Thanks again for all the compliments everyone. To answer a couple questions...
@MJHANNA- The car will be street legal when done. Although my original intention was to do it for hill climbs, club track days and Bonneville Landspeed Challenge 36hp VW class.
The mid-engine FV chassis that I used was originally bought and registered for the street! One thing I've done with almost all my vintage cars over the past 5 years is take each on a road trip from Minnesota to Florida or reverse order. I've mentioned it to my wife to do it with this car, she didn't say no...
@ZEKE- I've also seen some insane numbers on alloy cars. This is the very reason I'm building this. Not for resale but 1. for the fact that I could never afford a 550 Spyder, RSK or an original Glockler and 2. If I'm going to have an alloy bodied, streamline "special" I wouldn't want a "replica" of one that has already been produced. 3. I've always been fascinated with the 36hp VW Cases and vintage speed upgrades (Read book "Making the Volkswagen Go") 4. I have toyed with the idea of building a couple of cars per year like this to keep in my barn and drive occasionally. I have a really neat sketch of another body design I plan to start next fall. I'm making my contribution to the ultimate barn find of 2060!
Here are a couple more pictures as I work down the car. Most of my seams are now welded and I haven't used any type of filler anywhere. There are several imperfections but I'm slowly working them out... I'm now laying out the rear which will clamshell like the 550 spyder.
