Michael Richard's Journal

I took a photo of Dennis Thomas' kart build and did a little (what might very loosely be termed) art work on it to get an idea of where this thing will be going. Now if memory serves his karts are around 66 inch wheelbase. The drawings I have so far are 72 inch WB. So the photo is kinda cramped lengthwise and it bothers me no end, but this does give me a visual reference to judge by.Still up in the air on the wheels but since I've made no concrete decision there should be no concrete discussion on that. It's merely something to get my head around the body shape which is almost a modified lake racer drop tank car. I can work aluminum a bit, but I have more knowledge and more friend resources to draw on with fiberglass, and have recently found a way to make the final resin coat look like real aluminum so there is that advantage. I have an E mail into a leaf spring manufacturer of very lightweight trailer springs of the slip variety and am hopeful they come through with a more weight correct spring. I'm kinda feeling I bit off more than I can chew as the internals are going to resemble a barn built Supermarine Spitfire. LOL I could throw the thing together and probably still smile from behind the steering wheel, but I just have to challenge myself on this after all those years of racing. No I'm not building it to race, but I do want to smile at the things hidden under the skin as much as those everyone see's.