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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wanted: Photos of 1971 Trans-am Camaro owned by Greenwood / Hoffman

« on: June 16, 2013, 08:47:12 PM »

The two frames in the first picture up top were not intended for an F-body Camaro, were they? All the underbody pictures I've seen show that even the raced F-bodies still had individual sub-frames that were not welded together using rail of some sort....which is actually surprising considering how many performance suppliers encourage the installation of "subframe-connectors" for 2nd gen Camaro/Firebird. Wonder why...?

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Chaffey College and Sam Contino

« on: May 22, 2013, 01:29:03 AM »

Thank you for the clarification everyone(not to say it was only for me), this first-person knowledge is invaluable! Especially the info about Panhard vs. Watts linkage....very interesting, and also making me rethink a reason to fabricate a Watts linkage system.

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros

« on: May 21, 2013, 05:12:34 AM »

This website I am citing is great for some really awesome photos(second to this site, of course!)

Here's another quick great shot of these wheels on what I consider a late model: http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1982/Portland-1982-06-13-080a.jpg

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros

« on: May 20, 2013, 08:56:09 PM »

Thank you so much, that's definitely them. Surprised at how hard it is to find them see how many cars used them from vintage racing photos.

Thanks again!

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Chaffey College and Sam Contino

« on: May 20, 2013, 07:04:46 PM »

Is there an advantage to reversing the mounting of the Watts linkage? The Firebird in another thread had the outer mounts mounted to the Axle tubes and the Center mounted to the chassis. http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=7815.msg59952#msg59952

Is there a reason for the reversed mounting methods?

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Wheels used on Trans-Am Camaros

« on: May 20, 2013, 05:26:51 PM »

I know I'm new and don't know much, and it is possible you fellas have no interest in wheels used in the late 70's or 80's, but I had a question and thought someone here ought to know.

I really find these wheels interesting but can't figure out what they are. From this page: http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1980/Trois-Rivieres-1980-08-24t-010.jpg



I was wondering who made them?
What are they?
What's their composition?
Would they be safe to use on the street and/or track now?

Thank you very much

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Pontiac Trans am info?

« on: July 22, 2012, 05:24:11 AM »

AWESOME! Thank you guys so much!
This history is absolutely amazing, I love it! I wish we had this kind of factory-involvement today!

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Pontiac Trans am info?

« on: July 22, 2012, 02:30:46 AM »

That is helpful enough as it is! Thank you so much!

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=7815.msg66305#msg66305

A little more info than I previously saw! Thanks again.


Could anyone identify what kind of wheels those are, they look so mean! haha 

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Trans-Am Camaros / Pontiac Trans am info?

« on: July 22, 2012, 01:21:18 AM »

I was wondering if anyone had any info on this specific pontiac-powered Trans Am car that I saw in my issue of HPP.


The caption in the article states:

The Pontiac Special Projects team members pooled their money to buy a ’71 Firebird and turned it into this 303-powered road racer. It was the only Pontiac-engine car to ever win a Trans-Am series race.

I know this isn't a Chevy related question, but I have surfed this site for a few months and am astonished at the amount of detailed knowledge on this site.
I am curious of the history of this car if there is any to tell, and thought if anyone could tell me it, it'd be some of the members here.

Thank you.