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Topcat2Vin 12th November 2017 00:52

Identify Kit Car
 
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Hi guys - I was looking at the car attached. Can you Identify it - Is is a Champion with a slightly modified chassis?

molleur 12th November 2017 01:13

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Originally Posted by Topcat2Vin (Post 91707)
Hi guys - I was looking at the car attached. Can you Identify it - Is is a Champion with a slightly modified chassis?

Appears to be a McSorley 4-4-2 chassis from plans that Jim McSorley has posted on locostusa.net. (4-4-2 is, in inches, longer, wider, taller).

Topcat2Vin 12th November 2017 01:32

I assume it would not take standard haynes or Champion grp panels- can the panels be got in UK

molleur 12th November 2017 01:55

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Originally Posted by Topcat2Vin (Post 91709)
I assume it would not take standard haynes or Champion grp panels- can the panels be got in UK

One would have to modify the Champion panels, not too difficult.

redratbike 12th November 2017 09:40

Just buy one of the hsr Austin 3000 kit car bodies from eBay and have something different

Topcat2Vin 12th November 2017 23:04

McSorley 442
 
How would you identify the chassis as Mcsorley - I though it looked the same as a champion only bigger. What would you look out for?

molleur 13th November 2017 00:38

Additional chassis tubes. Send me an e-mail and I'll attach the plans. Jim did a finite analysis and added, eliminated and otherwise improved the "book" chassis.

jmolleur@cfl.rr.com

Topcat2Vin 13th November 2017 10:15

McSorley
 
Thanks, I have seen the drawings but looking at the pictures was not able to tell. Is there any obvious differences? Also IS the Mcsorley based on the Champion not the Gibbs chassis?

Thanks

molleur 13th November 2017 13:18

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Originally Posted by Topcat2Vin (Post 91745)
Thanks, I have seen the drawings but looking at the pictures was not able to tell. Is there any obvious differences? Also IS the Mcsorley based on the Champion not the Gibbs chassis?

Thanks

Jim based it on the Champion "book" frame. Yes, was difficult to see in the post. The front triangulation of tubes was a hint. It may not be a McSorley,
but a homespun similar design.


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