Doug,
Glad to hear you made it through what could have been pretty serious. Lesson
here to all; build those cars to withstand the crash that hopefully will
never happen. Gotta admire your attitude too. Blood ain't dry yet and you
are already rebuilding the car. Good luck!
Ed
DOUG ODOM wrote:
> List; Because we are going to Australia the first of next year we were
> going to take the body off and clean and inspect everything. Well I went
> and tipped the damn thing over and really messed up the body. We are
> going to straighten the body out starting tomorrow. Today we took down
> the frame jig and fixtures and measured the car. I know how hard it hit
> (I was inside) but it did not bend anything in the frame or roll cage at
> all. The body took all the abuse. The right front axle was broken from a
> bad weld (not enough penetration). When I built the car the rules were
> 110" wheelbase max. So that's what I built. The next year they went to
> 130"s. So now that I have the car down to the bare frame I'm going to
> make it 130". Now the next part is my own personal feelings and you can
> take them or leave them. I don't like a spool in soft ground. They tend
> to move the car around when you get on and off the gas. I have run 204
> MPH at Muroc in the dirt with an open rear end. If you do run a spool be
> sure and measure the roll out of the rear tires. It has to be the
> same! Doug Odom in big ditch
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