That's interesting about the doors. Was it only the impact bar that was
added, or was there anything else that was added to make the door more rigid?
It
makes me wonder if it might be a good safety measure to use TR6 doors on an
earlier car. Were there any other differences between the earlier 4/4A/250s's
doors other than the door lock mechanism, as far as fitting goes? I know that
places like CTM Engineering in England sell the impact bars alone, but from
what I
understand the door skins must be removed in order to install them, and that
sounds like it would be more work than just locating a pair of '6 doors. That
is, if it really is a worthwhile safety measure.
-Sean
In a message dated 1/1/2004 5:33:26 PM Pacific Standard Time,
sloseke@holly.colostate.edu writes:
I know one place they gained some weight was in the doors. The later cars
have
side impact beams in the doors and are substantially heavier than the early
doors. But that is just one more small weight gain. So it might be a lot of
little things over the whole spectrum. Maybe the seats weigh more, the carpet
could be thicker, air pumps, air injection, dual exhaust pipes running the
length of the car etc. Lots and lots of little things that could increase the
weight over all.
Any other guess's?
Shawn
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