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Re: Winter projects + another reminder.

To: Doug Odom <dlodom@charter.net>
Subject: Re: Winter projects + another reminder.
From: Ed Van Scoy <ed@vetteracing.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:18:14 -0700
Doug;
C4 Corvette doors might work... They are about 8" x 12"
rectangular in shape, and if you use the oem hinges, they
"lift up" to open.
Ed

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:54:29 -0800
>From: Doug Odom <dlodom@charter.net>  
>Subject: Re: Winter projects   + another reminder.  
>To: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@charter.net>
>Cc: John Szalay <john.szalay@att.net>, land-speed@autox.team.net
>
>Glen, Tim Rocklitzer has put doors into the sides of his
lakester 
>because when he had a blower pop it messed up the body. He
used gas tank 
>filler access doors from some kind of newer car. You pull
them out to 
>look inside or put out a fire. I'm going to do something
similar on the 
>liner. Most of the fires I've seen in landspeed racing has
come from oil 
>pan failures. Yeah, they failed to keep all the  engine parts
inside the 
>pan.    Doug Odom in big ditch
>
>Glen Barrett wrote:
>
>>John
>>This is something I have been looking into for a couple of
years. Trying to
>>find a universal spring loaded door that is adaptable to
most vehicles is
>>part of the problem. It would require at least two per
vehicle and in some
>>cases more. The idea is good and well worth looking into for
someone to make
>>them for the racer.
>>Glen
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "John Szalay" <john.szalay@att.net>
>>To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:13 AM
>>Subject: Re: Winter projects + another reminder.





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