[DeTomaso] roll bar installation

[boyd casey]

Mike,
that was very helpfull information. Since I have a 1973L and it does have
innertia based seat belts I shouldn't have an interferarance issue.  In your
extensive expierience you may be able to share your opinion that will help
me with my decision. Since my plans to install a haness bar have been
pre-empted IAnd now my questions about the possiable intereference issues of
the ac lines have been aleviated I am inclined to go with the roll bar
instead of just a harness bar.. Since i do have the inertia belts and I have
high back recaro style seats the other saftey issue of possiable head
contact with an un helmeted head contacting to roll bar is alleviated due to
my high back seats ( which would prevent my head from contacting the roll
bar. What is your opinion on my hypothesis of the increased protection and
reduced risk of head roll bar contact with out a helmet due to my high back
seats.  (of course I would wear a helmet at an actual track or road race
event.
Opinions? concur or disagree? Also since I now have to compare the cost of a
harness bar at retail $115.00 instead of the $35.00 I had been promised and
the roll bar would provide a more serious level of coverage with out some of
the risks initially associated with the danger of head to bar contact and my
additional efforts to do a proper installation ie: submarine belt grommet
installations to ensure correct placement of the belts. It will dfenitly
cost more but what premium to you place on your saftey?

Boyd

On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 1:13 AM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 9/24/10 18 09 3, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
>
>
> Will the installation of a hall Style  or Percision Performance style roll
> bar interefere with the AC lines running through the rocker box spaces?
>
> >>>No, although it would be more of a challenge to mount one of those bars
> on an early car that doesn't have an inertia reel opening in the inner
> rocker; you would probably have to cut into the rocker in order to get nuts
> on the back side of the bolts.  You would also want to take care to ensure
> the ends of the bolts didn't rub the A/C lines.
>
>
> >Do
> the ac compressor lines run through the rocker boxes or through the center
> console  (where the water lines run?)
>
>
> >>>On the early cars, without inertia reel lap belts, they run through the
> passenger-side rocker box.  Starting in 1972 the cars came with inertia
> reels, which forced the A/C lines to be re-routed through the center,
> alongside the heater pipes.
>
> Mike