[DeTomaso] roll bar installation

[Asa Jay Laughton]

  Boyd,

Don't forget the battery cables run through the passenger rocker box.  
You shouldn't have a problem, just be -careful- when drilling holes.

:)

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
&  Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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On 9/25/2010 07:48, boyd casey wrote:
> 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
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