A new car for a keen daughter...

[Malcolm Parker]

I'd go for something like the Paxton body.   It is quite simple to make a sturdy plywood floorpan, especially if you have an Austin steel one to take measurements from.  Body sides could be in 4mm birch ply, one 8 foot sheet would do both sides.  Laminate the curved cockpit sides with two or three strips of similar plywood and fit a plywood bulkhead at the rear of the cockpit and you will soon have a simple, strong and pretty body.  Cover it with leathercloth or apply thin curtain lining material with varnish then paint with  oil based eggshell paint, as I did with the Pytchley.
How about a copy of the record car, ex Mr Jo-Jo, used by Chase and subsequently raced by Derrington?