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Re: U/B rule

To: "Linnhoff, Eric" <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>
Subject: Re: U/B rule
From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:24:50 -0700 (PDT)
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Linnhoff, Eric wrote:

> How do you all interpret the SP update/backdate rule regarding such items as
> interior consoles and door panels?  Can one take a lighter console from an
> earlier car and install it in a later year car to save weight?

Yes.

> The way I read rule 14.1.C (quoted below) one can take the best individual
> parts from any car listed together on the same line and build  the lightest
> possible car, right?

Yes, as long as it all bolts together without modification.

> Also, exactly what constitutes a "reclining" seat as required by the Street
> Touring rule 17.2.B (quoted below)?  I can find no finite definition of what
> constitutes a "reclining" seat.  How far must it "recline" to be considered
> a "reclining" seat?  I submit that I could take a fixed back, fully
> upholstered seat and mount the rear of the mounting bracket on pivoting
> hinge pins and the front with pull pins (pull sideways) to raise or lower
> the seat in one of several holes in the front of the bracket.

Probably.  It seems a fuzzy rule.  Try to be safe, though.

KeS

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