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Old 03-25-2011, 12:30 PM
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Presumably, everyone here knows the 427 Cobra factory roll bar was outlawed by the SCCA and other sanctioning bodies as of '68, since by their examination they felt it would not stand up to a rollover. Which is why in race photos from '68 on, the cars have full-width bars in sanctioned events.
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