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Quote from: SFM66H on January 05, 2019, 06:43:57 PMNote the ground off/modified bolt heads on both of 6S030's original traction bars. (GREAT photos Ruben!)Then read this 1966 story from Bill Kolb Jr., when he was working at Larsen Ford (White Plains, New York) about the same issue they were encountering with the override traction bars on the Hertz cars:Believe removing and using a lathe is much more advance engineering than the typical example we find
Note the ground off/modified bolt heads on both of 6S030's original traction bars. (GREAT photos Ruben!)Then read this 1966 story from Bill Kolb Jr., when he was working at Larsen Ford (White Plains, New York) about the same issue they were encountering with the override traction bars on the Hertz cars:
Quote from: J_Speegle on January 05, 2019, 08:11:46 PMQuote from: SFM66H on January 05, 2019, 06:43:57 PMNote the ground off/modified bolt heads on both of 6S030's original traction bars. (GREAT photos Ruben!)Then read this 1966 story from Bill Kolb Jr., when he was working at Larsen Ford (White Plains, New York) about the same issue they were encountering with the override traction bars on the Hertz cars:Believe removing and using a lathe is much more advance engineering than the typical example we find+1. Crude to say in the least.
As far as being random - maybe the wrong word. Maybe its better to state at this time that not all of those cars received the wrap. "Random seems to suggest only a few or less than fifty percent."Since the 65 / 66 production seems to be a series of running changes as feedback from the fielded cars worked it's way back to SAI and I don't think it's logical that a line worker would institute an additional modification on their own. It would be interesting if someone like Chuck Cantwell or another person very involved in the production could recall when & why this was introduced for a short time of the override bar production ?I wondered if when they had to pull the brake line away from the axle housing to allow a gap for the axle bracket to be welded, and then push it back close to the housing they noticed the risk of the 2 parts rubbing, and then later determined it was unneccessary?Or the decision to change to underride bars, they knew it wouldn't be needed soon.Theory's that beg knowledgeable input regards,jim p
6s007 & 6s018 both had remnants of wrap