I went to a plumbing supply and they had an 1 1/2 pad that had adhesive on both
sides of the split. you put it on, peel off the plastic cover and viola!! no
need to wrap!! I did have to use a bit of tape where the back braces come into
the main bar. It all fits under the hood. This is a 65 so it is a stick
arrangement, I don't know if this would have worked in the 68 with the attached
hood frame...........
Bob Spruce wrote:
> Brad:
> I personally think that using ty-wraps on the standard roll bar padding
> shows no class. Many of the cars I race with have this arrangement, thought,
> since it's an easy fix and most of these guys aren't as interested in looks
> as they are in speed and weight. I just don't like the "lumpy" look.
> Although I have roll bar padding only in the areas my head or other parts of
> my anatomy could come in contact with the bar, I have wrapped it in black
> electrical tape. It looks smooth, has consistent color, matches the black
> paint on the exposed parts of the bar, and finishes off any gaps left by the
> cuts at the intersections. A parts car I once had was equipped with a roll
> bar that had a leather covering on it, like a stitch-on steering wheel
> cover, but it, too, looked tacky.
> Are you sure the hood will fit over the bar with roll bar padding on it?
> It's a pretty close fit at the top and at the sides where the bows hinge to
> the body. The sections of padding you can get from the race shops have the
> internal hole off center so you can put the thin side where there is
> interference and the thick side where your head is. They also now come in
> colors.
>
> Bob
>
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