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Trunk and Fuel System Details

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Holman Moody's Fireball Roberts Ford Galaxie NASCAR Race Car & Lee Holman's History Lesson!

What happens here

The car's trunk is opened to display its specialized racing features. A fuel vent, equipped with a check ball, is shown, designed to prevent fuel spillage in the event of a rollover. A blower motor, adapted from a regular heater core, functions as a rear-end cooler. Most notably, a 'catch can' fashioned from an old spray paint can is visible, illustrating the ingenuity and resourcefulness of early racing engineers.

Goal: Showcase specialized racing features in the trunk area.

Tools and materials

  • Blower Motor N/A — Used as a rear-end cooler
  • Heater Core N/A — Part of the rear-end cooler
  • Spray Paint Can N/A — Repurposed as a catch can

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yeah cc3 this right here uh it's all it's a vent so when you'd fill it up it would come out and there's a check ball in there and it would pour out the back here so when you knew it was full this is like a primitive uh before they had catch cans they didn't let it dump on pit right yeah jump out the side out the back of it and uh what happens is this is supposed to when you roll the car it's supposed to be a check ball that goes in and seals this so it doesn't just roll and pump you know dump fuel out on the on the track is that a blower for the rear end cooler yes that's exactly what it is that's a that's a blower motor with a with a uh just a regular heater core that they've you know run all the the gear loop through and then that is the catch can which is just an old spray bottle with the top cutoff though they are but it is a spray paint yeah this is great is that original to this car or i don't know if that one's original to this car but i do know that's how they did it these block off plates have that um stamping in them too that's interesting that's a i mean if i were to do one of these cars i don't think i'd ever make a street version it'd just be this this is so cool yeah i love this thing it's awesome i got the fenders riveted on so i could change them easier

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