[CompClassics]

Actually 2259 and 2260 had the standard street interior panels and the roll bar passed through them where needed, later FIA and USRRC roadsters had a simpler closer panel fabricated with bead rolls in it. Earlier comp built cars used a fuel tank that had provisions for the roll bar legs to pass through, I'm sure that with the evolution of the "long range" fuel tank system it was easier to mount an auxiliary fuel tank in the trunk than fabricate the tank that allowed the roll bar legs to pass through it. 2345's roll bar brace was removed when Sears drove the car during 1965.