Just a note if chrome moly tubing is not welded properly it can be deadly
(at least in stock cars) Might be ok for a buggy if welded properly but
Sleepy Gomez is dead set against it for race cars and a couple of books I
read on build ups were usually against it, can't remember why but will look
it up if someone wants the answer. Had something to do with guys trying to
weld it up like regular steel tubing and the welds breaking under very
little stress.
-Joe
>
> yup. 1.25" x .035 chromo. don't remember the spec, 1049 is what I'm
> thinking but I don't think that's correct at all.
>
> > and the
> > whole thing only weighed 425 pounds without driver.
>
> pretty close, yup. I don't recall if the 420# was with floatation or
> without. I think without, as it was at the BBQ (for the east
> competition the cars need to float and propell themselves in water, so
> we have a foam float pan that bolts to the bottom of the car and fenders
> to deflect water rearward)
>
> > One that you would end
> > up building out of probably 1018 steel tube would end up being in the
> > neighborhood of 600 pounds without the motor and transmission in it,
>
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