>> I occasionally see old race cars that have every concievable part
drilled,
>> filed or made of something exotic in the interest of weight saving, but
the
>> driver could easily loose 50 pounds and not be in danger of being called
>> slender. Wouldn't it be easier, cheaper and better aesthetically to
>> liposuction the driver?
We lighten the car just so as to avoid things like diet, liposuction, and
the dreaded
exercise. After all, we wouldn't want to be uncompetative in a car with a
gross
weight that was too high. Fibreglass and aluminium were invented by fat
guys!
:-)
Mike "I love fibreglass and alloy" G.
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Mike Gigante mikeg@vicnet.net.au
Watsons Creek Vineyard http://www.vicnet.net.au/~mikeg
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-----Original Message-----
From: John A. Rollins <nobozos@ix.netcom.com>
To: Roger Los <roger@austinhealey.com>
Cc: team-thicko@autox.team.net <team-thicko@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, December 30, 1997 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: Merry Christmas
>Roger Los wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, WST, for your kind words of welcome. If you send me a Team Thicko
>> decal of appropriately large size, I'll endeavor to covertly stick it on
the
>> fatest machine as it leaves the paddock during the big July races here at
>> Seattle International (usually that means Pete Lovely in his TR59
Ferrari).
>>
>> A question for you racers:
>>
>> I occasionally see old race cars that have every concievable part
drilled,
>> filed or made of something exotic in the interest of weight saving, but
the
>> driver could easily loose 50 pounds and not be in danger of being called
>> slender. Wouldn't it be easier, cheaper and better aesthetically to
>> liposuction the driver?
>>
>> Roger Los
>
>Well, yes. But when we ask for volunteers to perform the actual
>suctioning, few respond...
>
>*8o)
>
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