Traction bars - Page 14

C1SS396 · #1 02-24-2013, 05:04 AM

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=1sONf...%3D1sONfxPCTU0

**whitetop** · #2 02-24-2013, 01:51 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: wheelhop</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This post is getting too political for me. </div></div>

Same here, I go to this thread to cheer me up (not safe for work, chillun or wives/gf's present lol)

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...61&page=14

Hemicolt · #3 02-24-2013, 03:38 PM

The original thread was started about traction bars on 12/04/11. It took until 02/14/13 to get to 8 pages and that is were I made the comment about the Nova being one of the best Day 2 cars ever.
It's only took 10 days to add 6 more pages and we haven't really talked about traction bars.
We have went from Day 2 being discussed as real or cloned, becoming unaffiliated from all of this, a quote from "Throw Momma from the Train", one member throwing all of his parts away, a new politically correct term for Day 2, a parallel between which is more important..the people who lived history or the historian for working his tale off to bring it all back, all this being called "to political"..lol, PBR,weed and bad movies, Dave...IMO... getting it right by pointing out the pedigree doesn't matter with this tangent of the car hobby, and finally...a thread with shots of some of the best Day 2 rears I have ever seen.

If we haven't solved anything, I think we have all proven we are guilty of being A.D.D. and not afraid to take a thread down a dirt road in record time.

**Salvatore** · #4 02-24-2013, 06:01 PM

Hemicolt....our new Editor and Chief. Sums the whole thread up. it does not take much to get our motors running!

**scuncio** · #5 03-10-2013, 10:43 PM

Can you guys ID these traction bars for me? Guy I bought them from told me they are Lakewoods from the mid-1970s. Thanks!

**whitetop** · #6 03-10-2013, 11:19 PM

Yep Lakewoods-"Traction Action" series with the competition j-bolt set up. Early 70's-you can tell by long tail on the rear and they still have the rear spring clamps on the rear. The length of the bar on the ones in the mid 70's ended right after the axle pad.

Fit 67-69 Camaro, 68-74 ish Nova etc.

**Salvatore** · #7 03-10-2013, 11:27 PM

Good bars Tony. Tough to find especially with the hardware.

**scuncio** · #8 03-10-2013, 11:27 PM

Thanks! This guy evidently had them on a 68 Camaro. What do you mean by the 'competition' j-bolt?

**Salvatore** · #9 03-10-2013, 11:31 PM

The "J" bolts are the big bolts that go from the axle pad to the heavy "U" bolts underneath. Many leave them off on the street but shouldn't IMO. That is the Lakewood trade mark for me.

**scuncio** · #10 03-10-2013, 11:42 PM

Thanks Sam...I recognized the J-bolts but wasn't sure if the 'competition' J-bolt had any significance.