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Originally Posted by jyl View Post
Since this was a cost-no-object one-off, why didn't they make a triangulated space frame? Would have been way cooler (think Birdcage Maserati) than an old ladder frame. It's not like there's anything "stock" about that Cobra anyway.
Or a bonded honeycomb / aluminum sandwich torsion tube ala Lotus. Or even a riveted aluminum / honeycomb sandwich monocoque ala any F1 car from 40 years ago. This just screams look at me. Sort of like the Audi some Arab had covered in diamonds a while back.
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