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Old November 16th 2009, 08:42
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Originally Posted by Wally View Post
Well, I don't intend to

.............. like all other cars that not even have that option like 'we' do with our chassis and body as two seperate parts.
I don't think you could intall a fully welded cage in a beetle in either the body top half or the chassis without doing a lot of final welding with everything bolted together. The back struts to the rear arches would be the first immediate problem. Despite the awkward welding with a cage insitu it does allow a much tighter fit. You can see why on competition cars the cages often go into a bare shell first with everything following after.

The Heigo cage does raise a few questions about the number of pin joints its got although I can see that for ease of installation in a fitted out car there really isn't much choice.

Clive
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