21-09-2020, 06:16 PM
hi R,
not trying to critcise, i dont fully know what you have in mind yet.
but if you look at the pictures put on the forum for hotrods. most of them dont change much on the body? maybe wider wings to contail the wheels, and a sparkly paint job.
so to me if the body is a standard idea of a coupe, on a lowered chassis. it has the danger of looking like a hotrod. (without the fat wheels of course).
i know we spoke about windscreens in the past, a vertical screen is as far away from sports that i can think of. notice the MG is sloped back. a nice choice is a V screen.
the MG body slopes nicely at the rear, but nothing says sports like a pointed tail.
it is a coupe, so full wings. but more streamlined to suggest sports.
but alot of what ive put is favoring the MG, and im guessing you dont want to build an MG on an austin 7 chassis.
so perhaps take some austin 7 sports fetures like the V shape step in body on the uster for the doors?
ever thought of a seamless body, with a hidden hinge body.
with a 6 in longer chassis, you could go totally out there. move the engine back, step the seat for the passenger. so its a slim 1 1/2 seat body. that way the body can be a straight line down the sides, from rad to doors. instead of the usual step out at the bulkhead.
and i havent even gotten onto instruments. and interior.
as i always say, we are all different. with different ideas of the ideal car.
tony.
not trying to critcise, i dont fully know what you have in mind yet.
but if you look at the pictures put on the forum for hotrods. most of them dont change much on the body? maybe wider wings to contail the wheels, and a sparkly paint job.
so to me if the body is a standard idea of a coupe, on a lowered chassis. it has the danger of looking like a hotrod. (without the fat wheels of course).
i know we spoke about windscreens in the past, a vertical screen is as far away from sports that i can think of. notice the MG is sloped back. a nice choice is a V screen.
the MG body slopes nicely at the rear, but nothing says sports like a pointed tail.
it is a coupe, so full wings. but more streamlined to suggest sports.
but alot of what ive put is favoring the MG, and im guessing you dont want to build an MG on an austin 7 chassis.
so perhaps take some austin 7 sports fetures like the V shape step in body on the uster for the doors?
ever thought of a seamless body, with a hidden hinge body.
with a 6 in longer chassis, you could go totally out there. move the engine back, step the seat for the passenger. so its a slim 1 1/2 seat body. that way the body can be a straight line down the sides, from rad to doors. instead of the usual step out at the bulkhead.
and i havent even gotten onto instruments. and interior.
as i always say, we are all different. with different ideas of the ideal car.
tony.