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 gasser events with it.
But check out those badass ladder bars...!!!

Scott


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Bttt

 

Austin Somerset...current Gasser 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 BoobieTrap.

Enjoy;

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

Long live ladder bars!


BloodyKnuckles

 

That is a really good call on the safety loop!

 

I forgot about that one, good stuff there.