My Spitfire came with a pad-less rollbar installed when I bought it, and
even with no pad it was very "in the way". I immediately removed it. I'm not
a safety expert, but the impression I got was that (in the case of a
Spitfire) although the rollbar might be beneficial if you actually rolled
the car, it has the potential to cause some very serious head trauma, pad or
no pad. My experience...I'm sure there will be many opinions on this topic.
>
> Well, I've just purchased a '79 Spit in need of minor repair to get it on
> the road. It will be a "rolling restoration", but at least I now have a
> driveable LBC while the TR6 restoration progresses...at a snails pace!
>
> I like the roll bar in the TR6 that I have and am thinking that I'd feel a
> lot better having such protection in the Spit also. I think it was in one
of
> my LBC catalogs that I noticed a roll bar cover as being mandatory for a
> Spit rollbar installation. Or maybe it was a recent thread on the list..
> cant remember. I assume it's because of the cramped Spit interior. Do any
> listers have roll bars in your Spits? If so... how "claustrophobic" does
it
> get having one in such a small interior?
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> Winnie Olmer
> '72 TR6
> '79 Spit
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