From: Dr. Stuart Strickland <stuart@strickland.net>
>The second is, if you want to see the traffic light, don't pull
>up close to the intersection unless you've got the top down.
Or get a fifties-style dash prism.
Four those whe are both too young and not up with street rods: Cars with
windshield visors often had a little prism gismo installed atop the
dashboard. This allowed the driver to see traffic lights which were
suspended from wires high above the intersection.
The third is to
>consider mounting the driver's seat directly to the floor of the car --
this is
>good for at least an inch. I was still never able to get low enough to
meet
>the SCCA (and common sense) requirement of having the top of my helmet a
full
>2" below any rollbar that would fit under the softtop.
Actually, that is not a requirement. The 2" is waived in Stock and Street
prepared if the bar is as tall as it can be for the top.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
Daughter Amanda has presented us with a second grandchild. Sirena Mae
Stremski
arrived on the first day of Spring 2001, weighing 7 pounds 3 ounces.
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