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Re: Street Mod exclusions

To: jemitchell@compuserve.com, Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com, Smokerbros@aol.com,
Subject: Re: Street Mod exclusions
From: "Larry Steckel" <lorenzoscribe@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 20:20:03 -0500
Hey don't discount the Triumph Herald. It's a legitimate four seater. where 
do you think they got the chassis for the Spitfire?

How about taking a Herald, dropping in a 3.5 litre V/8 from a Triumph TR8 
and pumping it up with the available go-fast parts?  You would probably have 
to use the rest of the TR8 driveline if you wanted it to live for more than 
a minute or two, but anything is feasible. Right? I think that would be 
cool!

Larry Steckel

>From: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
>Reply-To: "Jay Mitchell" <jemitchell@compuserve.com>
>To: "Kevin Stevens" <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com>, <Smokerbros@aol.com>,   
><autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Street Mod exclusions
>Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 15:18:55 -0600
>
>Kevin Stevems wrote:
>
> >Here's the link to the SM proposed INclusion list, you can
>pretty much see the
> >answer to your question there.
>http://www.legendaryslack.com/inclusion.html
>
>Interesting. It would be nice if the person who struck through
>the excluded cars and typed in the excuses ...errr, reasons ...
>actually had some knowledge of the cars they were including and
>excluding. Fiat Abarths are included, but 128s are excluded
>because they are "rare, light"???? Uhh, it's hard to find a 128,
>but it's easier to find an Abarth? How would one then justify a
>Yugoslavian reprise of the 128 (Yugo) being allowed? Rambler AMXs
>are included?
>
>Lessee, we're allowing DeLoreans and Shelbys, but excluding
>Triumph Heralds? Yeah, I'd be real worried about somebody
>building an SM Herald and ruining the class. Or one of those
>"rare, light" Opel Mantas. They must be rare: every Manta or
>Kadett I've ever seen has weighed over 2000 lbs. BTW, Lotus did
>make one legitimate four-seater: the mid-70s Elite. It is not a
>2+2, it is a car with space for four adults.
>
>The above are examples, but they are not the only problems with
>the list. At present, it appears to me that cars have been
>excluded or included on a rather random and arbitrary basis. I'd
>say the list needs more work.
>
>Jay

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