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Village Luddite
Posted 10 June 2017 - 09:45 PM
Just a guess, the rules weren't worded "the body must just look correctly proportioned."
I am not a doctor, but I played one as a child with the girl next door.
Grand Champion Poster
Posted 10 June 2017 - 10:03 PM
Mike, I am looking at this car as both an engineering exercise as well as a piece of automotive art. To me, it succeeds at both.
Mike Swiss
Inventor of the Low CG guide flag 4/20/18
IRRA® Components Committee Chairman
Five-time USRA National Champion (two G7, one G27, two G7 Senior)
Two-time G7 World Champion (1988, 1990), eight G7 main appearances
Eight-time G7 King track single lap world record holder
17B West Ogden Ave., Westmont, IL 60559, (708) 203-8003, mikeswiss86@hotmail.com (also my PayPal address)
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Grand Champion Poster
Posted 15 June 2017 - 10:20 AM
Smokey also built this 1968 Camaro that was one of three that was built in his Daytona Beach garage for the Trans-Am racing series. It had a few 'innovations.' There seem to be a number of details that I have never seen in a T/A car.
This particular small block Camaro was purchased by the late Vic Edelbrock who supposedly gave it to one of his daughters as a gift. Edelbrock was quoted as saying of this car: “The front suspension points were relocated and the subframe Z-cut and rewelded to allow for a lower floor pan. The entire body was acid-dipped, the hood and front fenders are reshaped and are wider and lower, and every surface under the body was made smooth and reshaped to reduce drag. The windshield was laid back and the drip rails pulled in flush with the body.”
Ecurie Martini
Posted 17 June 2017 - 06:19 PM
I recall a conversation with the late Luigi Chinnetti @ Lime Rock - he was discussing the availability of a 1500 cc kit for the Alfa Giulietta (nominally a 1300 cc car). When this was questioned, his response" Everya body cheats a lilla bit"
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