I started Vee racing a few years back, and have raced a few differnet cars. I've had an Autodynamics, a Lynx, a Womer and finally last year a D-13. I even rented an ex Lisa Noble Protoform to get thru SCCA school (Thanks to Dick Stewart). Over the winter I saw a Caracal D on the market... I always loved them, but could never fit. I was very lucky... this is one of the few that is built for a larger driver, it's wider in the shoulders and the roll bar is very high. I'm 6'1" and fit well in the car, sitting in the car, the original head rest was at my shoulders. The back of the chassis was updated with added triangulation in the areas that can stress and sometimes crack in early Caracal's. With the larger bars and updated tail more weight was added, a perfect candidate for an FST conversion. Over the years while Vee racing I've been picking up FST parts along the way... so I already had many of the parts needed. I've been waiting for a few more people in the Northeast to convert and race at my local tracks. I found out this year an NER fellow racer and actually my SCCA instructor was converting his car, so, it's time to come out of the closet! LOL
Here's a few pictures of the car before... I did some of the work over this past winter, I'll be posting pictures and info shortly of the final build.