Title: roll bar?
Post by: jwlott85 on October 16, 2012, 10:33:57 PM
Post by: jwlott85 on October 16, 2012, 10:33:57 PM
anyone ever installed a roll bar or cage in their car? curious to see how it would look, if the rear seats might still be useable etc.
Title: roll bar?
Post by: MY83T on October 16, 2012, 10:55:23 PM
Post by: MY83T on October 16, 2012, 10:55:23 PM
Not my car, but very cool drag car.....with cage.
Title: roll bar?
Post by: Masejoer on October 16, 2012, 11:02:35 PM
Post by: Masejoer on October 16, 2012, 11:02:35 PM
Quote from: jwlott85;400604
if the rear seats might still be useable etc.
There's useable back seats?!
Title: roll bar?
Post by: MY83T on October 16, 2012, 11:10:22 PM
Post by: MY83T on October 16, 2012, 11:10:22 PM
mine were while i was dating my wife back in the day...... got plenty of use! Granted i was younger and more limber then and i have no roll cage either.....
Title: roll bar?
Post by: jwlott85 on October 16, 2012, 11:52:55 PM
Post by: jwlott85 on October 16, 2012, 11:52:55 PM
those pics are so crazy, is that charge tubing to a water to air intercooler? whats ironic is this car is the same color and has the same interior color as mine, and my back seats carry 6' people regularly, granted that im 5'7" lol
Title: roll bar?
Post by: thunderjet302 on October 17, 2012, 12:00:30 AM
Post by: thunderjet302 on October 17, 2012, 12:00:30 AM
Quote from: Seek;400608
There's useable back seats?!
It's like a limo back there compared to our Mustang.
Title: roll bar?
Post by: MY83T on October 17, 2012, 12:32:09 AM
Post by: MY83T on October 17, 2012, 12:32:09 AM
Here is a link to the car.......
http://www.racingjunk.com/Radical-Street-Cars/2770706/1985-Thunderbird.html?imageIndex=24&showSuperSize=true
http://www.racingjunk.com/Radical-Street-Cars/2770706/1985-Thunderbird.html?imageIndex=24&showSuperSize=true
Title: roll bar?
Post by: jwlott85 on October 17, 2012, 01:37:02 AM
Post by: jwlott85 on October 17, 2012, 01:37:02 AM
oh poop i didnt even realise that it was an 85 aswell, just like mine lol, except that ones about 9 seconds faster than mine lol
Title: roll bar?
Post by: lakenheath24 on October 19, 2012, 08:01:15 AM
Post by: lakenheath24 on October 19, 2012, 08:01:15 AM
I put a 6 point in mine. You could put the rear seats back in but the seat back will need modified where the rear suppports go.
http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?29550-Interior-Restoration/page3
http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?29550-Interior-Restoration/page3
Title: roll bar?
Post by: jwlott85 on October 21, 2012, 07:15:11 PM
Post by: jwlott85 on October 21, 2012, 07:15:11 PM
well thats a ways off since i havent figure out how the rear seats come out yet haha
Title: roll bar?
Post by: FirstBird on October 21, 2012, 10:33:33 PM
Post by: FirstBird on October 21, 2012, 10:33:33 PM
For the bottom portion just push on it and it should pop out of place. The top portion has hex-star and then once you removes it it should pop out as-well.
Title: roll bar?
Post by: 5.8fastcat on October 21, 2012, 11:00:55 PM
Post by: 5.8fastcat on October 21, 2012, 11:00:55 PM
Here is a pic of my roll bar when it was being put in. We put in swing out door bars to easy access to the rear seat
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Fastcat67/Fastcat2042.jpg)
(http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg17/Fastcat67/Fastcat2042.jpg)
Title: roll bar?
Post by: 5.8fastcat on October 21, 2012, 11:02:04 PM
Post by: 5.8fastcat on October 21, 2012, 11:02:04 PM
Also the cross bar comes out also
Title: roll bar?
Post by: jwlott85 on October 22, 2012, 03:19:26 PM
Post by: jwlott85 on October 22, 2012, 03:19:26 PM
definitly like what you did fastcat, is that still competition legal? id like to be able to have a competition legal bar but be able to use the back seats still