The other way to make an aluminum chassis car

**RedWings** · 08-21-2011, 21:48

Seems that a few years back Kirkham made a nice car for Larry Ellison.

The entire chassis is billet aluminum with no welds.

http://www.kirkhammotorsports.com/book_aoe/

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(searched in advance, didn't see a prior post about this... so here it is)

**Sylvan** · 08-22-2011, 01:37

WOW, that's awesome. What a great find, thanks for posting that. Talk about an engineer's wet dream.

**OneRedNSX** · 08-22-2011, 04:47

At $4500, that book probably isn't going to make any best-seller lists... Cool find though!

**curtsr** · 08-22-2011, 04:53

Ya, $4,500 for the bound book?

**jdnsx** · 08-22-2011, 06:00

Looking at this auto I have to say that I am impressed with everything except the fact that there is a carburetor used for fueling. With this type of highly engineered retro mod I would have thought the engine control would have been more hi tech.

Amazing though!!

**SFDreamer** · 08-22-2011, 07:34

Wow, going to have to take some time to look through that. What a great find!

**SaleenS7Rs** · 08-22-2011, 09:19

Larry gets everything cool and rare. Its not fair lol.

**gdae** · 08-22-2011, 12:38

After looking at this car, I want to strip the paint off of my NSX and then apply a mirror finish.

**OneRedNSX** · 08-22-2011, 12:45

Originally Posted by gdae

After looking at this car, I want to strip the paint off of my NSX and then apply a mirror finish.

Didn't somebody already do that?

Now I am having bad thoughts of stripping one down, replacing everything plastic with carbon fiber, and polishing the rest of it

Gee, thanks! haha