Repaired Erebus chassis arrives at workshop

Erebus Motorsport is well into the rebuild of Will Brown’s Supercar after it returned to the team's Melbourne base.

Brown’s damaged chassis was sent to Mount Gambier last week after it returned from New Zealand.

The car was severely damaged in a 56g crash at the ITM Auckland SuperSprint.

Erebus had to wait until the car returned to Melbourne to assess the damage.

Once assessed, the car was sent away and spent five days on the jig.

In total, 33 bars were replaced on the damaged chassis, which will be raced by Brown and Jack Perkins in Bathurst.

The chassis was painted at Max Medhurst Crash Repairs and sent back to Erebus, where it will be converted into a race-ready Supercar.

Online Laser (Bendigo), Flexicut Engineering (Dandenong) and Fine Cut Laser (Mount Gambier) also assisted in the repairs.

The team expects to have the car ready for a pre-Bathurst test day at Winton next Wednesday.

Greg Murphy and Richie Stanaway will also test their #51 wildcard Commodore.

The #9 rebuild includes reinstallation of body work, engine, transmission and suspension.

"The chassis underwent significant repairs,” Erebus CEO Barry Ryan said.

“The whole rear end cut off from the main hoop in order to restore the main chassis rails, the transmission and suspension structure of the vehicle.

"In total, 33 bars were replaced. It’s been a mammoth effort so far.

"On average we had three crew members working on it.

"Over 200 hours of labour completed in just six days to repair and paint the chassis.

"We are now in a pretty good position and back on track to have three cars ready in time for Bathurst.

"The plan now is to work through for what would be a normal week, take the weekend off and have the car ready well ahead of time for testing on Wednesday.

"Our crew are outstanding; I can’t thank them and the businesses that have chipped in to help get this done."

Cars will roll out for Practice 1 at Mount Panorama on October 6.

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