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Model Specific Discussions => Trans-Am Camaros => Topic started by: Jon Mello on March 23, 2011, 03:46:03 AM

Title: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on March 23, 2011, 03:46:03 AM

Pretty decent article on scattershields from March '68 Car Craft.

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/scat1.jpg)
(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/scat2.jpg)
(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/scat3.jpg)
(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/scat4.jpg)
(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/scat5.jpg)    (http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/scat6.jpg)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on March 24, 2011, 04:02:38 AM

Traco 302 engine from the Dick Guldstrand Camaro. Note the RC scattershield and the Bill Thomas header.

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/Dana302.jpg)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on April 04, 2011, 03:49:00 AM

Has anybody seen a real live one of these Wedge scattershields that said DANA on it?

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/DanaWedge.jpg)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on April 18, 2011, 05:01:23 PM

Here's a couple of photos of an old RC scattershield I have.

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/RC1.jpg)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/RC2.jpg)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: JoeC on April 19, 2011, 12:37:22 PM

Wow that Dana bell is very cool, never saw one before

I have a RC bell and wonder what color they were when new or if they were even painted or sold un-painted.
Mine looks to have original red paint on it.

The RC was used by Yenko and here is a original 1967 receipt where Yenko bought some and drop shipped some to the Dick Harrell shop

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on April 19, 2011, 04:18:19 PM

Thanks for posting that invoice, Joe. Neat item. I only see black paint on my RC scattershield but I guess somebody could have sandblasted it and done a repaint. I've got no knowledge of what color RC may have originally used. If somebody else does, please let us know.

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Sixteen Grand Sedan #56 on April 20, 2011, 03:04:53 AM

That invoice is certainly a cool piece of documentation.

I own three of the cast iron RC scattershields and they are all black. The Anson scattershield I own as well as most of the Ansens I have seen have been orange.

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on April 20, 2011, 03:25:38 AM

Robert,  it points out in the article above that the Ansen, Wedge and RC scattershields are not cast iron but rather are cast steel.  A big difference.  Also, the RC version is made of a special manganese molybdenum steel alloy which allows the metal to stretch in case of a clutch explosion, absorbing energy.

Thanks also for posting the info on what color your three RC scattershields are painted.

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on April 21, 2011, 02:49:16 PM

Three views of a '60s era Lakewood scattershield. Lakewood normally painted
their stuff red but this one has been repainted over the years and is in need
of a freshening up. This is the small flywheel (153-tooth) version, p/n 1504 in
the old days. Lakewood now has 5-digit part numbers. Notice the inspection
cover in the bottom, standard back then but no longer available due to safety
concerns.

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/219.jpg)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/218.jpg)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/214.jpg)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on May 06, 2011, 01:57:08 AM

1967 Lakewood ad for Camaro. Oddly, the photo is not a Camaro scattershield. Looks like one for a Chevy II/Nova.

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/Lakewoodad.jpg)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on May 08, 2011, 06:43:36 AM

The Ansen version...

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/ansen1.jpg)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on May 10, 2011, 09:53:33 PM

Here's the Wedge version. Note the M/T marking on the housing also. I know Mickey Thompson had some involvement
with these but over the years I have forgotten if it was just a promotional deal between Wedge and M/T, or if Wedge
purchased the scattershild business from M/T. There are some Wedge scattershields for Fords that say COBRA on them.
Wedge was the brand that Shelby used but that may have changed by the later end of the '60s.

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/Wedge2.jpg)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/Wedge3.jpg)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/Wedge1.jpg)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on May 22, 2011, 05:28:02 AM

A 1967 Simpson ad showing an alternative to the cast steel and hydroformed steel scattershields.

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/Simpsonscattershield.jpg)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on October 10, 2011, 08:37:37 PM

Looks like RC did offer a 1-piece bellhousing beginning with the '68 model year cars.

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on May 27, 2012, 03:58:27 PM

From the January '68 Hot Rod magazine, another example of an alternative to the steel bellhousings.
(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/More%20car%20stuff/Wraparound1.jpg)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on April 08, 2015, 03:29:11 AM

Very rare and interesting Cougar scattershield by Wedge. I've never seen one of these before. I wonder if the Bud Moore Cougars used these.

Thanks to Robert L. for pointing this out to me.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercury-Cougar-NHRA-Scattershield-Bellhousing-fits-Sunbeam-Tiger-/221737225892?hash=item33a0918ea4&vxp=mtr#ht_1176wt_1063   

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/January%202014/_57-9_zpsnii41e41.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/January%202014/_57-9_zpsnii41e41.jpg.html)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/January%202014/_57-14_zpspe2uy9cl.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/January%202014/_57-14_zpspe2uy9cl.jpg.html)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/January%202014/_57-13_zpstvtzlcii.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/January%202014/_57-13_zpstvtzlcii.jpg.html)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/January%202014/_57-12_zps46egijpi.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/January%202014/_57-12_zps46egijpi.jpg.html)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/January%202014/_57-10_zpsudwgirpk.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/January%202014/_57-10_zpsudwgirpk.jpg.html)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/January%202014/_57-11_zpsppr1lwqt.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/January%202014/_57-11_zpsppr1lwqt.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: Jon Mello on September 02, 2018, 11:26:31 PM

Looks like NOS Ansen scatter shields are unpainted from the factory so it would be up to the buyer to paint them whatever color they wanted.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NOS-Ansen-Safety-Bellhousing-Chevrolet-409-Scattershield-1964-NHRA/263894397630?hash=item3d7154f2be:g:FLoAAOSwpspbfhfD&vxp=mtr

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NOS-Ansen-Safety-Bellhousing-1955-1957-Chevrolet-Scattershield-NHRA/202412200803?hash=item2f20b51363:g:19oAAOSwK3Zbfhiu&vxp=mtr

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NOS-Ansen-Safety-Bellhousing-65-66-Ford-Mustang-289-Scattershield-NHRA/202412207944?hash=item2f20b52f48:g:Oi4AAOSwaGBbfho2&vxp=mtr

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/1967z28/s-l1600_zpscfv3eanp.jpg) (http://s586.photobucket.com/user/1967z28/media/s-l1600_zpscfv3eanp.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Scattershields
Post by: ko-lek-tor on September 03, 2018, 12:33:50 AM

Is that a cool find or what? Way to go Jon!