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Old 05-06-2002, 06:26 PM
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Default Roll bar

The car you see in the photo above is my personal car. I shortened the roll bar by 6" and the top of my head is approx 2-3" higher than the roll bar. My choice.
Doing more reseach will tell you that we sit in our cars not half way out like the original or most other kits today. You do not look over the top of the windshield and the top of the fiberglass (the body) right behind the driver is as high as the top of your shoulders and that means only your neck and head stick out of the car.
If you have ever been involved with road or circle track racing or have ever rolled a car, you would have determined that you can not sit perfectly straight up when your car is in the process of rolling. Years ago I have raced stock cars, have rolled while doing so and I did not sit up straight when my car (63 chev) was rolling over. This happened to me at over 100mph.
We provide all kits or finished cars with the full heighth roll bars, 6" higher than mine.

Vern, West Coast Cobra's
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