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Re: Was Tonneau Cover support Rod..now Roll Bar

To: RBHouston@aol.com, pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com, jboatri@emory.edu, DLancer7676@cs.com
Subject: Re: Was Tonneau Cover support Rod..now Roll Bar
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:16:17 -0700
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
RH,

I do know someone in the San Francisco Bay Area who makes custom roll bars.
He did the one in my Bugeye vintage race car, also my buddy Chuck's vintage
MKIV race car and also in Chuck's Ginetta. All can be seen on my web site.
He knows Spridgets well, so this could probablby be done long distance
(he'd probably need one at his shop to work from though). He does SUPERB
work and I think he is reasonable. Take a look at the roll cage and
intrusion bars on the Ginetta if you want to be impressed.

If you're interested, I'll put you in contact with him.

Gerard

At 11:43 PM -0400 7/31/00, RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 07/31/2000 8:05:17 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
>pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com writes:
>
>> A custom fit roll bar would cost you more, not less.
>>
>>  Gerard
>
>As usual I wrote what I said, not what I thought...or something like that.
>Yeah, I'm cheap, but I'd pay "some" extra to get wwhat I want.  I want
>protection, as much for me as for the grandkids that ride with me, and I'm
>willing to pay a reasonable amount.  What I don't like is the roll bars I've
>seen from the usual suspects that look like they bolk to the floor of the
>parcel shelf only, and I dont want a full cage because I want to keep using
>the top...as much to prevent sunstroke here in the desert as to keep the rain
>off.
>
>I know you get what you pay for, and no Ed, I wont go to Midas and get an
>exhaust pipe roll bar welded up.
>
>I just wondered if anyone knew of a place to get one custom made, in the
>manner of the Miata...sort of double what used to be seen on older sports
>cars that had one loop behind the driver only.  We all know that sometimes, a
>local craftsman can work up something custom that comes out nearly as cheap
>as what the one size fits all that Boss or VM sell...verda?
>
>RH...who believes there are no $1000.00 paint jobs, only $500.00 paint jobs
>that people pay $1,000.00 for........


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