[from vintage-race-owner@autox.team.]
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>> Reminds me of the old days when we debated "what is a sports car?" It's
>> impossible to get a concensus answer.
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>Remember when the Porsche was classified, if briefly, as a sedan? And the
>AMX, because it had no rear seat, as a sports car?
I think the 65 GT350 started the "no-back-seat" = sports car concept.
That is why in 1966 Shelby couldn't us the GT350 in Trans Am, since
it wasn't a sedan...... so they used Mustang notchbacks instead..
Ahh, yes, rules is rules......
And then lots of 911s ran in Trans Am "sedan" races.....
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Walt Boeninger - Nor Cal SAAC 67 GT500 | 67 Shelby T-A #31
http://www.norcal-saac.org 71 Boss 351 | 97 5.0 Explorer
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