My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

[JEBar]

10-4 .... I was wondering about the pieces needed to connect the outer skins .... that would include the hood .... do you foresee the front windshield being custom made or will it be a flat piece

 

[Joshua Caldwell]

10-4 .... I was wondering about the pieces needed to connect the outer skins .... that would include the hood .... do you foresee the front windshield being custom made or will it be a flat piece

Given how I've seen flat pieces vs curved pieces are in traffic and accidents, I hope it is NOT a flat piece.

 

[Mark BEX]

10-4 .... I was wondering about the pieces needed to connect the outer skins .... that would include the hood .... do you foresee the front windshield being custom made or will it be a flat piece

I have mentioned it before, my plan is to cut the windscreen from a current mass production car windscreen, and use that as a pattern.

The thought is if 20 years down the track there is no supply, you could cut your own from that mass production car windscreen. 'Hot Rod and Custom' shops cut screens often, for custom vehicles like 'Chop Tops' etc

I see classic car and kit car owners have a terrible time getting windscreens for their vehicles, that is what drives me to that thought process.

 

[Mark BEX]

Sanding the bondo putty today, tedious and dusty.

Doesn't matter how good a mask you wear, the very fine dust still gets up your nose.

 

[Coss]

Did you tape off your wrists and ankles? And run a ring around your waist? Otherwise your going to poop out dust.
Better yet, get a cheap wetsuit and put a cheap skull cap on with it. You'll find you'll blow dust out your butt every time you fart.
It sounds strange but true, a good body man can fart out a good pound of dust.
Oh yeah, put a cheap cover on your seat and remember to get a really short haircut.
Yea, I'm kidding a little, but talk to a body man that has done it for years, and you'll find you'll sweat mud, and you will live in a shower.
Think of an opening, then plug it with dust. It's really bad.

 

[Mark BEX]

Pattern finished I think, still made many changes today that don't seem obvious, but they are there.

Keen eyes will notice the rear fuel tank crossmember has been removed.

 

[Mark BEX]

The floor pattern was delivered to the company this morning, by a 3 wheeler of course!

 

[JEBar]

3 wheeler of course!

 

[Duger]

I have mentioned it before, my plan is to cut the windscreen from a current mass production car windscreen, and use that as a pattern.

The thought is if 20 years down the track there is no supply, you could cut your own from that mass production car windscreen. 'Hot Rod and Custom' shops cut screens often, for custom vehicles like 'Chop Tops' etc

I see classic car and kit car owners have a terrible time getting windscreens for their vehicles, that is what drives me to that thought process.

3 wheeler of course!

Some thing to think about

Polestar’s New Electric Car Has No Rear Window​

Polestar’s New Electric Car Has No Rear Window

The 350-mile Polestar 4 attempts to maximize interior space and right the wrongs of the much-maligned SUV coupé.

www.wired.com

 

[Mark BEX]

Polestar’s New Electric Car Has No Rear Window​

Neither did the Elio, and likely neither will I.

Thanks :-)