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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Original T/A racing photographs, late 60's & early 70's

« on: December 29, 2023, 12:50:21 AM »

I wish I had more detailed pictures of the 1969 that I bought in 1975, and then sold around 1986. Photography wasn't a strong suit back then for me.

Here's a picture of the back of my car (excuse the picture of my son - who is now in his 40's).

It has a fuel cell, with an inlet from the cap you can see in the center of the rear spoiler.

There were two outlets, one at each corner of the cell. I brought them to the middle for a common -6 line.

After I bought it, I put a check valve in the lines, and made everything AeroQuip from the cell to the carb.

img020 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

Here you can see the fuel line coming through the firewall to a bulkhead "T" (right below an electric junction box!), and heading toward the carb.

photo11 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

This is the engine compartment when I bought the car, notice all the rubber fuel lines! I moved the fuel filter back to the trunk as I rebuilt it.

photo2 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

Again, with I had more pictures.

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General Discussion / Re: Racing Camaros Book

« on: November 01, 2023, 07:39:10 PM »

Quote from: Oldtimer on November 01, 2023, 02:13:36 AM

I bought one of these when they first came out, and then lost it.

Bought another one this past week, and the day it arrived, I found the original one.

I paid $35 on Amazon with free shipping for the new one.

Will sell it for $30 shipped to the Continental US 48 States for the first one to PM me.

Gone!

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General Discussion / Re: Racing Camaros Book

« on: November 01, 2023, 02:13:36 AM »

I bought one of these when they first came out, and then lost it.

Bought another one this past week, and the day it arrived, I found the original one.

I paid $35 on Amazon with free shipping for the new one.

Will sell it for $30 shipped to the Continental US 48 States for the first one to PM me.

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Original T/A racing photographs, late 60's & early 70's

« on: June 30, 2023, 09:23:55 PM »

Quote from: group/7 on June 30, 2023, 08:50:35 PM

Jon, or any else know this one ? '67 "Hugger Camaro" looks like Kent, Washington ? in period judging by the full size '67 Chevy

tow car and second '67 Chevy on the right. I looked at the results for the '67 Kent Trans-Am and didn't see that car, might have

missed it ?

(photo: no credit found)

Mike

From the Racing Sports Cars website.

https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Kent-1968-10-06.html

https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1968/Kent-1968-10-06-019.jpg

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Does anyone recognisie this car?

« on: January 30, 2023, 11:04:34 PM »

One of my favorite sources of information is the Racing Sports Cars website. https://www.racingsportscars.com/

Here's the search for John Elliott. https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/archive/John-Elliott-USA.html

Includes a couple of pictures not shown above.

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Trans Am racing pace car pics...are there any?

« on: January 18, 2023, 11:00:57 PM »

Quote from: GMAD_Van Nuys on January 18, 2023, 09:24:09 PM

Scott - Do you have any photos of Charlie Thieriot, who drove an Alfa Romero GTA at the 1970 Trans Am races at Road America, Watkins Glen, and Riverside? Thanks - Mark

Can I assume you have looked on the Racing Sports Car website?

https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/archive/Charles-Thieriot-USA.html

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Promotional Events and Concept Cars / Re: 1969 ZL1 Camaro Raced at 1969 Sebring 12 Hour by Don Yenko/Bob Grossman

« on: November 10, 2022, 03:37:08 PM »

Quote from: Chuckman4112 on November 10, 2022, 02:46:36 PM

Question...Why are the lights taped up?

Headlights and driving lights were taped over at the start of endurance races, in order to avoid them being damaged by debris.

Once the need for the lights was determined by the approaching darkness, the tape would be removed from the hopefully intact lights.

Here's a picture of another '69 Camaro at Sebring in 1972.

bolus-01-low by Jim Forte, on Flickr

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Warren Agor

« on: September 03, 2022, 01:30:55 PM »

Quote from: MO on September 03, 2022, 05:03:50 AM

Man, what's not to like about that? Some creative differences, but still a great recreation!

Thanks!

It has already been pointed out to me that the rear spoiler should match the rest of the car, and that correction is in process.

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Warren Agor

« on: September 03, 2022, 12:46:40 AM »

I apologize for reopening an older thread but wanted to display a custom 1/18 scale diecast model that I completed today.

Following a great deal of research, including information from this forum, I was able to have a decal artist create a sheet that, hopefully, replicates the livery of the Warren Agor '69 Camaro.

My donor model was a GMP Todco Camaro, which we disassembled, stripped of the original paint, and then repainted and added our custom decals.

Donor:

20181208_113251 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

20181208_113453 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

I hope folks here appreciate the amount of effort required to produce a one-of-a-kind custom diecast model like this, and that you will approve of me sharing it at this time.

Final Reference Photo

Untitled by Jim Forte, on Flickr

Final Model

IMG_6562 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

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Originality / Re: Tonawanda sticker on 68 big block valve cover

« on: August 03, 2022, 07:55:52 PM »

Just as an aside.

I was in the garage area at the Can Am race at Texas International Speedway in College Station, Texas in November 1969.

The two factory McLaren racers of Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme had Tonawanda stickers on their valve covers.

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Some fleeting footage of the '69 Wolverine Trans-Am at MIS then...

« on: December 12, 2021, 05:49:11 PM »

Quote from: Swede70 on December 11, 2021, 07:58:31 PM

...and this of complimentary interest, a history of MIS with specific reference to the road course/circuit related above. Perhaps my 'makeshift' comment seen above would be considered harsh, but it hardly seems as though the entries trying to negotiate the what seems a very narrow outside the oval road course are just focusing on not going off, nor harboring much hope of passing or making up places given others are in the same boat. Thanks...

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/06/racing-rain/

Mike K./Swede70

Texas International Speedway, built contemporary to MIS, offered a different road course layout.

The primary difference was that it was run in the same direction as the oval, making the first turn essentially a downhill left that had a broad sweeping radius.

I raced there in three different cars, my first '69 Camaro, then a C3-chassisied '82 bodied Corvette, and finally our Trans Am spec '86 Camaro.

There were cones placed in the outer catch fence that gave us a three, two, one countdown to the corner entry.

We'd achieve about 180 mph at the S/F line in both the Corvette and later Camaro, and would start shutting down at the second cone.

I asked a friend who raced a Formula Ford where he started his braking, and he told me the middle of Turn Two.

texas-world-speedway-college-station-texas by Jim Forte, on Flickr

I have often wondered why the MIS road course was run backwards, and had that abrupt almost 90 degree right hander from the road course onto the banking.

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Firebird and the Trans-Am series

« on: November 09, 2021, 03:57:56 PM »

https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/archive/John-Cordts-CDN.html?page=2

Good picture of the Firebird at the 1970 Watkins Glen Trans Am race.

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: FIA Homologation

« on: October 18, 2021, 12:09:12 AM »

This is a picture of the engine compartment of my former 1969 Camaro. It was the former Bolus and Snopes Camaro, which raced in both the 1972 Daytona Continental 6 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours.

photo2 by Jim Forte, on Flickr