Omni GLH Turbo Rallymobile
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NoCoast Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Just checked, and that's right. I'll attach the > pic from 253-15. If A is less than 200 mm (~8" 
> then you don't need the bar. VW bug, Saab 99, and > maybe a couple others could get away without it. Yes the 99 is very close on this dimension. It depends a lot on exactly where you weld in the windshield bar to the lateral half bars. > The mentioned crash in 02 was also a GTX that was > home built and the shell had quite a bit of rust > in the GTX, they were using a pretty much minimum > cage, and this was way back when they still > allowed stock seats. Not arguing about the logic > behind sill bars as I have sill bars and an X and > The GTX is the one I am thinking about; thanks for the date correction Grant. We were competing there and it was not a happy scene at all. I know the many folks were sobered by the incident. With racing seats, better mounted, who knows what the results would have been; mighta been worse...or not. This incident provided a lot of motivation for the sill bar rule. It baffles me why FIA has not adopted this yet. IMO, it's just a matter to time. Regards, Mark B. |
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Dave, I see a lotta rusty cars (no shit) and I have learned over the years to sort the wheat from the chaff. Like my POS Golf, it looks awesome but the screwdriver says that the floors are made out of brown powder and rubberized undercoating.
The brown stuff on the floors behind the seat mount panel? That's crud that was stuck to the front carpet that fell off when we wrestled that sodden smelly mess out of the car. (50lb right there probably) Just like a 240Z... We went over the whole car with a screwdriver, being brutal, the rest is solid. Needs painting now  but solid.
I'd drive to Colorado to pick up a clean car. It's only, what, 1500ish miles? So in the Durango that's maybe $800 in gas. If it was a car I wanted, like, *badly*, then that $800 in gas is a hell of a lot cheaper tha fucking around with rust. If I wanted something from the PNW, I'd probably just move there. I've had to deal with a lot of people from Oregon in the past few months, and they were all so fucking nice it was almost disturbing. Plus the mountain biking is supposed to be good... Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
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