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Old 06-06-2006, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra.au
From what I am lead to believe is that you should be able to get a string line to be 2" above your head when stretched from the top of your roll bar to the highest front structural point of the car.
Yep, that makes sense. Flipped over, you would very quickly smash/wear away the fibreglass front guards. It would only stop when it got to chassis/engine. And I don't want to think about what would happen if it continued to roll over.

A lot of GT40's have the same problem, no roll bar. Fibreglass roof wouldn't provide much protection at all. Even my GT40 doesn't have a roll bar.

I personally don't like the look of a big full hoop roll bar that goes the width of the car. But thay is definitely the safest way to go.

I think Harrison are the easiest to fit when it comes to structural drivers and passenger roll bars.

Classic Revival are not quite as easy, but still doable.

When you get to DRB's etc, it gets painfully difficult. Not real familiar with the newer models, but assume they are the same.
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