11-10-2017, 08:54 PM
(09-10-2017, 10:09 PM)tom abernethy Wrote: The original Brooklands bodies were of a traditional frame and stringer construction. They did not have a box section running the full length and consequently sagged very badly due to the cut out for the back axle and the huge overhang. This can be seen in some of the period photographs.
The full length box section was my solution to the problem and used on my first Brooklands replica in 1978 using my experience with that type of construction from the later Cup Model.
The Cup Model did not have a Forth Bridge type of framework within the box section but merely hard points to take the body and wing mounting brackets.
Regards,
Tom.
Interesting Tom, do you have any evidence of this frame and stringer construction that you would be willing to share? I have tried for years to unearth a picture of a genuine Brooklands frame, the closest I have come is this picture form Austin Harris, it depicts GE's special from the 1924 JCC200, the lower rail appears identical to the contemporary pre production Brooklands body and seems to be a box beam.
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