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What's the angle iron doohickey on the front of some of these? So the
driver can tell where the front end is? I noticed it on a couple of other
cars...

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"Leroy Curtis" > wrote in message
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Ahhh. I thought it was so the drivers, who might be unfamiliar with where
to put the nose in such constricted spaces, could tell where the corners of
the car were. But your explanation makes more sense...

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"Leroy Curtis" > wrote in message
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> In article >, Skip
> > writes
>>What's the angle iron doohickey on the front of some of these? So the
>>driver can tell where the front end is? I noticed it on a couple of other
>>cars...
>>
> The Festival of Speed is a hillclimb, although some cars make exhibition
> runs rather than timed ones. The cars which are making timed runs are
> fitted with these bits of metal - I don't know if there's a technical name
> for them.. They are to break the timing light precisely, I believe.
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> Leroy Curtis
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In article >, Skip
> writes
>What's the angle iron doohickey on the front of some of these? So the
>driver can tell where the front end is? I noticed it on a couple of other
>cars...
>
The Festival of Speed is a hillclimb, although some cars make exhibition
runs rather than timed ones. The cars which are making timed runs are
fitted with these bits of metal - I don't know if there's a technical
name for them.. They are to break the timing light precisely, I believe.
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Leroy Curtis

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