Keith; I believe it was Fred Larson who built the sportsliner which was a
streamliner with headlights and a second seat. If I'm not mistaken when the
rules were changed to require some recognized manufactures body shape, the
Sportsliner became a Gas/ Streamliner. Then they allowed stretching
mod/sports and now they are getting closer to 'liners again. RF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@adelphia.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 03:44 AM
Subject: The history of Modified sports?
> I've heard some folks kinda sniveling about the Modified sports class
being
> nothing but a Streamliner with a semi body on the back...
>
> As I sit here looking at a picture of Donald Healey's 1954 and 1956
entry's at
> Bonneville it was much more of a streamliner then the current rules
allow...
> basically back then he modified the front and back leaving just the center
> section of the car....
>
> My question to the collected mass's is this.... does anybody know how the
> rules have changed over the years. what I'd like to do is put together a
> collective history defining how the rules came to be as they are...
trust me
> I have no complaint about them... I'd just like to know a bit more about
the
> history of the class.
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