ENTRANTS: Dennis Gundersdorff and Scott Bennewitz
TOTAL BUDGET: $1951.46
EVENT YEAR: 2003
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Photo by Anthony Neste
Does this Toyota MR2 look smooth or what? Its secret? Most of the body panels are formed in fiberglass–all done by entrants Dennis Gundersdorff and Scott Bennewitz.
“We had just enough knowledge to get us in trouble,” Scott told us. In addition to the custom front bumper, the duo fabbed the front trunk lid, rear bumper, sunroof fill panel, interior door panels, and one-piece engine cover/rear trunk lid. The supplies only cost them $135, and they figure it knocked some 500 pounds off the car’s curb weight.
“The thing about this is we didn’t do anything that anyone else couldn’t do,” Scott said. “It’s something truly grassroots; you just have to have a covered [work] area.”
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Five Hundred Pounds!?!
That is awesome. and I'm taking notes.
If anyone wants to start making some fiberglass panels....
Just saying.
Are there any pictures from the front?
In reply to accordionfolder :
I would be interested in some more info too.
They're being waaaaay too modest. That's like saying, there's only $473 worth of metal in this Ferrari. Yeah, well that's not where the work is. Raw materials are about 1% of the effort, and anyone who's made a mold understand there are 100's of hours in getting it just right. ONCE you have a good mold, yeah, it's pretty easy to punch out parts, but all the work happens before the first one can be made.
accordionfolder said:Are there any pictures from the front?
I can post one. Give me a sec.
By the way, these photos are from the $2003 Challenge.
And some details:
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Thanks David!
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