You may remember long ago I posted about Joe’s Chaparral 2D replica, and eventually sadly reported that the project was dead… Turns out I spoke too soon! It’s back as the F.I.A. Coupe! Chris Arden from Active Power Inc. (gtreproductions.com) has taken it over and is shooting for a fall 2006 release (he’s just waiting on the safety glass windshield tooling). Full details haven’t been released yet, but it sits on a semi-monocoque chassis, uses Corvette C5 suspension, and a Porsche (or other) transmission mated to a small block Chevy or LS1.
I’ll post updates on this as they come in!
I wonder if it would fit on an ultima chassis…
Beautiful!
Last week I visited Midland TX, and saw the real thing:
http://tinyurl.com/k76xa
Always been a Chaparral fan, if and when more information is available on this great work recreating the 2D (or 2C or 2E!) please let me know!
cheers
Kurt
Houston, TX
kedelbach@yahoo.com
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Back to welding class!.. PLUG weld that rear clip.. dont GLOB it.. Makes for a nice smooth and strong suspension. $.002