[Spridgets] roll bars

[Jack Laird]

You just did not wait long enough, Jeff rolled a bugeye on the track.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 4:26 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] roll bars


>I posted this to the British Car Forum for a giggle, but I'm getting no
> responses.  So lets try the ultimate font of Spridget knowledge:
>
> I'm in the process of installing a roll bar in Bugsy. I'm bolting it in 
> rather
> that welding. This is the type of bar that is supported by large steel 
> "feet"
> at the end of short angled legs that attach to the main hoop, bolted atop 
> the
> wheel wells. The hoop legs end on the shelf just above the floor. Large
> backing plates will be used beneath each attachment point.
>
> Has anyone had experience with a roll bar that actually got rolled? Did it
> fail? How did it fail?
> (more paranoia ahead of the Missouri drive next year)
>
> Thanks,
> Glen Byrns
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