There is a place for what you are proposing, and it is in the SCCA Production
classes.
I know, because I just saw the H Production runoffs at Mid-Ohio on
Speedvision and it was full of "Bugeye Sprites" and "MG Midgets" from the
early 60's. Well, at least some, and only some, of the body parts look like
they might have come from that era. Someone with a little imagination could
probably come up with a "safety" reason for every modification to the
engines, bodies, suspensions, brakes, transmissions, wheels, tires, etc. etc.
for those babies.
I wonder what a T-37 Bugatti or 8C2900 Alfa Romeo would look like with disc
brakes?
John Ashburne
In a message dated 11/30/01 4:29:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Michael_Gee@telus.net writes:
> Listers,
> Thanks to all of you who caught me on the XKE brakes. My memories are
> now clouded with the residue of Castrol R However, that was not the
> purpose of my comment. I mentioned the special tracks with altitude
> differences, and the fact that drum brakes (or ancient poor discs) are
> not as safe as modern discs in the current vintage racing world. I'm
> still sticking to my proposal that if a driver wants to upgrade to
> discs for a car that did not have them as original equipment, then
> local vintage authorities should allow them for safety purposes.
> Safety for the driver, other drivers, and flag personnel is of prime
> importance.
> Bring on Round 2.
> Cheers,
> Mike
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