Wooden Frames

Here is ADE adding some steel to his wooden framed JAPIC recreation...

 

He has run a couple different exhaust:

 

More here: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201625

 

Wooden airplanes were mentioned above and one of the most successful was the British " Mosquito " bomber in WW11 ....made of PLYWOOD ( and almost undetectible by radar ) .......cops might not be able to clock you for speeding ..lol .

T

 

Here are a few. The Postal Rig hit the tree at about 10 MPH so you can see the ideas to use stronger materials for the frame were coming early. The '32 Chevy has a wood "A, B and C" posts plus a roof crown and dash support and some flooring. The other is just a joke we have here in our car community. Enjoy.
Normbc9

 

I haven't read all the responses so the this point may alrready have been made :

Wood has a higher strength to weight ratio than aluminum! Stiffness, warpage, rot, inconsistency, and fastening are all challenges when using wood. Due to the shortcomings listed, when engineering things like wood bridges it's not uncommon to double(or more) the amount of wood actually needed to do the job.