erioshiI agree with you on many aspects that you posted. I was reading that broken tubes were not uncommon.
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The highlight of the Camoradi season came when Stirling Moss and Dan Gurney won the Nurburgring in chassis 2461, despite bad weather and heavy competition from Porsche's 718 RS60, Ferrari's 250 TR59/60 and Aston Martin's DBR1. Moss described it as "my toughest victory ever in sports car racing." He had been soaked in oil at the begining at at the end multiple chassis tubed had broken.⁴
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http://www.supercars.net/cars/2404.htmlI think a modern day recreation would be amazing. But as you said before the redundancy of tubes and fragility of the frame would have to be addressed. I think the frame would have to be modeled in and stress tested.
The original frame was 200 chro-molly steel 10 mm (3/8ths inch) through 15 mm (37/64th inch) tubes. Though the gauge wasn't listed. The total car weighed in at 1323lbs. I don't think that using the same diameter tubes or even the exact frame design would be advisable. I would love to see a "recreation in the spirit of" the birdcage. Though I do love some of the features of the original. The transmission tunnel, the thin lace like frame visible through the windshield and the symmetrical lines of the frame. (Crazy? Yes, I know but for some reason I like symmetry.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maserati_BirdcageWhen they debuted the Type 61 sold for around $11,000 dollars.
Earlier someone posted the picture of the "Dio" a kit car of the birdcage and I almost cried at how ugly it was in comparison.
http://www.kitcars.com/Classifieds/AdDe ... d_id=21525(Please don't click unless you want to be saddened)