The MacDonald/Pitts car has a hinged door bar arrangement that is
pinned/locked in place after the driver is in the seat. It fits inside the
stock door. Looks to be the same diameter tubing as the rest of the roll
cage in the car. That would be a good starting point for reference since
the car is under five years old and there have been pictures of the car with
the door open in several publications. It attracted quite a bit of
attention at the SEMA show the year it was displayed there because the door
was open and the door bar "gate" was open. Lots of drag racers were
commenting on how much protection there was for the driver. I just sat back
and listened to the comments while I rested my tired feet.
Wes
on 11/14/01 9:05 AM, rgribble at rgribble@carolina.rr.com wrote:
> Rick,
> You wrote;
>> Question; are hinged/removeable door bars allowed? and how are they
> spec'ed?
>> I've seen hardware listed as approved; that's where I figure it would
> start.
>> Cheers,
>> Rick
>
> I don't know those answers. Perhaps if you're more specific as to your
> application and address it to the List, we can get the correct info.
> Grib
> "Do what others Won't and you'll do what others Can't for the rest of your
> life"
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Hammond" <r.hammond@sympatico.ca>
> To: "rgribble" <rgribble@carolina.rr.com>
> Cc: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; "Bryan A. Savage Jr"
> <basavage@earthlink.net>; "List Land Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 8:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Young Blood
>
>
>> Grib,
>> I would have more respect for a kid with a cage and real hardware, than
> just a
>> juice-can exhaust and 300 watts of stereo.
>>
>> I will be doing a tidy cage in the 280Z and the way I look at it; a cage
> and good
>> belts in a 24 year-old car will bring me up close to some of the newer
> stuff with
>> airbags.
>>
>> Question; are hinged/removeable door bars allowed? and how are they
> spec'ed?
>> I've seen hardware listed as approved; that's where I figure it would
> start.
>> Cheers,
>> Rick
>>
>> rgribble wrote:
>>
>>> Dick,
>>> Not picking on you or your son, but...
>>> I know it's hard to tear apart a nice ride and put in the cage and other
>>> stuff where there is no room but.... it's a lot harder to weld bones
> back
>>> together. One of the things that impresses me about LSR folks is the
>>> concentration on safety. We can buy a car that'll do 140, add
> accessories to
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