History The Ladder Bar Thread

Let's see 'em! Especially early sixties race cars. Let's try to keep this '65 or older please.

 

Don't know where I found this but it's hard to beat.


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I used 38-39 rear bones. JW

 

Damn, I thought I'd see more response.

 

If it wasn't such a pain to post pics on the HAMB I'd post alot more.

 

My BBC powered '63 Falcon:

 

I guess only Studebakers had looooong bars. Sorry for the quality of the picture. It was taken back in the mid 60's.

 

Here's a current picture of the car.

 

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This is one of my favorites...and it might have me convinced to put fenders on my coupe so I can run some g***er events with it.
But check out those bad*** ladder bars...!!!

Scott


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Bttt

 

Austin Somerset...current G***er build. Just finished them this week and back under the car for the first time.

 

Should work fine, look vintage as well, home made like back in the day, not 1-800! "D

Another thing to consider is a safety loop around the front pivot to prevent the dreaded catapult action, which often leads to the "End-O" action, not good .....

 

Here's a good one I started a while back to get some ideas for the ****ieTrap.

Enjoy;

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=343724&highlight=******knuckles+ladder

Long live ladder bars!


******Knuckles

 

That is a really good call on the safety loop!

 

I forgot about that one, good stuff there.