| A cutaway drawing showing the fiberglass panel w/ steel cage construction, 2 panel doors. |
| Self-supporting steel cage. Not laminated to panels. Stress areas reinforced. |
Steel cage supports door frame, roof, rear window case, windshield header. Doors align properly. Steel cross-bracing of cowl & quarter panels keeps door frame in alignment. |
| There is no "mirror through" warping with this construction design. |
Door steel inner frame, showing side rails, hardware mounting tabs. (Shown with chopped body.) |
NO "MIRROR THROUGH" WARPING
The goal: design a body made of fiberglass, but with the structural integrity of steel and the look of an original. Thus was born the Wescott fiberglass body with an engineered inner steel cage.
The steel cage is designed to be invisible on the outside. It does not “mirror through” the shell as do struts laminated on the interior of the panels (a much cheaper construction method.)
The self-supporting steel cage attaches to the fiberglass shell only in a few critical places. This allows the fiberglass panels to expand and contract with temperature changes, without "mirror-through" warping. |
Body:
- Self-supporting steel cage
- Invisible on the outside
- Hardware "sandwich" construction
- Stress areas reinforced
Doors:
- Hefty “slam ’em” doors
- Double-panel doors & deck lid
- Inner steel frames in door & deck lid
- Doors & deck lid align properly
- Doors & deck lid fully assembled and installed
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- Steel cage surrounds cockpit
- Steel side rails
- Steel windshield header structure
- Steel case for back window
- Shoulder harness & seat belt mount to steel
- Wiper motor mounts to steel
- Steering column mounts to steel
- Cowl light mounts to steel
- Cowl vent hinge mounts to steel
- Defroster plenum in steel tubing
- Steel mounts for door hinge, latch, handles, check strap
- Special Wescott hardware
- SEMA Safety Award
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