Hi ,
I am pretty new to this site, and I must confess, I joined because after browsing the site I was much impressed with the level of expertise offered and the cameradry of its members. With that said...After years of dreaming, I am now a semi successful business owner and heres what I have in mind... simply put, to build a race type car of the early 1930s, from scratch, ( almost). I have the wherewithall to build almost everything except the drivetrain and a few other parts. It must have some modern safety equipment like, seat belts, turn signals, side impact beams, hydraulic brakes, modern lights ect. But, no power steering or brakes, no stereo, no air conditioning, ( except a good breeze), no IRS, no fancy paint or anything else that did not exist before the era.
I have long been enamored of the Bugattis, Amilcars and Delages so I have worked up tentative designs based upon them.
The main idea here, aside from the satisfaction of building something like this, is to get completely away from the super fast. slick n' smooth, traction controlled, computer assisted cars of today, and put some feel back into driving.
I have these questions.. does anyone know where I can find chassis designs and specs from that era? Is there any reasons not to use non power assisted braking? What other saftey considerations come to mind? Its a start...
Thanks, any help would be appreciated