The Body Master

Ralph Thorne Racing proudly presents the Body Master body cutting and pin hole alignment fixture.

The original fixture was made over a decade ago with help from James Merriman. It has served me well, and I have used it to cut and mount thousands of bodies.

I decided it was time for a much-needed facelift, so I talked with well-known and respected racer Kevin VanPelt and we came up with some ideas.

What you see is the finished result. It is designed to give you a cut line and you can easily poke the pin holes without needing any other equipment. It is very universal, and it will fit almost any body. It has pin hole locations for all of the modern flexi style chassis. The multiple sets of pin holes allows for over 1/4" of fore and aft adjustment. Once pinned and mounted the rear body height is 1-5/8" at .050" rear clearance.

The fixture is double-sided, and it is laser cut in-house. I personally use this to cut and mount all styles of bodies from NASCAR to GTP.