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Specifications
Engine: Toyota 4.0 ltr V8… Front Mounted
Length: 4700mm
Width: 1710mm
Height: 1200mm
Wheelbase: 2730mm
Track: 1500mm
Brakes: Disc Frt/Rear
Seating: 2
Kerb Weight: 1310kg
Builder/Designer: Peter Andrews
Year Started: 2005
Year Finished: 2005
Type: Special
Profile Date: May '06
This is actually the sixteenth car that Peter has built and is solely designed by him. Peter enjoys building cars as one offs and this 
one is based on a 1988 Toyota Crown chassis and running gear. The body tub comes from a Nissan EXA which takes care of the problem of mounting the doors and getting the windows to work. The front and back sections are made using a polyurethane foam sandwich with fibreglass on both sides over a light steel frame. The car was built in only nine months which is very quick for a scratch built body.
The same attention to detail has been applied to the interior and it is extremely hard to spot the Nissan EXA as Peter has customised the dash again using foam and fibreglass. The mechanicals were quite straight forward as most of it came with the chassis which included the V8 motor, a 4 speed auto gearbox and all round disk brakes. The body incorporates a lift off Targa roof, electric windows etc.
