Front suspension sees fully adjustable, unequal length double wishbone upper and lower ‘A’ arms with KONI monotube adjustable rod-end coilovers paired with 550-lb springs. The rear suspension rocks the KONI’s with 350-lb springs.
When it is time to throw the anchors out, duel piston Ford GT calipers with 11-inch rotors at the front will be producing some serious stopping power for such a lightweight car. It is at the back, however, that things start to get interesting. The mechanical savvy will notice there are two calipers. One is for normal braking while the second is for competition drifting. The custom backing plate to hold both calipers were manufactured in house and the dust cover has been modified but retained to keep a factory built look and finish.
This will be a road legal Type 65 Coupe, complete with air conditioning courtesy of a Vintage Air system featuring billet aluminium vents and controller. However, its stretched chassis on tubular main rails – with integrated six-point competition roll cage and front and rear crumple zones for enhanced safety – kinda give the game away a bit. Cord intends to have a bit of fun in this.
It is the attention to the small details of this build that make it clear that Cord is putting his wealth of experience in to operation. All of the stainless steel hoses have been made in house including everything from the A/C lines to the cooling and fuel system. A new dashboard has been designed on auto cad and a lot more custom parts are yet to be added to the mix.
The car will be painted by Cord in Sebring Silver with brick red racing stripes and… actually, I am not going to give too much more away. The amount of trick custom parts going in to this build is astounding and crankandpiston will be back to hook up with Cord at Robbies Motorsport garage soon to check on the progress.
Now, just to choose which colour for the interior…
Thanks to Robbie’s Motorsport
