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Re: spridgets: round wheel arch

To: atravis@spacey.net
Subject: Re: spridgets: round wheel arch
From: mowogmgb@juno.com (Bill R Hayes)
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 19:17:24 EDT
I checked Clausager on the round arch conundrum:

start: Oct 71, car # GAN5-105501

end:  Sep 74, starting with first GAN6 car, GAN6-154101

Hope this helps

Bill
'62 MGB

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 12:18:04 -0700 Aron Travis <atravis@spacey.net>
writes:
>John Kahoon wrote:
>> 
>>  This is even closer, my 71 has square arches.  I think the round 
>arches
>> continued till the end of production ( 79 ? )  Any rubberbumper 
>owners
>> want to confirm this ?
>
>I think all rubber bumber midgets have square arches. The round arch
>weakened the rear structure enough that they switched back. I heard
>that there was goverment intervention in this too, as a safty issue,
>but I'm not sure. If I find a reference I'll post it.
>-Aron Travis-
>"always in a automotive frenzy"
>

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