Thread: Electrathon - A Different Kind of "Hotrod"

Tweet

I did some poking around in my old files this morning and came up with this diagram I sketched back when we built the car above. It oviously is not to scale and the human form is not reclined as much as the dimensions indicate, but it gave me some measurements to work from. With a student stretched out on a long table (he was 6'3"), we used a piece of plywood and a stack of books to support his back at the desired angle. Then we started taking measurements. I measured from the bottom of his shoes to approximately where his tialbone would be contacting the table. I measured the height of the plywood at the top of his shoulders so I could make the seat back. I measured to the front of his shoulder so I would know how high to make the sides. I measured to the top of his head so I would know how high to make the roll bar. Etc, etc.

I'm sure I must have made a preliminary sketch of the frame before I started building, but it apparently did not survive.