Some people's children, I swear.....

[beanhead]

Today after work I made a run to the store for supplies in the '68.
Afterwards as I approached my car two guys were checking it out and I heard one of them say, "only an idiot puts slapper bars on a Mopar...."
I replied, "those are my mufflers dipshit..."

 

[Kern Dog]

He is a half idiot!
I don't see the reasoning behind traction/slapper bars on an A-B or E body either. I've seen some guys that have them on their cars even though they seem smart otherwise.

I took this one of your car at least 8 years ago at the San Joaquin Valley Mopars show.

I like the look of the black wheels and hood.

 

[beanhead]

Ya dude! Back when I was running the steelies and RWL tires. I'm always changing stuff up, plus those things were like driving on ice!

I wouldn't put slappers on my car either but the fact that this meathead couldn't tell the difference between that and my maybe-a-little-low-hanging mufflers is what got me. Well, that and the 'idiot' part...

 

[MarPar]

 

[Cranky]

Never ran 'slapper bars' but did run 'torque' bars. They seemed to work but it was on a Ferd....

 

[Black_Sheep]

Everyone’s a critic…

It sounds like you handled it appropriately. My favorite comeback is to ask “where is your car?”

That usually shuts them up pretty quickly.

 

[Kern Dog]

I have said that too. Some are so dense, they don’t realize that they have been called out.

 

[eldubb440]

he gets points for knowing what slapper bars are....... the pic is a little deceptive

 

[eldubb440]

had em on my AMX........love the look

 

[Dave6T4]

Slapper Bars = Camaro

 

[kiwigtx]

This one time, at drag camp.... I clamped the fronts of my leaf springs.

Don't know if it helped much.... but I did run a 13.5 in my GTX ....4-speed 440. Only had 8-pounds in the Hoosiers..... that was a lesson rectified quickly. About as loose in the rear end as a Kardashian..... pumped 'em up to 13 for the following rounds.

 

[BDF6]

I sure missed this site & (most of) its member's (the people, not 'schlongs' Kern Dog) humor!

 

[Runner 68]

Cal Tracs baby.

 

[Nxcoupe]

I had lakewood slappers on my 68 camaro and a couple others to stop wheelhop and they worked. Never had them or needed them on a mopar, as my 6 pack roadrunner hooked and went pretty well on the street.

 

[Cranky]

I have said that too. Some are so dense, they don’t realize that they have been called out.

How many would show you that you called them out lol

Slapper Bars = Camaro

Ford too. My room mate had them on his 65 Fasback Mustang and they seemed to work well plus I like the way they planted the rear end.

I had lakewood slappers on my 68 camaro and a couple others to stop wheelhop and they worked. Never had them or needed them on a mopar, as my 6 pack roadrunner hooked and went pretty well on the street.

Never drove a 1st gen Camaro that didn't suffer from wheel hop. The first time I dumped the clutch in one, the WH was so bad that I thought something broke!

 

[Budnicks]

You educated them well

 

[not so famous bob]

You educated them well

after reading these posts bad mouthing slapper bars ,(never had any myself) , was a guy in broken Arrow , Okla. had them on a duster , he won so much he got tired of racing and quit !!!

 

[Budnicks]

I had slapper bars 'Lakewood' adjustable traction bars
on a 68 Charger R/T, yep
had worn out HD leaf's, it was a Super Shops, cheap fix ($100 maybe 1976-77)

(the adj. pinion snubber I bought, wouldn't fit, without lifting the car, & it rode
on the thing constantly on the lowest settings, banging against the floor constantly)

for a broke a-- teenager
& at 15-16 y/o I liked the looks, it did what it was supposed to do too
kept it from wheel hopping my Pro-trac N50 15's on Crager 15x10''s in the rear
tucked under the fenders
& I did have a gap in the adjustable bumper, w/proper pinion angles (shims added)

Traction Bars, it worked well, the style I had
not just the typical slapper-bars, like cheap a-- Grand Auto GM crap

took them off when I got new HD springs, a few years latter,
several gear changes, engines & trans combos later

never had an issue with either, won many of my share of street races
had great traction & never a wheel-hop in site

 

[beanhead]

after reading these posts bad mouthing slapper bars ,(never had any myself) , was a guy in broken Arrow , Okla. had them on a duster , he won so much he got tired of racing and quit !!!

Cool! Though my original point wasn't to start a traction bar bash, but to point out the meathead that didn't bother look a little closer so he could see they were actually my ultra-flows before making negative comments...

 

[hunt2elk]

Funny, back in high school in the early 80's, we all bolted traction bars on our old junk. Didn't know any better at the time of course that they weren't needed on a Mopar. But all the cool guys had them, so I had to as well, lol.