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What does a stripped door weigh?, Like totally stripped |
Randal |
Jul 29 2009, 09:11 AM
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RoadGlue |
Jul 30 2009, 01:21 PM
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Thanks for the info! Perhaps you could just go sans doors - think Atom style! hehe, well, maybe not.
I have a '71 1.7 roller that's screaming for me to turn her into a light weight wide body racing beast. We just bought a house six months ago and I have two other 914 mouths to feed at the moment. Soooo, it has to be a bit lower on the priority list at the moment. |
Randal |
Aug 1 2009, 10:42 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
Thanks for the info! Perhaps you could just go sans doors - think Atom style! hehe, well, maybe not. I have a '71 1.7 roller that's screaming for me to turn her into a light weight wide body racing beast. We just bought a house six months ago and I have two other 914 mouths to feed at the moment. Soooo, it has to be a bit lower on the priority list at the moment. I've seen video of Atom's on the track. What bothers me is thinking about taking an Atom on a hill climb, going off and having some tree or whatever impale you through the side. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) There is literally nothing there to deflect an object. Not that FG doors would do much better, but those light weight steel door skin's I have would sure be on any car I drove up Hoopa or like event. |
grantsfo |
Aug 1 2009, 10:31 PM
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Arrrrhhhh! Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None |
Thanks for the info! Perhaps you could just go sans doors - think Atom style! hehe, well, maybe not. I have a '71 1.7 roller that's screaming for me to turn her into a light weight wide body racing beast. We just bought a house six months ago and I have two other 914 mouths to feed at the moment. Soooo, it has to be a bit lower on the priority list at the moment. I've seen video of Atom's on the track. What bothers me is thinking about taking an Atom on a hill climb, going off and having some tree or whatever impale you through the side. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) There is literally nothing there to deflect an object. Not that FG doors would do much better, but those light weight steel door skin's I have would sure be on any car I drove up Hoopa or like event. They do make side panels for the Atom. Dont know that I'd feel much safer in a topless 914 with a cage welded to a 35 year old sheetmetal chassis if I was worried about tree car contact, Good news is that Hoopa really doesnt expose you to too many car into tree moments. I dont think there has been a serious car verses tree incident for 23 years. Mostly car verses blackberry bushes. However there is a reason why I ran a hardtop at Hoopa. There is some comfort in knowing if you go turtle you wont be eating berry bushes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) This year we had two offs. Nothing more than car into dirt and bushes. |
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