Hi all,
When posting something, I normally try to be pretty precise, in order to avoid misunderstandings or simple mistakes, especially when I know that there are some real experts - like VZ935 - around. I would be already more than happy to know what he has already forgotten about these cars.
Van is right. The original K4 tubeframe was from aluminium and the one from the ad was made by CP Tech.
Normally, there would be nothing to add, but this time, the subject is worth a deeper view.
When I visited the Kremer booth at the Essen Motorshow, the exposed tubeframe was proudly declared to be the new "backbone" of their K4 continuation project. Many clients were walking around the tubeframe, accompanied by Kremer employees, studying the respective K4 folder, which you could pick up from a rack in front of the tubeframe. The following pics are pretty unequivocal:
Last but not least a pic of Eberhard Baunach, the Kremer principal, with his team, as a proud "father" of a new baby.
When I visited the Kremer shop in Cologne, Achim Stroth (who was - as some of you surely know - already there during the glorious K3 times) showed me the same tubeframe and we talked about their K4 project.
Kremer commissioned CP Tech, as it's written in the ad, to build a spaceframe for them, as they are a top notch supplier with an excellent expertise and access to special materials. They are even FIA certfied to build the life saving HALO devices for F1 cars.
It was built to their exact specifications for their K4. Due to regulatory restrictions, they had to switch to an aluminium spaceframe, so that this - non aluminium one - is for sale now.
All this was confirmed by Kremer, during a phone conversation, we had today.
As I already said, this could be a good basis for a particular project. The phantasie is the limit.
Thank you for your time.
G