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> New GT Half Cage, limited availability, build to order
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post Jan 18 2012, 09:21 PM
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Did it look like this?


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post Jan 18 2012, 09:41 PM
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QUOTE(ConeDodger @ Jan 18 2012, 07:21 PM) *
Did it look like this?

Maybe ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Jan 19 2012, 05:29 AM
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Cool! Thanks for posting pix!
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post Jan 19 2012, 08:17 AM
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Cool! Thanks for posting pix!


Hold on now! I'm not sayin' that's Mark, or that that is a GT half-cage being made. I'm just sayin' it looks like Mark and it looks like a GT half-cage. Ya'll draw your own conclusions (IMG:style_emoticons/default/evilgrin.gif)

Mark's a little busy trying to have a life outside of Original Customs and 914World right now... He might have more time if my 240Z would sit, lay down, and roll over when he commanded it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Jan 19 2012, 12:01 PM
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I think that damn Japanese car has contaminated his shop. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Jan 19 2012, 02:54 PM
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I think that damn Japanese car has contaminated his shop. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

He thinks it's a curse... He has two in the shop and neither will run right!
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post Feb 11 2012, 06:18 PM
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Damn, I wish I had seen this thread when the pre-orders were being taken. I really, really, want one of these.
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post Feb 11 2012, 11:20 PM
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Damn, I wish I had seen this thread when the pre-orders were being taken. I really, really, want one of these.


Contact Mark... Very reasonable guy. He will probably hook you up. Just tell him I said building you a half-cage would probably be easier than tuning my 240Z! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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post Mar 8 2012, 02:21 PM
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post Mar 8 2012, 06:39 PM
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post Mar 9 2012, 12:06 AM
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Looks like they tried to lose one of the down-bars. Glad it stayed with the rest. Guess I'll have to do a better job on packaging.
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post Mar 9 2012, 08:01 AM
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Between the plastic wrap and the ties, it stayed, but it came out pretty easy when I broke the tie wrap and wiggled the piece a little.

It looks great!
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post Mar 9 2012, 09:25 AM
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These look fantastic mark!
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post Mar 9 2012, 09:57 AM
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post Mar 23 2012, 02:04 PM
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Mark,

Do you have any pics of your hoop installed in customers cars yet?

Looks rad.
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post Mar 23 2012, 02:50 PM
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Looks really great! Has anyone confirmed if this design would meet SCCA or NASA roll bar requirements for Time Trials or Hillclimbs?

Another thought on improving rigidity, is to add another forward bar that runs along the longitudinal. The trick, I've been told is, tightly clamp the bar to the long, then weld it into place along with the cage.

Don't know if it'd make a difference or not, but thought I'd mention it.

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post Mar 23 2012, 03:16 PM
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post Mar 23 2012, 05:49 PM
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...Has anyone confirmed if this design would meet SCCA or NASA roll bar requirements for Time Trials or Hillclimbs?
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doesn't look like it meets any current SCCA regs.
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post Apr 10 2012, 09:52 AM
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QUOTE(Rand @ Dec 1 2010, 09:20 PM) *

Seems like adding a short tube, elbow to crotch, would make a big difference in that example. The bend with no support is sketchy. Wait, the more I look at that, the more it bugs me. The bend is bad. It would be better to make the side tube straight and connect it lower to the rollbar than bend it like that. Ugh, we are venturing outside best design standards. Bends are for hoops. Tubes between pillars should be straight and triangulate. Hey I'm a poet and don't know it.

Here's what Tony did on my cage. Ignore the temp bracing ...

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Tony does great work.

If you're street driving you're more likely to get bonked on the top bar (back hoop to front hoop) than the front.

My original cage was like yours and there was nothing, in the form of restraints, to keep my head from hitting that back to front top bar. The big racing belts I use would keep your head from going forward and hitting the front hoop, but guessing most don't use the shoulder harnesses on the street as they aren't very comfortable if cinched tight. Most just use the lap belts.

I like the cage I have now in that there is nothing high in the front (you can see) and the side bar is pretty hard to hit even if you try. Of course you might not want to cut your windshield off. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 18 2013, 04:24 PM
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Are you still making these? After taking another look at Erics car I am considering pulling my 3 point bar and going with something like this instead.
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