Eric,
Cutting off the roof is a pretty cool deal. My next CP car....if there
ever is one will be built this way. That said there are tricks that
I have seen builders like Charlie Clark use that allow them to get
a weld all of the way around every tube. We did on my car.
Rocky's suggestion about welding the cage to roof is a great
idea, by the way. If the rules you are dealing with allow it, weld
the cage to the roof, pillars, firewall....everywhere.
Scott Peterson
CP 17
-----Original Message-----
From: Linnhoff, Eric <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>
To: 'autox' <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, June 06, 2002 1:21 PM
Subject: Welding roll cages
>Howdy all from the decently weathered Midwest.
>
>This question goes out to all who have ever welded a complete roll cage
into
>a closed cockpit car. How on earth does one weld around the very top of
the
>cage tube junctions where it almost, if it doesn't, touch the roof and
>pillars? One can't honestly tell me that every cage out there in SCCA land
>has full circumference welds on _every_ junction. I know 'cuz I've looked
>at a lot of them.
>
>And please don't tell me to cut the roof off, though that might almost be
>easier. ;^)
>
>Eric Linnhoff in KC
>#69 STS
>'98 Dodge Neon (see-dan)
>www.geocities.com/eric10mm/KnuckleDragger.html
>
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