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Uncle Sam · 05-01-2009, 06:05 PM

How about a Brabham/Repco? It would be a hit "down under," it has a tube chassis, it uses a production block, and it was the championship car. It should be easy to copy the tube frame because it was also an F2 chassis. This would be a less expensive home building proposition even if you are an airframe builder. You can buy a Cosworth for $150K US, but the rebuilds are about $50K for one vintage season. You could build and run a single cam V-8 for less than one Cosworth rebuild.

05-01-2009, 06:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Uncle Sam #14 Sport Elise Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rockville, Maryland Posts: 864 Images: 2	How about a Brabham/Repco? It would be a hit "down under," it has a tube chassis, it uses a production block, and it was the championship car. It should be easy to copy the tube frame because it was also an F2 chassis. This would be a less expensive home building proposition even if you are an airframe builder. You can buy a Cosworth for $150K US, but the rebuilds are about $50K for one vintage season. You could build and run a single cam V-8 for less than one Cosworth rebuild.