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Re: Altered Rules

To: "Chuck Rothfuss" <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Altered Rules
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 13:49:51 -0700
Okay don't forget that the Modified catagory rules apply ..

Keith

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> From: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Altered Rules
> Date: Sunday, May 23, 1999 7:09 AM
> 
> Racers,
> 
>   Looks like my question will fit right into the current discussion, so
I'll
> jump in here.  My ECTA rules state that in Altered "No Streamlining
> allowed"..."Bumpers, grills and headlights may be removed and the
openings
> so created may be filled or covered.  The filled or covered area may be
> flush with the adjacent body; the basic shape and of the vehicle cannot
be
> changed."   
> 
>   This bit about the "adjacent body" is the part I want to be sure I'm
not
> reading anything into.  My hood and fenders extend 6" beyond the radiator
> support which my grill and headlight buckets mount to.  There's a bright
> perimeter trim around their edges with a nice flat surface behind it.  My
> plan is to remove this trim and to run a plate from the forward edge of
the
> hood, down the fenders and over the lowest (turn signal) openings in the
> front valance.  I think that's in the spirit of the Altered rules. 
Opinions?
> 
> Chuck Rothfuss
> ECTA 
> 
> P.S.  I've been really impressed with the quality discussions lately. 
This
> list is the sounding board I wish I'd had when I was putting the car back
> together last year.     
> 

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