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Re: First Rule of Racing -= -VIOLATION

To: John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>, Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
Subject: Re: First Rule of Racing -= -VIOLATION
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 07:07:33 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, John, I'll run by the front end shop at
lunch time and talk to them, then I'll pull it
off and work on that.

Dick J


--- John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
wrote:
> Dick
> 
> Lots of LSR cars have welded control arms.
> Keith ran 228 MPH with a pair I
> welded. Get the front-end shop to figure which
> way you need to move the ball
> joint to get the alignment where you want it.
> Cut the joint end off,
> reposition,  tack-weld and take it to a
> certified welder.
> 
> John Beckett, LSR #79
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: "Joe Amo" <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
> Cc: "Higginbotham Land Speed Racing"
> <saltrat@pro-blend.com>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 9:16 AM
> Subject: First Rule of Racing -= -VIOLATION
> 
> 
> > I should have known that just as you can't
> > violate the rules of physics, you can't
> violate
> > the rules of racing.  I mean, whoever heard
> of a
> > racecar being ready two weeks before race
> day??
> > I think the rule goes something like: "No
> race
> > car can be ready to race until after sunset
> of
> > the night prior to the race."  I should have
> > known something was wrong when I delcared it
> > ready two weeks ahead of that!  I went to
> pick it
> > up at the front end shop and they couldn't
> align
> > it - lower right control arm is bent!  Then,
> to
> > make things better, when I call the renowned
> > Camaro supply house, they groan when I tell
> them
> > what I want.  Seems like there are no
> > aftermarkets available for '67-'69 model
> years.
> > They are scarce as hen's teeth and bring
> about
> > $300 bucks a piece if and when you find one! 
> I
> > am now frantically searching the internet for
> a
> > lower right control arm for a '68 Camaro.  If
> I
> > don't find one real soon - - it'll be no
> racing
> > for me this year!
> >
> >
>
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