More food for thought, thanks all. I remember photos of Matt's car, it's a very efficient shape, no question.
Friday the wife said she had a crew coming over to move things to storage from MY garage. Saturday they showed, I wasn't through grabbing, packing and stuffing my various important things into cubby holes, cracks and the garden shed. Good grief, I had my hands on that postcard last week and today it's prolly in the storage unit. Sorry Schruiber, I'll have to have an expedition to the storage locker asap. Now, how it is they left the lazy boy recliner, work bench and tools, and a double bed w/ matresses tells me I am going to find myself exiled to Siberia at some point. Please Brer' Fox, don't throw me in the briar patch . . .
There is room on the 20x20 floor space to loft a frame, and have a Wayno-style plywood rotisserie. When I stopped in Salina, UT, to see Wayne's tanker, I like the roominess, the "old" look, and the head scratching started on how to make it a cycle car with one wheel steering up front, my "pub dart" concept in my already swimming coco. A long back section added w/ all that's needed to hang an engine and (perhaps) belt drive couple of rear wheels on an enclosed rear axle. It's early in the game, so thinking this way and that way is allowed. A tank wouldn't look so good w/ a scabbed in forward section for engine and front drive. But, front drive will, indeed, have me more confident regarding spin problems, especially in a turbo set up that brings power on in a whoop.
My drafting table was removed from the garage. Okay, time to upgrade the office computer to something fancy with better design capabilities, since the iMac is so old I'm getting notices it will no longer accept Firefox updates. Plus, I need to be able to work remotely with an engineer across the river on diesel engines, so spending money on new tech is always one of the secrets to happiness.
For now, I'll gnaw on Matt's photos, thank you kindly for posting, it takes me back to the stretched BD 5D shape. Tman, the HAMB section on cycle cars is full of good stuff.
Thanks all. Time to wring hands and gnash teeth, and do a little work in the real world on the side.