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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros
« on: April 16, 2011, 02:00:36 AM »
Here's a photo of the Dick Hoffman Camaro with a set of Motor Wheel Spyders on it
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros
« on: April 15, 2011, 08:00:56 PM »
See...You can learn something new just by reading the comments on this forum. All these years I thought those wheels were Motor Wheel variants and now I find out they were Americans! Well I suppose they didn't make too many of em' because I've only seen a handful of cars with them. I'd worry about them if they had a reputation for breaking.
The other wheel you have to put up there Jon is the Cragar SS. They sponsored Ron Grable and were used on Walt's Code Key Shelby...I'm sure some Camaro's too.
Camicia
The other wheel you have to put up there Jon is the Cragar SS. They sponsored Ron Grable and were used on Walt's Code Key Shelby...I'm sure some Camaro's too.
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros
« on: April 14, 2011, 11:29:34 PM »
Guys,
I thought that style of wheel was made by the Motor Wheel Company.
Camicia
I thought that style of wheel was made by the Motor Wheel Company.
Camicia
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Racing seats
« on: April 10, 2011, 04:19:41 PM »
I agree, more than likely that cage was out of something else prior to the Camaro. Also the shot of the aluminum seat in the Javelin was later in the year as the original rollcage didn't have all the cross braces in it till mid season.
Mike Camicia
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros
« on: April 08, 2011, 02:54:08 AM »
Chad,
That is an amazing photo showing the differences when mounting the same size tire on two different size rims! That is really hard to believe. Wow.
Mike
That is an amazing photo showing the differences when mounting the same size tire on two different size rims! That is really hard to believe. Wow.
Mike
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros
« on: April 06, 2011, 03:41:26 PM »
You know Chad, I have to laugh because it seems to me that the Tech Inspectors could take a tape measure and easily see that one wheel is an 8 incher and the other a 9, but I guess if you took a quick look and they appeared to be the same you wouldn't notice...except maybe the tire sidewall bulge...but folks were trying different tires all the time so who knows?
I've seen a cheater Javelin Minilite in person, same deal, looked identical from the outside, just wider.
You have to laugh,
Mike Camicia
I've seen a cheater Javelin Minilite in person, same deal, looked identical from the outside, just wider.
You have to laugh,
Mike Camicia
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Racing seats
« on: April 05, 2011, 07:26:32 PM »
You know Chad, when I first looked at those seats I thought the same thing, they look just like a Shelby seat, but you are obviously correct, there are a lot of differences. When I was checking on the seat used in Gurney's Cuda I found out it was custom made but it looked like a Shelby seat that was modified, they raised the back quite a bit and had the metal reinforcement structure glassed' into it, but not high enough for a headrest...those were attached to the roll cages individually like the Mustangs. The Nickey seat looks like the one used in the BRE Datsun.
Camicia
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Racing seats
« on: April 04, 2011, 08:01:23 PM »
Jon,
Are those Racemark seats?
Mike
Are those Racemark seats?
Mike
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros
« on: April 04, 2011, 01:07:36 PM »
Those newer wheels look very nice Chad. I didn't know you had a Shelby too! That's really cool about the cheater wheels though. What ever they could get away with at the time is how it went. That's why I love reading hearing the tales from back in the day. I'm jealous of Robert Barg. That would have been so much fun mixing it up with the big boys!
Camicia
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: 1966-1972 Trans-Am race memorabilia [dash plaques, patches, passes, etc]
« on: April 01, 2011, 03:17:37 PM »
Jon,
That last piece of art work looks a lot like Dave Deals' but I don't see his trademark signature. Dave did the MG mittens adds in the old sports car magazines, designed some models kits and most recently helped Pixar with the designs for the cars in the movie 'CARS". Dave sadly passed away last year. There is a website for his work if you google it.
Mike Camicia
That last piece of art work looks a lot like Dave Deals' but I don't see his trademark signature. Dave did the MG mittens adds in the old sports car magazines, designed some models kits and most recently helped Pixar with the designs for the cars in the movie 'CARS". Dave sadly passed away last year. There is a website for his work if you google it.
Mike Camicia
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros
« on: April 01, 2011, 03:11:50 PM »
I was gonna say those are Walt's! It was common for the teams to mark their wheels, like the Cougar team. Dan Gurney's had AAR and a number for the set # stamped on them. Then there were some cheater sets. There were some 9 inch wide wheels that mixed into the bunch. Remember the rules stated 8 inches as the maximum width. I believe the 9 inchers were were found to be Javelin wheels. Hmmmm
Mike
Mike
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Firebird and the Trans-Am series
« on: April 01, 2011, 03:04:18 PM »
Great photos! Too bad not color.
Mike
Mike
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros
« on: March 31, 2011, 09:24:18 PM »
Like these
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros
« on: March 31, 2011, 09:19:26 PM »
Thanks for the link Steve.
I thought that it didn't stand for Shelby...heck he would have had his name all over it and sued folks for copying it if it had been his. Ironically he DID copy it for his own wheel company many years ago.
The story with the 200-S wheels is that they would break under severe loading on the fronts and this cost Ford a couple of races. They switched to Minilites and the problem was gone. If you look around you'll find some photos of the 69' Bud Moore cars with Minilites on the fronts with the 200-S's on the rears. Later they ran Minilites all around and stuck with them for 1970. I've heard that Mark Donohue knew that the Minilites were a stronger and proven wheel so he ran them starting in 69'. For 1970 he tried to use only 4 lug nuts on the Javelin (faster pit stops) but the SCCA made him change them back to 5 lug. Those very wheels are on a bunch of cars out there right now! You can see where they plugged the lug holes and re-drilled em!
Mike
I thought that it didn't stand for Shelby...heck he would have had his name all over it and sued folks for copying it if it had been his. Ironically he DID copy it for his own wheel company many years ago.
The story with the 200-S wheels is that they would break under severe loading on the fronts and this cost Ford a couple of races. They switched to Minilites and the problem was gone. If you look around you'll find some photos of the 69' Bud Moore cars with Minilites on the fronts with the 200-S's on the rears. Later they ran Minilites all around and stuck with them for 1970. I've heard that Mark Donohue knew that the Minilites were a stronger and proven wheel so he ran them starting in 69'. For 1970 he tried to use only 4 lug nuts on the Javelin (faster pit stops) but the SCCA made him change them back to 5 lug. Those very wheels are on a bunch of cars out there right now! You can see where they plugged the lug holes and re-drilled em!
Mike
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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros
« on: March 31, 2011, 06:47:38 PM »
Can you guys answer a question for me? I was told that in the name of the wheel American 200S, the S stands for Shelby...is that true?
Mike Camicia
Mike Camicia