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Looking for oval elliptical chassis tube

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  1. Ptggdudley

    Ptggdudley Rookie

    Mar 15, 2016
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    Paul
    Hello Ferrari chat family.
    Had a run in with a concrete chunk in the road and it damaged my front crossmember. The rectangle piece sheared off, but is easy to fabricate. The oval elliptical tube is bent in and I want to replace it, but the tube shape is proving harder to find. Have some local Ferrari restoration shops to reach out to, but thought I’d try hear too.
    Thanks in advance.
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  2. Extreme1

    Extreme1 Formula 3

    Jun 27, 2017
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    Check with some of the aircraft supply houses. They use that material for wing struts. The aircraft stuff is aluminum, not sure what your Ferrari material is.
    Check Aircraft Spruce and Specialty in Van Nuys, CA.


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  3. afterburner

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  4. telespial

    telespial Rookie

    Apr 20, 2015
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    Its just 3” tubing flattened to 55mm (250GT) or other width on a power hammer. Ferrari used lots of USA made tubing left over from WWII.


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  5. 2NA

    2NA F1 World Champ
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    Dec 29, 2006
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    Tim Keseluk
    One of my clients owned a metal fabrication company that built parts for gliders in WW2. They had a bunch of leftover oval tubing that they were throwing out. I had no use for it (at the time), and no good place to store it.
     
  6. Jumprun

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