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Originally Posted by thatguitarguy
Sure, a cardboard boattail is cool, but why stop there? Why not make a cardboard race car?
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Well, Toyota did in the 1960's and sent it to LeMans to race against Porsche etc.
Not all the car was papier mache but non structural parts like the rear wing and cover panels were.
The result was light weight and reasonably strong panels.
Speaking of which...Bentley (and other makers) raced in the 1920's and 1930's with cars having bodies made from canvas and other fabrics for the same reasons.
The fabrics were soaked in resins and allowed to dry on a frame to give them the correct shape and then attached to the car normally on a wooden frame.
Finally...horse drawn cabs in the 1800's had panels made from linen soaked in resin and dried in shaped molds. Some are still around today and they were light weight , water proof an fairly sturdy.
Pete.