1993 Litton Corse I - Strato's Replica

Flaming June...


This is the size of the floor pan of a Strato's - 13" wheel 155 tyre and a metre rule for comparison.



Bit of grinding off of the welding done - far too hot to do any painting but did a fair bit of prep and all the wax oil has been washed off ready for the box sections to be scuffed up for paint.





A bit of cad and angle finding for the back stays - which gives me a few little brackets to make in the week.

As it's too warm to get much done I figured I would do what I had been promising myself for years and get a CAD program up and running to reintroduce myself to drawing. I started out my career as a draughtsman in building service engineering decades ago, (Terence Lee Associates) in the days draughting film, Rotring pen and oh the smell of dyeline..... Autocad and CAD-CAM was in its infancy when at college and I recall the amount of time it took to refresh even the simplest for drawings.

Anyway I downloaded Librecad - simple enough free package and got stuck in with producing a drawing of the bracket above.

YAY. - Could have marked out and made them all in the time it took me to do but I am getting quicker. I have also downloaded FreeCAD onto another machine to have a play with at a later stage - when up to a better speed as for now the 2D is adequate.




The main reason for getting started with this is to draw up the front end of the G27 and produce a cutting and marking out list for the tubes and brackets for the front suspension - However this will also be useful for drawing up the Strato's

I am clunking along on an old Vista machine with this one, I will see if I can get Draftsight on the other machine and see what it does. It's your posts that have been instrumental in me pulling my finger out!

Pm me your address and I'll send you a copy of autocad 2017

I have a way to go.........


However, not being able to draw it in 3D will not prevent me from building it in the mean time.

The little bit that I have started to do in 2D has helped me no end. If I had pulled my finger out earlier I would have drawn everything up before hand which will have made checking all the suspension geometry an easier task. probably would not have helped with the exhaust hitting the chassis issue as I probably would not have gone as far as drawing up all the individual components. I am enjoying getting back into drawing again though.

Replica prices have never been what you could call cheap but prices have increased significantly over the past few years. That car still needs IVA, registration, paint etc. and the amount of work left depends on the skill of the builder (pictures and the time taken are a possible indication)and how much you would have to undo (a great deal I suspect). As I know quite a few of the flaws in the in the Corse i I would not even dream of starting with one at that price - I would be straight on the phone to Craig at Lister Bell to get on the waiting list, get the deposit down, and then continue saving. Many people who have picked up an old Corse project have thrown away the body and fitted the LB panels due to how poor the originals are.

Love your build by the way.

google sketchup is free, easy to learn and can do 3d reasonably well. We use solidworks for most things, but that's too much money unless you are using it commercially

Early lunch - too much Centishines for my liking.

Fitted and ready for welding




And welded ready for a dusting of protection.





Not fully ready for paint yet as there will probably be a few brackets to mounted on these - It is usual to mount a set of pins for added security - Two sets here below a set for the rear clam and a set that appears to double up for the clam and the louvres.

And a few shots with back stays and door bars in and a look around to see what space there is for that clam mount...







...that will be a case of just enough then!




Back stays - crossed of the list - clam shell mount added.