[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

I have photos of the internals too.

Mike

Mike -

I wouldn't mind seeing photos of the internals, if you would like to post them here or elsewhere.

K

[amcmike]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Mike -

I wouldn't mind seeing photos of the internals, if you would like to post them here or elsewhere.

K

Me too. Love to see what the guts of these things look like.

[MikeNoun]

Internals of the 1967-1969 cocktail shaker. Weight is 22.5 pounds each, so that's an extra 45 lbs in back, 45 lbs. in front. The center piece is cast iron and very heavy.

I knew a guy that setup a street/strip Firebird convertible. He cut the front shakers open and removed the guts. He cut open the rears and replaced the cast iron piece and spring setup (and fluid) with heavy 50 lb steel weights, then welded them back together, adding 100 lbs of weight in the rear.





Mike

[amcmike]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

Internals of the 1967-1969 cocktail shaker. Weight is 22.5 pounds each, so that's an extra 45 lbs in back, 45 lbs. in front. The center piece is cast iron and very heavy.

I knew a guy that setup a street/strip Firebird convertible. He cut the front shakers open and removed the guts. He cut open the rears and replaced the cast iron piece and spring setup (and fluid) with heavy 50 lb steel weights, then welded them back together, adding 100 lbs of weight in the rear.

Was it a F.A.S.T. car, or did he just like to keep it looking stock? Hope he added subframe connectors, and solid body bushings.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

Internals of the 1967-1969 cocktail shaker. Weight is 22.5 pounds each, so that's an extra 45 lbs in back, 45 lbs. in front. The center piece is cast iron and very heavy.

Thank you; it looks like a simple spring/mass system, probably tuned to a specific natural frequency with the spring force supplemented by the internal fluid.

K