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spaceywilly
10-29-2018, 10:48 AM
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My hair is on fire!!!!!!! I really hope this happens, time to start praying to the car gods!
Bob_n_Cincy
10-29-2018, 11:39 AM
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My hair is on fire!!!!!!! I really hope this happens, time to start praying to the car gods!
I don't know anything about the818 rally car.
But FFR is working on a front engine super car called the GTF.
Here are some pictures:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AjxmxU-yAwK9hjyEk9dBYNz4_RPu
Mitch Wright
10-29-2018, 11:54 AM
The GTF looks interesting. The mock-up chassis looks to be a Challenge car.
Sgt.Gator
10-29-2018, 02:36 PM
I don't know anything about the818 rally car.
But FFR is working on a front engine super car called the GTF.
Here are some pictures:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AjxmxU-yAwK9hjyEk9dBYNz4_RPu
That can't be the FF GTF frame..unless they are planning on an open top R version. It would be pretty difficult to get in it as a tin top.
Bob_n_Cincy
10-29-2018, 06:38 PM
That can't be the FF GTF frame..unless they are planning on an open top R version. It would be pretty difficult to get in it as a tin top.
I agree, I don't think they have a mock up frame yet for the GTF. I thought I remember someone saying that they would start with the Type 65 frame and stretch and widen it to fit the GTF.
https://www.factoryfive.com/whats-new/sema-preview-day-4-of-7/
Bob
John Dol
10-29-2018, 07:16 PM
If that happens it would be stellar. The Stratos is a beautiful car!
John
spaceywilly
10-29-2018, 09:48 PM
If that happens it would be stellar. The Stratos is a beautiful car!
John
Yeah, I'd sign up for a Day 1 build. I've always thought a Stratos body on the 818 frame would be a cool project
phil1734
10-30-2018, 06:09 AM
If you somehow flipped the front radiator frame on the 818 you might be surprisingly close to making that feasible. Other than glass of course.
As far as the GTF - The barge boards are a bit much for me, but I can see how some would find that attractive. I'm more concerned with the design of that chassis. Obviously it's a work in progress and they've been using it for a while with a waiver from NASA but at some point factory five needs to realize that they're unnecessarily risking life and limb with these low-rate designs. I thought the 818 was bad but the number of open tubes and non-nodal intersections on that is terrifying. The entire main hoop isn't triangulated, let alone planer with itself. :confused:
John Dol
11-01-2018, 07:22 AM
https://www.listerbell.com
If you can’t wait for FFR to build one here’s a company in the U.K. that makes them.
John
Bob_n_Cincy
11-01-2018, 08:39 AM
https://www.listerbell.com
If you can’t wait for FFR to build one here’s a company in the U.K. that makes them.
John
Here are a couple pictures from the website:
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It looks like someone in Indiana is building this green one.
C.Plavan
11-02-2018, 09:44 AM
That can't be the FF GTF frame..unless they are planning on an open top R version. It would be pretty difficult to get in it as a tin top.
They would need to fix the frame to make it race worthy. Bends in wrong places. Must be just mock up.
AC Bill
11-02-2018, 01:43 PM
That can't be the FF GTF frame...
I agree, that can't be the frame for the body of the model shown..The roof bar looks to high, and to wide, the body of the car is shorter behind the wheels then the frame. Doesn't make sense..
Connedale
11-03-2018, 02:10 PM
That rally car is as ugly as an AMC gremlin
EODTech87
11-03-2018, 09:18 PM
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=85399&d=1525470032
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=85400&d=1525470040
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=85398&d=1525470024
HotRod Magazine Article - Where Projects Are Born (http://www.hotrod.com/articles/projects-born-factory-five-racing/)
Nice motor... ;)
Sources at HB revealed that the wheelbase is stretched from the coupe. Also, I'd wager these are fairly early body design shots. The body seems to be missing details like panel gaps, doors...
:)
Here is a view with the frame.
flynntuna
11-03-2018, 10:35 PM
That rally car is as ugly as an AMC gremlin
Sacrilege!
An 1800lb mid engine car with a Ferrari engine from the '70s. Truly an icon.
Zach34
11-04-2018, 01:30 AM
Why are there no pictures of the front of the GTF?
Barrel
11-04-2018, 01:37 AM
That rally car is as ugly as an AMC gremlin
ADMIN EDIT: profanity response removed per COCA (https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/announcement.php?f=2) rules.
Hobby Racer
11-04-2018, 09:58 AM
Why are there no pictures of the front of the GTF?
Dave said he is not happy with the front and it is still being tweaked / redesigned.
John Dol
11-13-2018, 10:12 AM
This is my favorite Stratos Livery
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John