Chuck
Afix a hammer to your rollbar and declare it an escape hatch.
Gary Wilkinson
----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Rothfuss <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 11:26 AM
Subject: Moon Roofs?
> List,
>
> Here's a question that I can't seem to find an answer to in the
rulebook.
> (Probably not looking hard enough!) What do we do with a car that has a
> glass sunroof? I was over to look at my new RX7 project car the other day
> and noticed, to my horror, that it has a tinted glass factory sunroof.
(I've
> raced with this guy for 3 seasons and NEVER noticed before!) SCCA rules
> require that they be removed, but that certainly isn't gonna work in LSR.
> It doesn't leak, so I'll keep it if I can. I was kinda planning a
multiple
> hoop drivers cage anyway, which would keep me from being ejected through
it.
> There's also the option of deleting it entirely and sealing the hole with
a
> piece of steel from another roof. That would smooth out the slight bump
it
> creates in the roofline and allow air to pass over the car more cleanly.
> Any observations/opinions on this would be appreciated.
>
> Chuck Rothfuss
> ECTA #9
> Pole Cat Hollow, NC
>
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