1967 El Camino roll bar

HandOverFist · 07-21-2015, 12:54 PM

Quick question - What is the normal procedure for installing a roll bar in a '67 El Camino for Stock Eliminator? To be more precise, what does one do for the rear support bars? I'm guessing a Lexan back window. Yeah, I've lost my mind hehe...

Dragsinger · 07-21-2015, 05:47 PM

Hand,

I "think" you are correct about Lexan or equivalent rear glass The rear glass we installed in the Super 10 came from S & W. It only required very slight trimming to fit perfectly.

Scroll the last page or two of Super 10 pages and you will see how we sent the upper bars high as possible. Allowed glass to saddle around just right.

HandOverFist · 07-21-2015, 07:30 PM

If I read the regs correctly I can install a cage without the rear bars in a steel bodied pickup...that would be great.

SSDiv6 · 07-21-2015, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by HandOverFist

If I read the regs correctly I can install a cage without the rear bars in a steel bodied pickup...that would be great.

I believe the 1967 El Camino is a full frame chassis, therefore, you can weld the main hoop and all other tubes directly to the chassis.

You should contact Mark Faul; he races an El Camino in Stock Eliminator.

Travis Miller · 07-28-2015, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by HandOverFist

Quick question - What is the normal procedure for installing a roll bar in a '67 El Camino for Stock Eliminator? To be more precise, what does one do for the rear support bars? I'm guessing a Lexan back window. Yeah, I've lost my mind hehe...

Lexan or plexiglass is allowed for the rear window in a pickup in Stock eliminator which has rear bars on the rollbar/rollcage. There is a way to get by without rear bars. A rollcage meeting the complete 25.4 SFI spec which includes the funnycar cage does not have to have the rear bars. Whichever rollbar/rollcage set up is used, it must go through the floor and attach to the frame on any factory full framed vehicle.

HandOverFist · 07-28-2015, 10:25 AM

In the process of obtaining those SFI specs/illustrations right now to see if it is a viable effort.

cad · 10-04-2015, 04:46 PM

On my buddy's El Camino, we went above the rear window and partially through the rear window trim, as we wanted the hoop to be as high as possible. It turned out very nice.
Sorry if 67 if completely different than a 65...

HandOverFist · 10-04-2015, 07:49 PM

Sorry guys - I should have updated this thread long ago. Roll bar is off the burner as this one is going to remain on the street for now.

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HandOverFist VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL Posts: 1,655 Likes: 8 Liked 33 Times in 16 Posts	1967 El Camino roll bar Quick question - What is the normal procedure for installing a roll bar in a '67 El Camino for Stock Eliminator? To be more precise, what does one do for the rear support bars? I'm guessing a Lexan back window. Yeah, I've lost my mind hehe... __________________ Rich Taylor I/SA - 321 Last edited by HandOverFist; 07-21-2015 at 01:18 PM.

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Dragsinger VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Liberty City [East Texas] Posts: 1,759 Likes: 5 Liked 99 Times in 60 Posts	Re: 1967 El Camino roll bar Hand, I "think" you are correct about Lexan or equivalent rear glass The rear glass we installed in the Super 10 came from S & W. It only required very slight trimming to fit perfectly. Scroll the last page or two of Super 10 pages and you will see how we sent the upper bars high as possible. Allowed glass to saddle around just right. __________________ Larry Woodfin 471W

07-21-2015, 07:30 PM	#3
HandOverFist VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL Posts: 1,655 Likes: 8 Liked 33 Times in 16 Posts	Re: 1967 El Camino roll bar If I read the regs correctly I can install a cage without the rear bars in a steel bodied pickup...that would be great. __________________ Rich Taylor I/SA - 321

07-28-2015, 10:25 AM	#6
HandOverFist VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL Posts: 1,655 Likes: 8 Liked 33 Times in 16 Posts	Re: 1967 El Camino roll bar In the process of obtaining those SFI specs/illustrations right now to see if it is a viable effort. __________________ Rich Taylor I/SA - 321

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cad Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 673 Likes: 141 Liked 72 Times in 40 Posts	Re: 1967 El Camino roll bar On my buddy's El Camino, we went above the rear window and partially through the rear window trim, as we wanted the hoop to be as high as possible. It turned out very nice. Sorry if 67 if completely different than a 65...

10-04-2015, 07:49 PM	#8
HandOverFist VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL Posts: 1,655 Likes: 8 Liked 33 Times in 16 Posts	Re: 1967 El Camino roll bar Sorry guys - I should have updated this thread long ago. Roll bar is off the burner as this one is going to remain on the street for now. __________________ Rich Taylor I/SA - 321