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Old 06-28-2006 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Ek9,Jun 27 2006, 07:57 PM
You're saying I'm not as safe with that setup than I would be with a factory belt, flimsey seat and thin plastic cladding on the A pillers and roof line?
I'm saying you have to use your own best judgment and I have to use mine.

But don't think that padding is the same as wearing a helmet. I've discussed the difference recently in the Elda-clone bar thread.
Old 06-28-2006 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by krazik,Jun 28 2006, 05:44 PM
Again a tested fact that padding doesn't help unless you're talking about padding inside the helmet.

The high density padding that does work, only works w/ a helmet.
No, I'm sure it does help. It just doesn't replace the helmet, because it is doing something fundamentally different from what the helmet is doing.
Old 06-28-2006 | 09:29 PM
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ps. I'm posting this from a hotel lobby in La Jolla. Thanks Richard! It was great to be able to meet you, and invaluable to be able to check out the way your cars are built. Letting me drive around the block was also a treat. Anytime you are up in Seattle, let me know. Hopefully I can repay the favor some time.

pps. La Jolla is a weird place. Spendy restaurants and little shops, tons of hotels, two banks on every block, and the place is stone cold dead by 9:30pm. But a nice place to be on expense account, that's for sure. BTW, the coffeeshop density is miniscule compared to what it would be in a similar neighborhood in the Seattle area. Don't you people drink lattes?
Old 06-28-2006 | 09:37 PM
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You're welcome. Thanks for stopping by too. I met the famous Mike Garrison!

You should go for an early morning walk along the water. You can walk out on the rocks too.
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Originally Posted by Asura,Jun 27 2006, 04:20 AM

Bump from the dead.

What the heck have you constructed under your rollbar? Some kind of cover?
Old 01-15-2008 | 12:43 PM
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By the way, as long as this thread has been revivied, I ended up:

1) pulling out the soft top and replacing with a hard top
2) having a roll bar (not a full cage) welded in

The roll bar was designed such that it can be extended into a full cage if I decide I want that.

Last fall I also finally bought a trailer, so now I no longer have to drive the car to events if I don't want to. (Still need to get Dad to come along, or at least to borrow his truck as a haul vehicle.)

Car is still street legal and licensed, but not exactly what I would call "streetable". I really do only drive it to track events.
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