Greenwood wide body recreation

Pretty awesome race machines but I was always ambivalent about the styling. Remember Ecklers used to sell their "Can Am" body kit which was pretty much a direct copy, at least of the fenders. Never could understand the idea behind the second set of curves. Why not just follow the original curves and pull them out?
But as far as that car, looks like a freakin' monster!
 
damn me too, that frame is indeed exctly the same as the one in the ron fournier book. Love the crossram.
 
denpo said:
clutchdust said:
...Never could understand the idea behind the second set of curves. Why not just follow the original curves and pull them out? ...
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I totally agree.
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They where skirting the IMSA rules with the flares. Using them for added down force.
Here is the article.

The widebody had a very “chiseled” front end. The IMSA rules didn’t say anything about the fender flares so we shaped them to add downforce and left the back ends open. It used 4-piston calipers and a tube-type roll cage for chassis stiffening. It had a belly pan with a wing built in at the ground-plane; I guess it was an early form of diffuser and would have generated ground effects. IMSA rules didn’t allow it but that was OK because we knew it was going to be a sacrificial element in the rules game anyway. We did get away with the wheel wells being vented through the rear openings and that helped reduce lift. Zora got involved with us about that time and he got Styling involved. The wide fenders they designed swept up to add downforce by using the extra area necessary to cover wider wheels. We also added a lot of body rake to further add to the downforce. Our noses were so low because we dropped the body around the frame; everybody else who didn’t buy our parts tried to do it through the suspension. That wasn’t as good. Even today people try to figure out our horsepower and speed by using frontal area and they just don’t get the right answers. The standard formulae don’t apply; there was so much more to it than that.
 
Thanks! It makes a lot more sense, and how do you argue with John Greenwood about how to win with a C3?
From a styling perspective, I still don't think it would look as good, but I certainly understand it from a competition angle. :beer:
 
clutchdust said:
Thanks! It makes a lot more sense, and how do you argue with John Greenwood about how to win with a C3?
From a styling perspective, I still don't think it would look as good, but I certainly understand it from a competition angle. :beer:
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Me too (once again), that was purely aesthetically speaking.
 
There is a interesting connection with that body design and a certain paint scheme on a car owned by a member of this forum. Done by a very talented graphic designer. I think?? #237.
 
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