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Friends, If you haven't headed over to Core77 to check out the latest Project Caden interview, I invite you to. Thanks for all of your enthusiasm...
No problem, thanks for asking Igor. I think for me it has been a collection of experiences with vehicles, art, and design. I decided to become a...
Hi Igor, Thanks for following:) I'm hoping that we'll have a rolling chassis by the time Santa comes around. We have had delays with...
Hi Guys, Hot of the press is this interview with Ed Stubbs for Core77.com. Ed did a great job covering topics from inspiration and design...
Hi Paul, The challenge was finding a 6-sp. manual unit with the right gearing for the S85. There is a lot of "internet knowledge" on LS-series...
A look at ‪Project Caden‬'s building blocks. Beneath the hand-beaten aluminum body--a central-driver cockpit underpinned by an...
Progress on the glass molds. Fill, sand, primer and repeat. Soon I'll be able to take these to have female molds made, and polycarbonate parts...
Lately I'm wearing many hats on Project Caden. One of those is the sculptor hat. I'm still chipping away on the "glass" molds--which will yield...
In addition to sharing the Project Caden build on Fchat, I also have a personal blog. I share more of the philosophy behind the project there. My...
Here are a few more views of the bodywork in progress. From the tipup views you can really see the center "fuselage" as it sweeps through the...
Thanks Ryan, the 917 is a big inspiration!
Nice Keith--you must be referring to the 3mm section width "tires":)
Thanks Fellas!
Lots of things happening right now on Project Caden. Body progress: the "fuselage" center portion of the body now has its panels cleco fastened to...
The new rear fender panel. Rodney and Pete determined that this panel should be made of two pieces, in order to capture all of the contours with...
Rodney and Pete(owner of Pete's Coachbuilding) fastening center body panels to the buck with clecos. In the foreground is a newly-minted rear...
Pete's Custom Coachbuilding had an open house yesterday. It was a great afternoon--I had the chance to show the work in progress, and answer...
Hi Zack, I'm shooting to have the prototype track testing next summer.
Hi Pete, the aluminum thickness in the photos is .060", or ~1.5mm.
Progress to report on the aluminum tub construction at Metcalf Racing. In these photos you can see the foot box, floor, and sides of the tub...