Thread: FIA Washer Jets
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Old 12-23-2018, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by CompClassics View Post
when the FIA roadsters were updated for the 1965 racing season the valve cover breather system included (2) separate catch cans, one was mounted to the passengers foot box and the other was mounted where the windshield washer bag had once been mounted.

Cannot prove it but I believe the metal catch cans on CSX2345 that are still there were installed by Alan Mann Racing on behalf of Ford and Shelby as they prepared the car for the 1965 European races. They look like they were something like small paint thinner cans or something.
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