Musings on Design for a Special

[Martin Prior]

Unfortunately, like so many other sports hardtops, you'd need an A7 chassis with an 8' wheelbase to make an SS1-style coupe body work.

The critical dimension that we're stuck with and have to work around is the position of the top of the driver's head relative to the rear hub. It's higher and further back than you might think and everything else has to be developed from that.