Scorcher Desert Rat Aluminum Chassis Pt1

This time I am building more of a 'Sand Scorcher' version of a Sand Scorcher. Baja theme and details tbd. I wanted to start with a scale VW chassis so I decided to CNC one from aluminum with the help of a talented friend who has a bench top mill. I re-sized the layout from an actual VW chassis and re-proportioned it to fit the Scorcher shell. Here are photos of the actual parts followed by the 3D files and initial mock up. The body fits onto the lip that sticks outside the heater channels, the channels themselves serve to retain the body on the inside. Still need to do some media blasting and tweaking. Much more to come but here's the start-I thought I would share-