At 06:24 PM 8/5/97 -0500, dmeadow@juno.com wrote:
>On Tue, 05 Aug 1997 16:23:32 -0500 Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
>writes:
>>However, the national 'A' meet was here in Kansas City a few years
>>ago. I milled
>>though the (comparatively few) cars and saw a real odd one. It took
>>awhile to
>>figure out what was wrong. The fellow had sawed the car in half, right
>>down the
>>middle, an added 8 or 9 inches to its width. The car looked 'right'
>>otherwise.
>>The added width made the addition of Ford Mustang V8 / tranny / and
>>rear end all
>>the easier. That was a very interesting car!
>>--
>
>I was there, Bob, and one small correction. The guy had actually cut
>down either side of the car, between the bonnet and the front fenders in
>front, and the bootlid and the rear fenders in back, and let in four or
>five inches on either side. That way he could use the stock bonnet and
>bootlid. I looked at the car for a long time in puzzlement, too, before
>hearing him talk about it. From the front, the grille looked slightly
>small! On the inside, the floor looked too flat versus stock, and there
>was definitely too much room in the car. He had done such a good job
>that it took a little observation and comparison with a stock car to
>figure it out.
>
>
>David Littlefield
>Houston, TX
>
> This car was built by Charles Daughtery of Harrodsburg Ky. It is a
near perfect job. The frame was also cut and widened. It is powered by a 289
HiPo. A few years eariler he built an equally lovely Anglia with a cobra
engine.
Sam Haynes
59 MGA frame off
59 TR3 Original owner
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