Traction bars

[Day2_69Z]

Another way Lakewoods came was with Painted on Tampos.
Similar to the Traction Action decals you see here on restored bars.
These were :
TRACTION
...ACTION !!!
mostly seen on the Competition long bars with J Bolts and front / rear spring clamps in both the
2 1/2" Square (early sets) & rectangular tubing.
The Lakewood Decal fore & aft the Tempo Script was random as was the Trade Mark Yellow or Red color paint on the bars.
Those Red bars above are TAMPO'd in PAINT.. w/ Original Decal. .
I'm Going to express this:::::
I HAVE SEEN MANY. RED & YELLOW BARS in Original Paint & TAMPO.
Seems the early Competition bars circa '67-68-69 -70 came Tampo painted and the later ones with decals on or in the box.....This too was random..
If you had a Real Race car you had long square or rectangle bars with J bolts for preload chassis adjustment & deceleration clamps.
Most Hot street n strip cars had similar setups..... and most street cars used the short bars which were mostly rectangle.
The Square Bars were heavy therefore, revised/retooled as time went on ....and the advent of "Ladder bars with floater leaf springs" along with Narrowed rears had Lakewood marketing suitable, sellable bars for the masses....with Stock type set-ups.

Just some input to help clear up what Era Bar is best suitable for your application.....
Keep in mind Lakewood was the Premiere Traction Device Manufactor in the Late 60's - Mid 70's ....
Mr Gasket marketed "other brands" under there name...(they never had there own R&D or Device)
Motion used a competitive , compareable device as "price & profit" allowed.....Most speed shops carried various brands for Useage and Cost structure. Not everybody could afford LAKEWOOD Money back then ...therefore many Vendors offered up copies, knock offs and functional yet, cheesey Substitutes for the "Look" of with "Low" Cost !
Most of these were JUNK Ricky Racer type none of us would use today on our VINTAGE DAY 2 Cars.