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joescoolcustoms
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 1:04 pm Post subject:

BL3Manx wrote:

Glenn wrote:

I bet that roll bar was bolted to the fiberglass body and not welded to the floor Looks cool, but absolutely worthless in a crash.

Depends on the fiberglass structure and how the rollbar is attached. On a thin body with an incorrect glass to resin ratio and less that full saturation, yes absolutely. On a professionally laid up body of adequate thickness and on which loads are designed to be carried in tension or compression rather than sheer, the fiberglass has a higher strength to weight than steel.

I would say looking at that picture, where the bar angle points to, it looks like the fiberglass held, but the bar kinked and folded over. So, the glass attachment points held like Nelson describes.

Still a mouse trap none-the-less.
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Looks like it was painted with a live chicken,polished with a brick and buffed with a pine cone

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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 1:25 pm Post subject:

A bar is useless unless there are forward or rearward supports to stop it from colapsing like that one did. doesn't matter how it's attached at hte base, it still needs some form of support. brad

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