This shows our rear axle setup.

Once I learned how to use the router,

this task became easy.

This shows our set up. Nearly 80 pounds of steel

has been embedded into the floorboard.

This shows where the brake will be located.

[The rubber band is only temporary!]

This is the preferred view from our competitors'

perspective. Let's hope they can't catch us!

Rather than building a stick car from scratch, Paul decided he wanted to have a little time this summer to play golf and do a few other things, so the decision was made to acquire a Scottie and modify the shell.

 

He cut the car in half and lengthened the racer body by 12 inches. Rather than adding a nose cone, our plan was to lengthen the car body in the middle to give Stephanie more room for her feet.

 

The pictures below will show you the preliminary body work that was  done. The Scottie body was temporarily attached to a floorboard. It was then being used as a "plug" to mirror the contours of the original body. Once additional sanding was done to prepare the new sections for primer, the new sections were trimmed down considerably and removed from the 'plug'. The newly formed body panels were then be fiberglassed into the existing body for strength, and feathered into place. A new hatch cover was constructed to allow Stephanie to have easier access to the car and to make it easy to reach the controls when adjustments need to be made in the brakes, steering and alignment. 

 

I planned to add a clear plastic windshield to be blended into the hatch cover to provide added streamlining but after splitting 3 pieces of plastic and running out of time, we gave up.

The existing shell was used to mold

the fiberglass panels for lengthening the racer.

A layout of the hatch cover and shell

with curved fiberglass side panels

The panel extensions have been added to the

rear portion of the shell.

This shows how the hatch cover has been made

longer. A little fitting and trimming is all that is needed.

Here is the nearly completed shell.