Traction bars

[Nova_Guy]

I just found these a couple days on Craigslist. I got them home and repaired some slight damage they had. I sandblasted and primed them to stop the rust from getting worse. I had two sets now; one set I'm going to put back on my car and one to hang on the wall.






These are the ones that were on my car when I bought it in 1985. I sanblasted and repainted them a couple weeks ago. I'm removng the old school ladder bars floaters I put in the car in 1991. I twisted the housing in my car at the dragstrip and I'm going back to traction bars.

[169indy]

Took about a year to get my $35.00 swap meet find Ground Grabbers, stripped of many layers of black and red paint to base metal, cleaned up, dressed very minor burrs and sent to the platers for a quick zinc DiChromate plate job and installed. No sandblasting! Only Chem cleaning. There was an indication they were plated at some time during manufacturing. Additionally When touring a local Speed shop in Seattle (Relocated in Monroe Wa) Jim Greens performance Center. There is a Neat vintage photo of the store-counter front and on the wall are ground grabbers and I asked Jim Green if he rememberd selling them and he commented they were a "GOLDEN" color. This also prompted me to proceed with the plating of the bars.

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After


just learning to post pictures also

The decal is a fake I had made up based on the logo in a print ad from a car mag of the period.

installed on a 68 Camaro w/ multi leafs and Mr Gasket clamps on the front also.

Have not test drove the car yet.

Jim

[Salvatore]

great job returning them back to the proper color! Its fun to do the research!

[AlsV8vair]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69z28302</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jefferson</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Did they ever offer white traction bars? I am getting bored of the yellow but don't want to lose the &quot;day 2&quot; look by going white.
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It looks like Sam's were white from the factory.

Mike</div></div>

Hi I just thought I would add that the Drag Dimensions trac bars of that style on Sams car were all white. they had designed something to go on the lower control arms on coil spring cars. white as well.
thanks

[mockingbird812]

<span style="font-size: 14pt">Here you go Al. This is the production photo you provided to me of <span style="font-style: italic">Drag Dimensions traction bars</span>.....
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<span style="font-size: 14pt">......and on my Nova (Al made these decals [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] ......</span>

[Salvatore]

Looks great still Sam. great info too.

[Hemicolt]

Your Nova is one of the best Day 2 cars ever.

[Salvatore]

that is because it is a &quot;real&quot; Day-2 car and not a replica like most are. everything original to the car from Day-2 back in the day.

[markinnaples]

That Deuce looks better everytime I see it. Beautiful.

[Born30YrsLate]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">that is because it is a &quot;real&quot; Day-2 car and not a replica like most are. everything original to the car from Day-2 back in the day. </div></div>

Sammy...did you just seperate Day2 into classes?...original Day2 and Clone Day2?... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Charley.gif[/img]