OP
OP
MPG_Bronco
Full Member
some pics of my current cage... I have a few Idea's... might help 'tie' in the cage to the body.
I am thinking about doing something similar as what I did on a 66 bronco, using a 2x3 square tubing and placing it INTO that rear channel, modify' the ends and have the nuts welded to the tubing. then have the body mounts bolt through the box.
here's a link
http://s897.photobucket.com/user/mpgmustang/library/Bronco
the first bit is the front of the cage, it's shaped to fit as far forward without going though the dash. it is bolted through the floor (pic 2)
pic 3 is the bottom of the middle post behind passenger seat
pic 4 is the tail-gate bar, it goes bolts thought the floor into that U channel.
As you can see, it is not tied into the frame or body mounts.
I can even go further, Thinking about the same box for the inner and just run a square box that way, IF it compresses, it would run into the frame, and save me.
for the front tie it (looking at attached pic 2 below) I could run run a plate over to the body mount bolt, on top and bottom. and have the bottom plate on bottom run past a little, or both run past, and put a bolt in on the other side of the body mount, haveing the 4 bolts from the roll cage, the body mount, AND another bolt or two on the other side of body mount sandwhich the body sheet metal, or just put a 1/4 to an 3/8 inch thick metal slab in that channel... hmmm I have idea's, would like to have a cage in the body no on the frame, but something that tie's into the frame only via the body mount locations.
just brain storming... don't know if I've made any sense.
I am thinking about doing something similar as what I did on a 66 bronco, using a 2x3 square tubing and placing it INTO that rear channel, modify' the ends and have the nuts welded to the tubing. then have the body mounts bolt through the box.
here's a link
http://s897.photobucket.com/user/mpgmustang/library/Bronco
the first bit is the front of the cage, it's shaped to fit as far forward without going though the dash. it is bolted through the floor (pic 2)
pic 3 is the bottom of the middle post behind passenger seat
pic 4 is the tail-gate bar, it goes bolts thought the floor into that U channel.
As you can see, it is not tied into the frame or body mounts.
I can even go further, Thinking about the same box for the inner and just run a square box that way, IF it compresses, it would run into the frame, and save me.
for the front tie it (looking at attached pic 2 below) I could run run a plate over to the body mount bolt, on top and bottom. and have the bottom plate on bottom run past a little, or both run past, and put a bolt in on the other side of the body mount, haveing the 4 bolts from the roll cage, the body mount, AND another bolt or two on the other side of body mount sandwhich the body sheet metal, or just put a 1/4 to an 3/8 inch thick metal slab in that channel... hmmm I have idea's, would like to have a cage in the body no on the frame, but something that tie's into the frame only via the body mount locations.
just brain storming... don't know if I've made any sense.
