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Re: Rear Engine T's

To: FastmetalBDF@aol.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rear Engine T's
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:11:42 -0800 (PST)
Don't get me wrong.  I just threw it out as a
thought.  I'm one of those guys that is real
happy living within the rules.  There are enough
combinations in the book that I can find
something I like and build to it.

Dick J


--- FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
>       Yes, Dick, you' re right there ...... but
> by then the driver would be 
> ahead
> of the cowl area and the engine might be under
> it or thereabouts, and the car 
> would look ALL WRONG ..... or the whole body
> would be out AHEAD of
> the rear end and it would look ABSURD . You can
> do this with a LAKESTER,
> but NOT a 27 T rear engined modified roadster 
> WITH a long wheelbase .
>       The point is moot because rear motor mod
> roadsters are ILLEGAL
> and that rule has probably eliminated a lot of
> nasty spins with consequences
> we can all imagine .  In my opinion the rear
> engine T s were the wildest 
> and neatest looking rods that ever thundered
> across the lakes and salt !
>              BUT :   ALL  THINGS  CHANGE  WITH 
> TIME
> We may not like it, but gotta live with it 
> ......
>              BDF 
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