Historic race-car components

The Pygmée Project

Preserving the shape and purpose of unavailable competition parts while rebuilding them for modern manufacturing.

Historic Pygmée race car under restoration

CASE 01

Completed component

From cracked magnesium to track-ready aluminum.

The original magnesium racing wheel was cracked and unsafe. It was scanned and reverse-engineered, then recreated as a modern three-piece aluminum wheel while preserving the original Pygmée appearance.

01Original

Cracked magnesium wheel

02Capture

3D scan and surface analysis

03Rebuild

Clean CAD reconstruction

04Engineer

Modern three-piece assembly

05Manufacture

Track-ready aluminum wheel

Original cracked magnesium Pygmée wheel — Original magnesium wheel

Pygmée wheel scan and surface reconstruction in CAD software — Scan and surface analysis

CAD assembly of the new Pygmée three-piece wheel — Three-piece CAD assembly

Engineering render of the reconstructed wheel — Engineering visualization

Finished three-piece aluminum Pygmée wheel — Manufactured aluminum wheel

CASE 02

Prototype phase

Rear upright reconstruction.

The original rear upright was scanned and manually measured to capture its complex cast geometry and critical suspension interfaces. The component was rebuilt as a complete CAD model and documented for manufacturing. The project is progressing through aluminum casting and prototype validation before final machining.

Original Pygmée rear upright prepared for scanning — Original casting / scan preparation

Pygmée rear upright installed in the suspension — Installed geometry

Scan-to-CAD reconstruction of the Pygmée upright — Scan-to-CAD model

Engineering drawing for the Pygmée rear upright — Manufacturing documentation

Early aluminum casting prototype of the Pygmée upright — Early casting prototype

Interactive scan review

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