Hello jimmy six.It's Dave Koskela,not Kostella.He still has the roadster(along with 6 392'S and an Allison V-1710 V-12),but it's all apart.He got hurt in a m/c crash and is partialy disabled.He lives about 2 miles from me we talk once a week,and I'll be seeing him tomorrow.
Your right about the frontal area,the late Alex Tremulis pointed this out to us in 1969.
Also had a wing attached to the underside of the rear axle in '69.SCTA would not give an offical time with it,but some officials were looking at the car without the wing and let slip that it went 208 on first run(over then record).Ran 202 without wing.The wing was a Smokey Yunick type deal,you had to read between the lines.
As was previously stated,that was then,this is now.