MONTANA CROSS-COUNTRY 'T' ASSOCIATION, INC.

General Rules and Regulations for 1967

  1. Not more than two people per car at any time as a driver or assistant. More than two people can be participants with any one car but no more than two working on it at any one time during the race, including coffee stops.
  2. No outside help allowed while under time on road. Driver guilty of either above will be penalized one hour.
  3. Route will be posted and marked as deemed advisable.
  4. Last day of race scheduled to end at noon in order to have time for teardown inspection, meeting etc.
  5. Sponsors and advertising optional.
  6. Club will furnish braided seal wire, each driver will be expected to put the wire in place so it may be sealed.
  7. Drill left hand front head bolt, second or third large pan, and first or second small pan bolt.
  8. Removal of head or pan will impose a time penalty of 2 hours unless you are under the time clock. Removal of head or pan should be reported to the Judges by anyone knowing of such being done.
  9. No replacement of complete engine allowed. Penalty for such being done is disqualification.
  10. Other repairs during timeout stops, no penalty.
  11. Disabled cars may be trailered and will receive slow time plus ten minute time penalty. Please report to Timer as soon as possible.
  12. Citation by law will constitute a time penalty of one hour
  13. First three cars placing will be torn down for inspection by five appointed inspectors, with the fourth being available for inspection.
  14. Any car disqualified, the owner becomes responsible for reassembly.
  15. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ALLOWED IN COMPETING CARS. THIS IS A MUST AND ANYONE GUILTY OF AN INFRACTION WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.

BODY AND CHASSIS REQUIREMENTS

All Model "T's" must be Stock with the Following Exceptions:

  1. Some type of substantially built box or turtle deck required on roadsters and pickups.
  2. Only Model "T" wire or wooden spoke or disc wheels allowed.
  3. Only 4:40-4:50/21, 30x3 or 30x3 1/2 tires allowed.
  4. Rebuilt radiators allowed. Must be built to stock dimensions including tanks and side brackets.
  5. Windshields, must be stock for year of car. No altering of posts. Must have safety sheet or safety plate glass, top and bottom windshields, to be closed completely and sealed for race.
  6. Only model "T" rear end, axles and standard eleven tooth pinion, and forty tooth ring gear allowed. Bronze thrust washers also allowed.
  7. Gas tank of not more than ten gallon capacity.
  8. Complete set of floor boards required, in place.
  9. Complete stock exhaust system required including Model "T" muffler.
  10. Emergency brakes must be in working condition.
  11. Bolts on wishbone at rear of pan must be safety wired.
  12. Ruckstell axles must be disconnected while under time.
  13. Cars must be licensed, Pioneer or regular.

    INFRACTION OF ANY OF THE ABOVE RULES WILL BE CAUSE FOR DISQUALIFICATION

  14. One or more stop lights in working order required.
  15. Model "T" type headlights in working order required, (sealed beam allowed).
  16. Horn of any type in working order required.
  17. The name of the owner or driver and his hometown shall be on both the right and left hand sides of the car, in block or script, at least three inches in height, any color, on the car itself or an attached sign
  18. Rear view mirror of any type required.

THERE WILL BE A FIFTEEN MINUTE TIME PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY OF RULES 14 THROUGH 18.

  1. Shock absorbers are optional
  2. Zerk fittings in place of oil cups are O.K.
  3. Gas tank must be located in proper location for year of body.
  4. Padded seat cushions and back rest of any type required.
  5. Hoods are not required.
  6. Body paint color optional.

MODEL "T" ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY MUST BE STOCK WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:

  1. Reboring of cylinders not to exceed sixty-thousandths oversize.
  2. No limit on amount of milling of block and/or head.
  3. Cast iron or aluminum pistons of stock Model "T" type required.
  4. Full set of piston rings required.
  5. Stock model "T" camshaft with no modifications..
  6. Only standard size valve heads and forty-five degree valves and seats allowed, pin or two piece keepers optional.
  7. No air holes allowed in manifold, must be plugged if present.
  8. The use of stock aluminum manifold is allowed.
  9. No grinding of the intake or exhaust manifolds or of the ports allowed.
  10. Chroming of crankshaft optional.
  11. No oversize journals on crankshaft allowed.
  12. No counterbalanced crankshaft allowed.
  13. Drilling of rod caps and use of dippers optional.
  14. Type of Fourth main is optional.
  15. All transmission bands must be in working order, bonded type optional.
  16. No boring of carburetors or of seats and needle valves. Carburetors must be stock, can be interchanged among years, Kingston, Holley, or Ford, and complete, including choke butterfly. Not more than three qualified carburetors allowed in possession.
  17. Gas strainers allowed.
  18. Only one outside oil line, not more than one-half inch outside diameter allowed, no modifications to inside oiling system allowed.
  19. Only stock Ford roller type or New Day or Anderson, flapper type timers allowed. No ball bearing rollers.
  20. Heat or temperature gauges optional.
  21. Design and use of water pump optional.
  22. V type belt optional.

THE PENALTY FOR INFRACTION OF ANY OF THE ABOVE RULES IS DISQUALIFICATION.

(end of rules)

The above letter was sent out as a rule clarification. This year the rules say all model T's must be stock. First year of bronze thrust washers in rear end. Reground cam no longer allowed. This year you must have a stock muffler. Gauge is finally spelled correctly. If you have a stock super-charger, this is the year you can finally run it..