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Originally Posted by Biturbo87
Hi daltmcintyre...tell me more about the chuck cobra plans. I understand that they include drawings of all chassis tubes but do not have drawings of control arms for the suspension. Can you confirm. If so what is your plan?
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Dom,
The plans from Chuck do not include plans for any of the bolt on suspension parts. My plan as of now is to build the frame and purchase most of the suspension components from Nick at Acton Customs. Check out his website, all of products are top notch. In my personal opinion (keep in mind I've never scrath built a car) it would be much easier to buy the suspension components than trying to build them yourself.
I also think you should follow cobrakiwi's plan by building the car to the roller phase then constructing the body. If you read through Chuck's website this is how he built the coupe. The body buck sat directly on the rolling chassis. This is exactly how the original coupe CSX 2287 was built.
In your original post you stated that you wanted to build a 427 w/ a Le Mans top. Keep in mind that the plans offered by Chuck for the Cobra chassis is for a 289 car not a 427. The 289 cars had 3" diameter chassis tubes with transverse leaf spring suspension while the big blocks had 4" tubes and independent suspension. If your goal is an accurate build, then you want to keep this in mind.
Joey