Jon W. Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 (edited) After 27 months and 1800+ hours, the Xxxx replica left the garage under its own power. I took a couple laps around the backyard. Should be road legal by Carlisle. Edited June 18, 2010 by Jon W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokked Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Congratulations Jon! I admire your abilities. The car looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTexasS2K Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Jon great job the car looks great. What power train did you go with? What was the final weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderbrake Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 It looks great, and must have been a great feeling to get it on the road. Your thread title of "fake" atom, does not do it justice. Find a more uplifting name. Like Atombomb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Jon, looking forward to seeing it at Carlisle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon W. Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thanks guys. The drive train is a D17A2 from a 2001 Civic EX. 129 HP. 29,000 miles on engine. It's an economy car. Estimated weight is 1000 lbs; need to use a set of scales for final weight/CG determination/corner weighting. The frame alone is 240 lbs. Lots of tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thanks guys. The drive train is a D17A2 from a 2001 Civic EX. 129 HP. 29,000 miles on engine. It's an economy car. Estimated weight is 1000 lbs; need to use a set of scales for final weight/CG determination/corner weighting. The frame alone is 240 lbs. Lots of tubes. Hi Jon, Sure looks good. Still remember the evening that you let me spend talking and looking at your Clone ATOM. Still hard to belive your abilities in your garage at your home. VERY NICE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon W. Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 All of the panels are not "finished" but were installed on the car so I could take photos for the state. Inspection is scheduled for Friday. The wait for PADOT processing is supposed to be 2 weeks. We'll see. It used to be 6 weeks. Car is insured by Hagerty, VIN pending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Hello Jon, Man oh man your Clone Atom looks great and better than any of the Atoms I have seen out here in SoCal. Very very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Looks beautiful Jon, I hope to see it at Carlisle. Congrats on another fine job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDrye Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Jon: You have done much work since I saw your pictures last Spring. Where do you get all of the energy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon W. Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) Again, thanks guys. Bob, I checked my calendar log. I started body panel work over a year ago. I decided it was time to finish the car. Warm weather is also close. I keep detailed records. One month I only logged 11 hrs of work on the car. We went thru some busy times at work. 27-month average is 55 hrs/month. I've recently reduced work hours (down to 27 hrs per week) to concentrate on fun things. Average car hours went to 104 hours per month since Nov 08. Energy? It's about used up. Edited March 29, 2009 by Jon W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Nice article. can't wait to see it in person in Carlisle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 You are all in for a treat as I can say I saw Jon W's clone Atom in his garage when he was building it and even then it was very impressive and I have seen and even driven a real Atom from England and the ones made in Oregon. Jon told me once that he scaled all of his working drawings from photos of atoms by using the license plate as the base line to scale the photos so he could duplicate the structure. Jon W is quite the craftsman and has produced a car that I feel is better than a real Atom, safer, stronger and better looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon W. Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 It took 15 weeks and 3 inspections, one by a PA DOT QA inspector, but the car has been titled, tagged, and inspected. The state inspector came to my garage June 22 armed with a 2-page form, a yard stick, and a 4" protractor. He borrowed my string to check the scrub lines. Nice guy, cut me some slack on a few details and filed a favorable report. I came back from a week's vacation yesterday and found the tag in the mail. Got it inspected today and it's legal. Some of the items added to pass inspection will be removed by me (bumpers) since they look downright silly. I'll leave the engine cover. It's a blast to drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mebrahimi Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Congradulations Jon... next up Mclaren F1 replica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Congrats Jon! My inspection and title process took over a month and 3 boxes of donuts to get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Congrats Jon, enjoy the ride! I hope I can check it out in person someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon W. Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Guess I should have left the bumpers on the car......... I'll buff it out this coming weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Jon, OUCH! I hope no one was hurt. I don't think that lower suspension arm is going to buff out well at all. Care to tell us what happened to cause the damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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