In a message dated 1/12/01 6:45:01 PM Pacific Standard Time,
SRL311guy@aol.com writes:
> << Unfortunately, the local groups frowned on it as non
> vintage and I had to remove it to put in an inferior low back seat >>
>
> And what groups might those be? A race seat is safety equipment for crysake.
>
> Several of the left coast clubs frown on things that can be seen as being
> non-vintage. That would include high back seats and roll cages to name 2
> "safety" items. I have to admit there were darn few "racing" seats at the
> amateur level, and no roll cages on any open car that I can recall prior to
> 1967 (cut off year for many groups) so there certainly is no precedent for
>
Good enough then...good enough now...?
Nick in Nor Cal
ps
Even my ex Bob Sharp SPL310U only had a roll bar ...and even worse, the
scattershield was only a piece of 1" angle iron about 4" long bolted to the
firewall !
Yikes, how's that for "safety"
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