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Old 12-01-2015, 10:34 PM   #518 (permalink)
changzuki
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Centurion - '74 FIAT X1/9 Centurion Full Race DNA
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Hi M_a_t_t,
The body on a Centurion is hand made - it is not a kit like some of the other kit cars you may have seen. Construction is straightforward and not real expensive. Depending on one's skills there can be a fair amount of time involved.

The designer of the car (R.Q. Riley) has a webpage that explains the fiberglass over foam construction:
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One-Off Construction Using Fiberglass Over Foam
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If you browse his website you'll see a variety of do it yourself projects that use this technique to build the body.
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I built roughly 90% of what you see in my pics. This was, for all practical purposes, an unfinished project that passed through a couple of owners and unfortunately, very little of the body or drivetrain was save-able. So using Riley's plans I set out to build the car mostly as it was intended, then added a few things of my own.

~CrazyJerry

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