Crap. If I drive out of here Friday night, I get there around 4:30am. I wish it was on Sunday. Typically I leave at 3:00pm on Sunday and I'm back here by 9:30pm.

We will see.


B

Spec Boxster update @2:00pm Wed, October 25th. Tony is done with the cage!.... He is now finishing the paint on it and the last welding of the backing plates for the race harnesses.

I pick the car up at 5pm.

TC Design ROCKS!!!!!

Bill P.

He always has. The kid's got mad skillz. I really enjoyed working around him when we were up north.

I wonder if he still wants to open a restaraunt?


B

Yes, he has been the best guy I have worked with in the Porsche race car fabrication/repair biz. Honest, realistic and does work effeciently and cost effectively.

I'm dying here.. anyone else want to see what the cage looks like as bad as I do..LOL


B

pics! pics! pics!

I dont think Bill has a camera phone


B

Grant, please go shoot some pics for us

Grant is down there now (I can see it in my Porsche crystal ball) he has his hands in his pockets... he is playing pocket pool... and winning...LOL

Bill is playing on the new jungle gym of bars... he is now busting it around Tony's building..



B

I'm not going to stop posting until Bill posts some pics..LOL

Wait.. I have to leave work now.


B

I'm still stuck at work, so I'll keep pestering here for pics

Its like knowing that your SO has a great body, but all you do is talk about it!

Dang Bill it's 5:19 Pac time wheres the pictures

Clearly you have no appreciation for SF Bay Area traffic at commute hour. Bill will be lucky to get home by 6 PM.

He should be sitting in traffic on 880 right now.. near the San Jose Airport..LOL

(Porsche crystal ball)


B

Ha ha.. proof that I didnt know Grant had posted (post times are the same)


B

OK. I'm home.. where are the pics?? Damn..


B

I have had to rewrite this post fout times now.

Joke = It was in fun - jest, sorry to f-up your day three time zones away.

come on guys... PICS!!!


(I'm still in the office )

Ok...I just got home...it's 7:19pm....

A little thing about Doris and I going out for a quick bite to eat.

The cage is AWESOME!!!!

Get this....you know how most other spec cars have the end caps of the dash cut....not Tony...

You know how some cages you can see from the street in the A pillars and make you feel claustrophobic?.....not Tony...

And you know how some bars go through the AC directional vents?...not Tony...The vents are left stock...I may even be able to use flex hose and still make the AC run through the side vents as well, not just the center vents. Totally trick!

GT3 style X bracing in the main hoop and in the attachment points behind the motor, yet there is no blocking of rearward visibility. And he moded the hard top and radiused the bends of the cage to match the hard top contour. You cannot see the upper halo while looking at the car from the side.

Do you guys really want pics now? It's dark and I'll have to unload and take pics in the dark....I still need to clean up the garage to fit the car in it....

Oh...and did I mention that all of the cage was TIG welded....no MIG on the thing...

This thing is a work of art!

Bill P.

KT

i've got a hard-on for this car already.

Maybe Doris should have named the car "Woody".....

Bill P.

you mean to tell me he didn't cut that beautiful full leather dash?

Sounds great Bill....looking forward to seeing it on Saturday.

Did you sign up for tech?

Or are you just winging it?

It would be great for you and Randal to show up and give me and Trek a hand setting up the course. We have too many rookies in the set up crew yet again....

Hi Dan,

I am confirmed on tech. I believe Randal didn't get a worker assignment. I can help layout the course until we get enough cars showing up to start the teching...

Bill P.

I will be there to help Dan.

I'm sure he has a whole portfolio of roll cage shots by now...

Stop taunting us!!


KT

Thanks Randal

latest course layout....basically the same course with less cones and a couple of areas of fine tuning.

Come.. on.. the camera has a flash. Just stick it in the car

I just hope he didnt go in front of the dash with the bars


B

This has me confused??

Did he run the knee bar WAY up on the A pillar bars? High enough to block the center vents?


B

Okay...okay...geez....I pulled the car out and started snapping away....

side view...the bars are hidden...

rear view....x brace

driver's side....where's the roll cage?

passenger intrusion x brace...

sick

very nice.

A pillar....notice how close to the A pillar the bar is...the AC grill is untouched and sides are not butchered...

Let's go inside and see all the custom bends on a hand built cage....notice how Tony snugged everything up to the top...and the latch is free and clear!

Continuing the tour....

All the points meet up...

and the rear mounts...

Here's the trick part....the knee bar is up behind the lower dash pad, but he did not trim the lower pad. It fits perfectly between the back of where the CD player used to be and in front of the AC/fresh air diverter. I definitely can use some flexible hose to the outer vents if I choose to....don't know if I will but I may....

Take a look....

Now you got the beat!!


KT

My knee bar is the same height, but your A pillar bars are farther forward by 3/4 of an inch or so. I didnt want to relocate the fuse panel. I totally see why he didnt cut the dash.. and now I'm wondering why we cut the black car!! The black car has the el cheapo dash in it so it really didnt matter.

I like it. Looks great. I also like the lopsided door X.

Cant wait to see it with the top off.


B

When we spoke on the phone he asked me about cutting the stock top. I told him to go for it!. I see what he did now. He cut the top back for the A pillar bars. This allowed him to move them out farther away from the drivers head


B

Yeah...next time you are around you'll have to sit in it. The cage doesn't feel like it's right next to you. It feels comfortable.

I've got to get that quick release on the steering column ASAP. I almost broke my back getting in the car when unloading from the trailer. The window opening is much smaller than the 911.

Don't forget to feed me the alignment settings...

Bill P.

booyaah!
Tony did an excellent job
really trick how he did the extra diagonal braces on the front hoop
and the way the dash fits
looks like it was designed and installed at the factory

one question...
when you're sitting in the car, how's the head clearance to the top front bar?

If you take the top off Bill someone is going to arrest you. That is way sexy.



Tony is really a wonderful fabricator and what is even better is that he does what he says. My vote for vendor of the year!

Any seconds?

The weight of materials for the cage came to 85lbs.....

Bill P.