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Trans-Am Camaros / Fire Extinguishers

« on: July 27, 2014, 01:09:07 AM »

There are a lot of options out there for an "in car" fire extinguisher. It would be nice to see what some of the cars are currently using and what was used back in the day.

The State's 68 A/S Camaro was equipped with the standard hand held fire extinguisher.



An interesting inspection sticker attached, dated 1973, by the San Francisco Region, SCCA.



Wanting an exceptional fire system in the car, I installed a Halon system. Not vintage, but I feel some exceptions are necessary when it comes to safety. The system has nozzles plumbed to the fuel cell area, under the hood, and of course the passenger compartment. The system is easily activated by hitting the big red button next to the driver.
Robert

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Trans-Am Camaros / Front Hub Grease Caps

« on: July 14, 2014, 02:48:16 PM »

On the former State's A/S 68 Z/28, the front hubs were equipped with these grease caps:



They appear to function as a means to form a continuous conductor between the hub and spindle. I seem to recall some sales hype about static electricity back in the late 60's, early 70's. Maybe I'm on the wrong track here, but what is the point of using these? The car was set up very professionally for a privateer, and even had bearing spacers in the front. For this reason, I'm hesitant to discount their usefulness. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Robert

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Decoding/Numbers / Decoding a 1969 Chassis Broadcast Copy

« on: August 08, 2011, 03:42:55 PM »

Hello,
  After a considerable amount of site searching, it seems I have failed to find some decoding information on a 1969 L.A. Chassis Broadcast Copy. In particular, i am looking for information on item box 198 "Exhaust System" which is printed "FM".
    In addition, I'm looking for item boxes 254 and 256 "Bat Cable" which are printed MF for the positive and BF for the negative.
If these are decoded somewhere, please steer me in the right direction, if not I hope someone may know the answers for these code letters.
Thank you