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Old 09-14-2011, 12:21 PM
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Ok guys I finally have some pictures and a real update.

I wanted to stiffen the car with a bar for track time and auto-x. DSE sells the main hoop, cross bar and rear down bars as a kit. They however do not sell the forward portion of the bar like the one in their 70 test car due to the age of the cars and body variations. This meant that I would have to do this part myself.

Since I don't have the equipment to bend 1 5/8 DOM tubing, and I'm also not a TIG welder and don't have a tig, I contracted Bell's Chassis here in north Georgia to build it to my specs. A life long buddy of mine owns and operates a machine shop, so we turned and milled a pair of heavy steel bolt together fittings for where the bar comes through the firewall. After that I left the mocked-up car with Joey Bell for a few weeks. Man do they do nice work, and it came out exactly as planned.











All in all it came out really tight, nice and how I envisioned.
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1973 Camaro - Fast burn 385, baer, hotchkis, hydraboost, 700r4, vintage wheelworks v-45s, finished 2007
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