Surely the photo shown has the rear half of the bodywork missing? All that streamlining at the front, then completely open rear wheels! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 12:23 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Steam-powered car speed record > Maybe they needed the extra weight to hold the car on the road???? > > Jesse in Tennessee > > > That is what I thought David! You would have thought that they would have > made a greater effort to keep the "gross" weight down, the same way the > jockeys are so small for horse races. Perhaps they should have enlisted > one > of the Hobbits from THAT film ..... Unless she is part of the sponsorship > deal of course, bearing in mind that she has had no previous experience of > this sort of thing. > > Tony Wells. > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.0/465 - Release Date: 06/10/2006 > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.