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Formula ford chassis plans3/8/2024 ![]() ![]() Many of the cool features of the car were his ideas.” He also has a great sense of creativity, that vision that a lot of people lack. ![]() He is a wizard at tubing work, sheet metal and welding. “Jeff is one of the best fabricators that I know. He just said ‘I can’t believe you are going to drag me into this again’ He had wised up quite a long time ago and managed to keep away from racing,” continued Rieffle. I told him that he probably won’t make any ‘real’ money doing this with me, but wouldn’t spend any money either. “I approached him about getting involved with building cars again after 25 years. ![]() How did that make way for the Metrik? Running Van Diemens for customers in the highly competitive F2000 Series, Paul invited Jeff out to the New Jersey Motorsports Park season finale in 2008. The only things we out sourced were front hubs and steering racks.” All the machining (by hand), tubing work on frames and suspension. “That included the casting patterns for uprights, jigs, fixtures, and body mock-up and moulds. “Believe it or not we built the first few Gemini’s over the off season in 8 months,” said Rieffle. ![]()
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