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	Mold Structures5 Photo by eloy avila created 7/15/2002 submitted 7/14/2002 09:38:33 PM Here foam has been glued to make a new mold. The foam is held together while it glues. Expanding foam was used as glue. The gluing foam was sandable and had similar thermal and expanding and density properties as the large foam blocks.

	tesseract chassis, rear view Photo by Peter Augenbergs created 8/12/2003 submitted 11/10/2003 10:14:48 PM here is the chassis for tesseract. most of it was recycled from manta elite, our 2001 ASC car. it was brazed 4130 chromoly steel, with an aluminum trailing arm.

	tesseract chassis, front view Photo by Peter Augenbergs created 8/12/2003 submitted 11/10/2003 10:16:08 PM here is the chassis for tesseract. most of it was recycled from manta elite, our 2001 ASC car. it was brazed 4130 chromoly steel, with an aluminum trailing arm.

	Mold Structures1 Photo by eloy avila created 7/15/2002 submitted 7/14/2002 09:22:52 PM Here you see foam soon to be transformed into new molds for a solar car.

	Mold Structures2 Photo by eloy avila created 7/15/2002 submitted 7/14/2002 09:27:34 PM Here new torsion boxes are begun for new molds.

	Mold Structures4 Photo by eloy avila created 7/15/2002 submitted 7/14/2002 09:32:04 PM Here foam is layed down on a torsion box after being cleaned of loose foam particles and before being glued for a new car mold.

	brazing chromoly steel Photo by Peter Augenbergs created 3/26/2003 submitted 11/10/2003 10:18:40 PM here i am brazing together for tesseract. we ended up not using this chassis, and just modified our 2001 chassis for the race. all 10 MIT cars have been brazed chromoly 4130 steel.

	Mold Structures6 Photo by eloy avila created 7/15/2002 submitted 7/14/2002 09:45:06 PM Here the old Stanford Afterburner/Third Degree Burner molds are loaded onto a truck.

	Mold Strcutures7 Photo by eloy avila created 7/15/2002 submitted 7/14/2002 09:48:28 PM Here Dorian West (father of the Stanford Afterburner series) stands and says goodbye to the old molds. They served us well.

	Third Degree Burner Molds Photo by eloy avila created 7/15/2002 submitted 7/14/2002 09:21:16 PM Here are the old molds used for the Stanford Afterburner series and Third Degree burner cars. The molds were machined from high density foam and put on aluminum torsion boxes.

	Mold Structrues3 Photo by eloy avila created 7/15/2002 submitted 7/14/2002 09:30:02 PM Here two torsion boxes are completed with heavy duty casters for easy moving. The old Stanford Afterburner top shell is seen on top of one torsion box.