The mysterious Jim Lee Racing Mantis FF1600 chassis has now been successfully repaired. Someone had cut the back of the chassis of for an engine conversion that never happened. We’ve managed to reverse engineer it and recreate what was missing.
The tubular chassis repairs to the Formula Ford 1600 are now complete. Two steel bars were carefully removed before new ones were made and brazed into place. The rear of the frame was them painted in 2k black before being reassembled.