SwB chassis and is skinned in aluminium( Search the Forum for AllAlloyCup)
I do not know how to weld so hence the traditional coachbuilting route I took.
The body is immensely strong and light and includes doors.
It’s a slow business though and perhaps buying a body from Rod Yates etc might be a quicker route?
Making period wings for a Cup though is a bigger job than making the body!
But perhaps you will opt for cycle wings?
Please post progress of your efforts when you get going?
Kind regards
Bill G
aka AllAlloyCup
Seasoned ash is easy to source, here in the Borders anyway,
It’s ideal for framing, I made two Gordon England
Cup frames recently , using jigsaws, a bandsaw and power sanders..
The Cup body frame is built like a model aircraft
with marine plywood bulkheads and ash uprights and stringers.
The outer skin can be lightweight plywood,
Or 1.2 or 1.6 mm aluminium.
My pal Neil has made a Cup body this way with
A double layer of ply on a LWB chassis. My own Cup
Is on a SwB chassis and is skinned in aluminium( Search the Forum for AllAlloyCup)
I do not know how to weld so hence the traditional coachbuilting route I took.
The body is immensely strong and light and includes doors.
It’s a slow business though and perhaps buying a body from Rod Yates etc might be a quicker route?
Making period wings for a Cup though is a bigger job than making the body!
But perhaps you will opt for cycle wings?
Please post progress of your efforts when you get going?
Kind regards
Bill G
aka AllAlloyCup
Based near the Scottish Border,