[Roadsters] Rollbars and Harnesses

[Steve Jacobson]

AND a too short bar WITH shoulder harnesses means you are trapped upright with your head above the headlight to bar line with no way to lay, flop or get smooshed out of the way when the car flips and/or slides.  Your head just gets ground/snapped off to the plane of the line.

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> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Rollbar and Ragtop: Can I have it
> all?
> 
> 
> You all probably know my opinion on the whole rollbar deal
> but I'll share it
> again anyway.  The rollbar needs to be tall enough so that
> when a line is
> drawn from the roll bar to the front of the car where it
> will hit the
> ground, the drivers head will be 2" below the line. 
> For a roadster that
> means the roll bar needs to be much taller than will fit
> under a top.
> Anything less than that will provide no protection (ZERO)
> to the driver or
> passenger.  It is only for vanity at that point.  My advice
> is to leave the
> rollbar out and operate the top easily.
> 
> Andy
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