Yep, cut it out and built a new cage, it was water pipe!
Tom, Redding CA where it is heating up again after nice 80s and 90s. 100
plus forecast for this week. - #216 D/GCC
wspotter wrote:
> Dick,
>
> Only flaw in that theory is the first chopped tops pre-dated the idea of
> roll bars, cages and driver protection ... not macho enough. It took the
> death of the driver of a lakester in the 50's to require the roll hoop to
> even be over the top of the driver's head on the salt. There was no cross
> bracing required either. The latest change that moved the front hoop 3"
> forward of the front of the helmet was in the 90's. Look at Goldenrod or
> the Mickey Thompson car ... they'd never get to inspection today. Lots of
> the special construction cars as late as the 70's had bad driver protection.
> A look at Formula 1, Indy cars and other sport racing cars running at
> historic races today will scare you to death. They were the model for
> everyone on driver protection in their day. This is an area where NASCAR
> has really been the leader and it took many deaths and the resulting bad PR
> for them to require the change. I'd be willing to bet that Tom Bryant had
> to do all kinds of modifications on the Pierson coupe's roll cage to bring
> it up to Bonneville requirements as he campaigned it over the years.
>
> Wes
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