Question on Dana Camaros

[Vettefinderjim]

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[JoeC]

What year did Dick G. leave Dana? I read a bio on Dick G. that said he started his own Corvette shop in 1968.

[Vettefinderjim]

Dick went from DANA to AIR ( American international Racing) with the actor Jim Garner, and Bob Bondurant. They formed AIR and went racing 68 L-88 Corvettes and later a Lola T-70, that almost killed Bondurant. That was 1968.They needed a place to build the cars, so Dick started Guldstrand Enginering on Jefferson Blvd. in Culver City, Ca. They called that street "Thunder Alley". Isky, Edlebrock, Headman Headers,TRACO,and others were all neighbors. Every afternoon, it was 'test' time.......hence THUNDER ALLEY.

Dick sold the property in 1999, and now at 77 years old he has a new shop in Burbank closer to his home. check www.Corvettethunder.com for his story.

[olredalert]

Hi Jimmy,,,,,Wondered if you would be lurking out there somewhere.Will call you soon........Bill S

[whitetop]

Mystery Chevelle
Those traction bars in the photo are Lakewoods and that style did not come out until 1974-1975ish. Somebody added them later obviously. Before 1970 Lakewood never really had a true traction bar for the A-bodies. The first traction device for A-bodies from Lakewood came out in '70 with the triangular shaped ladder bars we are all familiar with. The only item for the A-bodies before 1970 was a beefed up trailing arm.

I am under the impression from your other post the bars on the Chevelle in question were documented by you to be original for '66 and supplied by Dana. I figured that's why you posted the pic of them. You can correct me if I'm wrong of my impression.
Dave

[MYSTERYCHEVELLE]

Okay, consider yourself Corrected [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Yep, that's why I posted the photo, but the documented by part, is from DANA, not me. No harm no foul [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[JoeC]

Dave, Didn't Traction Master make traction bars for early Chevelles and many other cars mid to late sixties? I have a set of NOS Traction Master bars that are the early weld on type for Chevelle. Dana, Shelby, Motion, and Yenko listed Traction Masters in their ads in 67. Better designs became available made by Lakewood, ET, NMW, and others in the late 60s.

[whitetop]

JoeC

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Before 1970 Lakewood never really had a true traction bar for the A-bodies. The first traction device for A-bodies from Lakewood came out in '70 with the triangular shaped ladder bars we are all familiar with. The only item for the A-bodies before 1970 FROM LAKEWOOD was a beefed up trailing arm.


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I was only refering to the traction bars products made by Lakewood. I corrected my previous reply above. I know traction bars were made by other companies for a-bodies before 1970. I was trying to make the point that the bars in the photo are Lakewoods and they were not made until 1974.

[MosportGreen66]

There was a 1967 Chevelle SS427 in Popular Hot Rodding issues back. It was a black on white convertable. It did not say anything about the specific dealer but he claimed to have documents proving the 427. It was alte production L-72 with 425HP.

VettefinderJim,
I sent you a PM.

-Dan