Race Car Chassis

[afx]

Ran across this in my travels.  Wanted to get closer but thought better of trespassing.

[MeatMan]

Well at least it looks like they're tryna keep it off the ground. It looks like a "maybe next year" tho.

[afx]

No it doesn't seem to be an active project.

It appears to be fairly well made, can anyone identify a possible manufacturer?

[paul alflen]

AFX, don't be shy, go knock on the door and ask permission to go look at it and take pictures. give him a copy of you drivers license to make him fell at ease. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 hours ago, afx said:

...can anyone identify a possible manufacturer?

It's clearly based on an OEM front frame section, but due to the apparent randomness of some of the tube placements (look at the driver's side anti-intrusion bay), and the lack of lateral symmetry of primary load paths and triangulation, my best guess is that it's an independent shop-built piece as opposed to a professionally designed and fabbed unit.

I could be wrong.

[afx]

Howe (HRE) Racing?

 

 

Edited May 16, 2022 by afx

[Ace-Garageguy]

Looks like it might very well be a backyard copy of a Howe or similar chassis, but to anyone who builds stuff like this, there are glaring differences and things done questionably.

[Gloozalot]

It looks like a half-hearted attempt at a Dennis Frings Copy----the cheap way.    In my area of Podunkville USA, it also looks like a  Chester Stevens Special.  You would have to be from around here to understand that I guess.  It does not remotely look like anything Howe ever produced and I would bet it was fabbed up by some unknown in a backyard shop. 

Edited May 16, 2022 by Gloozalot

[afx]

The chassis is in Podunkville USA (my home town) so good chance its backyard engineering.

[Oldriginal86]

On 5/16/2022 at 3:14 PM, afx said:

The chassis is in Podunkville USA (my home town) so good chance its backyard engineering.

Hey, I resemble that remark being from just up the road in Pasadena.