Making my own rollcage!!!

[Racelook]

Originally Posted by justdubbin

Wow that looks great...
Thats some very impressive steelwork & welding for someone so young

That going to be an awesome GL car when you've finished.

Thnxxx
p.s. Most of the welding from the tubes is done by my 17 year old brother...

Grt Wiebrand..

p.s. thnx for the nice comands!!

[justdubbin]

Originally Posted by Racelook

If you pay my trip, steel and a lot of money I will hahaha..

If I had that much money my bus would be finished now

[Angelo Amato]

I want to make a rear hoop for my fastback.

You get good results using that type of bender by the looks of things - surely must be good enough for a one off ? :agree:

[kdanie]

Nice work, good fit of the bars to the body. I need a hydraulic tubing bender like that, I already have the welder....

ken

[Dasdubber]

Fantastic work, it is looking excellent thus far, can't wait to see it progress!

[Racelook]

So another update...

This afternoon I finally was free form school so I could work on my car.. Lot's of the prepwork was done on sundayafternoon (in an cold garage -> the heater was dead)

At first we welded up the right box on the rear wheelarce.


At the other side an backplate was welded in.. An yet another piece of foam was burned out :twisted:
http://www.keversite.nl/fotoalbum/fo...2005221714.jpg
The sideplate of this boxe is also made right and will be welded in tomorrow

Also we welded the tubes from a-to b-pilar on there "footplates"


Also the left side is welded on the "footplates"
http://www.keversite.nl/fotoalbum/fo...2005223036.jpg

And the last thing that we did today was beginning at the making of our strutbrace. On every plate will be attached 3 tubes (if everything goes as planned)


I hope ya like it!!
Wiebrand

[MattKab]

'Makes me want to cage my Kab...

Your making it look so easy!

:agree:

Matt

[Racelook]

Originally Posted by MattKab

Your making it look so easy!

Yeah look easy...but I can tell it's not The real making is quite simple... But the thinking of where you want to put that, what is the point when I make that there, which form, how should I make that.. that cost a lot of thinking and time..

But hell yeah.. in dutch: Met gezond verstand kom je een heel eind! (With healthy thinking you come an hole end)

GRt Wiebrand

[Racelook]

Hey mates.. It's been an long time but here's an other update.

At first we had drawn where the tubes will go trough the "dashboardmetal" and cut that out.

At this point I was lucky that I already had removed the "freshairbox" that is hanging in the boot under the frontwindow because otherwise the cage couldn't be coupled to the frontstruts.

I also was obliged to remove the trunkhangs (do you call them so??). Tja The cage didn't fitted otherwise so hell yeah than the hangs has to get lost :wink:

Some pic of the tube that goes from the cage to the frontstruts seeing from the trunk
http://www.keversite.nl/fotoalbum/fo...2005005022.jpg

Pic of the interiorside


Detailpic
http://www.keversite.nl/fotoalbum/fo...2005005213.jpg

Two brackets made and welded on the plates to make the strutbrace.

[Racelook]

And here the totallpic of it..


And off course everything under supervision of my brother


Greetings Wiebrand

p.s. Can that stupid *(&#^@ 30 seconds, and too much pics added in one post message not kicked on it's @$$???

[starmember]

nice work what kind of tubing are u using.

[Racelook]

I use 42,4mm diameter tube with an thickness of 3,25mm. The tubes are "offglowed" after the bending/mold proces in the fabric so that there are no stressreflexes left in the tube. (I hope that you understand what I'm telling in my bad english)

WIebrand

[starmember]

ik ook maar ik verstond het prima.

[justdubbin]

Is it the angle that this picture is taken

because it looks as though you might not be able to connect the fuel filler?
I hope I'm wrong

[NO_H2O]

ANypne who can fab. a rollcage like this can fab. a new filler neck :agree: