pca ruling, wierd thought of the month Options

[r_towle]

if the rules state that you must retain the original flor pan and firewall, can an open wheeled racer be built with a 914...something like URY's, but lighter???

Tube frame up front, and rear, no fender...

Rich

[Brett W]

Wayne Baker's car was the same length as a stock 914 it was also the same width as the stock 914 measured at the door sills. It was severely channeled though. The car sat so low the wheels would have hit the top of the fenders in the original setup. IMSA would not allow the addition of blisters to clear the tires. So the car was raised up. It did however retain both front and rear firewalls, stock door openings and windshield and targabar frames. The chassis was put on a frame jig and supported by the bumper mounts and door hinge points and striker mounts. Then everything was removed below the factory firewalls. Once that material was removed the framerails were replaced and some extra sheetmetal was added back so as to appear to be a 914 when viewed through the window.

The car caused such an uproar in the tech line when it showed up that many competitors did not want it to run. The owners of IMSA looked at the car and Wayne convinced them that the replacement of the floor with alumunim was just a normal rust and wreck damaged repair in the body shop business. They let the car run. and the rest is more-or-less history.

In theory that is what my car started out as. As a tube chassis car with a stock type body hung on it, sorta. Then I got a wild hair up my ass and did away with most of that stock body.