On Tue, 05 Aug 1997 16:23:32 -0500 Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
writes:
>However, the national 'A' meet was here in Kansas City a few years
>ago. I milled
>though the (comparatively few) cars and saw a real odd one. It took
>awhile to
>figure out what was wrong. The fellow had sawed the car in half, right
>down the
>middle, an added 8 or 9 inches to its width. The car looked 'right'
>otherwise.
>The added width made the addition of Ford Mustang V8 / tranny / and
>rear end all
>the easier. That was a very interesting car!
>--
I was there, Bob, and one small correction. The guy had actually cut
down either side of the car, between the bonnet and the front fenders in
front, and the bootlid and the rear fenders in back, and let in four or
five inches on either side. That way he could use the stock bonnet and
bootlid. I looked at the car for a long time in puzzlement, too, before
hearing him talk about it. From the front, the grille looked slightly
small! On the inside, the floor looked too flat versus stock, and there
was definitely too much room in the car. He had done such a good job
that it took a little observation and comparison with a stock car to
figure it out.
David Littlefield
Houston, TX
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