Thread: New Member with questions

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Minotti went out of buisnuess maby a year ago or so, but they were good bodies.

Thanks for trying Don, I need the grill insert so I was going to call them and ask about that. I want to make sure the insert fit the glass trim. Also I was told the chassie is TCI.

Regards,

Steve

I think there were some posts on here recently about some problems some members had with TCI welds breaking or something similar. Please don't hold me to that, but it had something to do with the way the engine mounts were afixed to the frames or something of that nature. I could be dead wrong though.

Why don't you put in a seperate thread about "Any problems with TCI chassis" or something like that, and see what you get. My memory tells me there was insufficient gusseting on the mounts, but my memory is not the best sometimes anymore.

I just want you to have all the info you can going into this thing, because you seem like you are trying to do all the right things with the car.


Don

If my memory serves me right, Minotti got their start by building the OUTLAW bodies for them. They wanted to have more control of their quality and profit margins, so they started Minotti. I do know they were on the high end of price, so you may have found a bargain on the body.

Again, I know very little when it comes to fiberglass, but Minotti was top quality. You are fortunate if it is indeed a Minotti body. Their should be minimal amount of prep work necessary before paint.

As for TCI, I never bought one of their frames, but I have fell victim to their chassis components and have replaced them with more "sturdy" competitive products. I would recommend studying the frame very well before final assembly, especially the gussets as previously mentioned. From all I have read, TCI once had a solid product. But due to high production output, they seemed to have lowered the quality rather than holding to their original concepts.

If it makes you feel any better, they have sold lots and lots of chassis. So if it were widespread, they would be out of business by now too.

Just take it slow and inspect heavily and you should be good to go.