My chassis is a Cougar 1 that I will send to them (if enough people want one) so, if you want the Topcat front shock holes, I think the best option would be to just drill them yourself if you wanted a Cougar chassis. I just think Cougar ones would be more popular than the Topcat as they cover more models. Not hard to drill and countersink yourself anyway.
As for the price, well, I think they were about £80 20 years ago as these were the days of GRP and FRP. Graphite chassies were a thing of luxury so a lot of the more affordable upgrades were alloy ones. If it ends up being a £100 then you are paying to be exclusive and very cool. I also think the major problem with the Cougar chassis is that it is a tub and not a standard flat piece. If it was flat, I could make one myself with saw and a drill! It all depends really on wether I can gain enough interest and momentum in this as the more I can get pre-ordered, the cheaper it will be.
As an update, I have sent Fibre-Lyte some pics of the chassis I have to see if they can make the mold from it. If they say it looks OK, I can send it to them. I have also asked Schmacher themselves if they still have any molds hanging about. If they do, everything becomes cheaper and quicker.
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