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Laser Scanning the Bantam BRC-60 Frame

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The Austin Bantam Society shared a link to this interesting story about the use of a laser scanner by Direct Dimensions, INC, to scan what they describe as the Bantam BRC frame, but is really a BRC-60 frame according to Bill Spear. I’d read that the frame broke after heavy testing, but I don’t see any obvious breaks. I didn’t know it had been saved. It definitely has decayed.

http://www.laserdesign.com/project_news/200/

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Bantam BRC original prototype frame

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2 Comments on “Laser Scanning the Bantam BRC-60 Frame

  1. Bill Norris

    That’s fascinating.

    The strips in place of a skid plate under the oil pan do seem to support the testing results. The government put a hole in the oil pan and Bantam improvised a form of a skid plate.

    Bill

  2. brandon

    Bill

    Those strips look like a transmission/T-case skid plate. If im not mistaken that was on all bantam chassis…correct me if Im wrong. They just seem to be a little too far back to be engine, I assume that’s where the transmission rests.

    Brandon

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