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Tom has built 30? more Cups than I have ...
But the internal framing in my Cup sills
Reminded me of the Cantilevers in the FRB!
The little block in my frame is a personal addition along with
A lot of Gorilla glue, after a visit to the Morgan factory.
Plus my frame is 1" thick ash rather than 3/4" of the original
The inside metal body mounts ( copied from originals)
are screwed through the inner ply into the ash structures hidden in the sills.
On normal Cups the outer skin is also ply, but on
Mine it's 18swg alloy on some panels but 16swg on the scuttle.
My project is GE Cup Special, rather than a Replica,
so it has a 1925 chassis, but has a coil engine and
Will have all alloy bodywork and wings.
Regards
Bill
Ps I am old enough to remember seeing Tom's first Brooklands
Mockup in his conservatory all those years ago!
Based near the Scottish Border,