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Here it is--link to picture / rollbar cover idea?

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snowman23

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My rear end and transmission are fixed.

My interior was redone last fall.

The roll bar went in last week.

http://jwracing-fab.com/gallery/main.php/v/customers/Mike+Nimons+017.jpg.html


I cannot wait for the nice weather!!!!!!!

And being that nothing is ever "done" I am thinking about making a custom cover for the roll bar. Any suggestions on what or how to do it myself? Either that or I may have the place that did the seats whip me up a little something.
 

S&B

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you plan on rollling over?
 
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lang williams

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I don't know if it just the picture angle or what but that roll bar looks pretty high to me. the two tone seats look nice.
 

stykthyn

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I dont know why, but that pic puts me in the mood for BBQ chicken. maybe it's cause I was already in the mood for BBQ chicken. S&B, lets go get some damn chicken.
 

snowman23

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S&B said:
you plan on rollling over?
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I don't plan on it, but I didn't plan on getting hit head on this past January either. With 2 kids often back there, I thought some (even just a little) protection was better than nothing.
 

snowman23

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lang williams said:
I don't know if it just the picture angle or what but that roll bar looks pretty high to me. the two tone seats look nice.
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The angle of the pic does make it look higher than it does in person. I thought the same thing at first, but it is in line with the top of the windshield and allows easy back seat entry so I am happy.

Thanks about the seats, I love the way they came out too, they were done custom from two rolls of vinyl...
 

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stykthyn said:
I dont know why, but that pic puts me in the mood for BBQ chicken. maybe it's cause I was already in the mood for BBQ chicken. S&B, lets go get some damn chicken.
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I don't even know what to say to that
 

S&B

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say

LETS GEt some BBQ BROTHA!!!!!!!!
 
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UUMMMMMM BBQ
 

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Yeah lets have some bbq chicken


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGrqW3nx5HM
 

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ALL DONE

Well I figured since I asked for a great deal of advice on so many subjects here, I had to post my bad news.

After these pics were posted, I had the side supports of the roll bar re-bent and re-welded along the inside of the rear panels (so they were not visible from the outside). I padded the bar, covered it in rollbar rapz (from summit racing), and then installed a new stereo system in June.

Last Thursday, while cruising to take my five year old daughter and wife out for ice cream, I was stopped to make a left turn. A kid in an SUV rear ended us. The roll bar kept the back seat intact. My daughter did not have a scratch or any soreness at all. (She did get out and see the car and then yell at the kid "Look what you did to our Mustang!" )

The car is totalled, but we are all ok and that is ALL THAT MATTERS! I am thinking this will be it for me and foxes, the next one will probably be a newer hard top. We shall see. Thanks to all those who gave advice that helped this to be one unbelievably enjoyable car to have owned.
 

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sorry to hear that man, atleast everyones ok
 
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Good to hear you are all fine. Also good to hear nobody hit there head on the bar...
 
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wow...im so sorry to hear that... glad you guys are all okay... sounds like the bar was a good investment after all
 

snowman23

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iwashmycar said:
wow...im so sorry to hear that... glad you guys are all okay... sounds like the bar was a good investment after all
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Arguably the best money I spent on the car. 3 different body guys that looked at the car said that the bar undoubtedly made a huge difference in how the car "crunched" around the back seat and saved my little one from injury. I am so disgusted that five years of $ and hard work are gone b/c of one guy's mistake, but I can buy another car... I cannot even begin to express the relief I feel that we all were able to walk away, especially my daughter!!!!!!!
 

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Call me crazy, but I had thought about a roll bar /cage for my notch, it's a weekend cruiser, no one is ever in the back seat, is there a bolt in version available?
 

snowman23

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The one that i had was a bolt in. It was bolted through the floor with backing plates under the car and again through the frame in the trunk.
 

5.0Droptop

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Did someone say BBQ Chicken??? mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm
 
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