[Spridgets] bugeye roll bar

bighealey at charter.net bighealey at charter.net
Tue Mar 3 14:25:49 MST 2009


I witnessed a Bugeye rollover (no roll bar).  It was not pretty but both driver and passanger survived relativly uninjured.  The passanger was thrown clear and the driver ducked into the newly vacated passanger seat.

When we rebuilt the replacement car the rollbar was fabed up by a specialist for a few hundred bucks.

I put one in the Green Meanie (Spridget).

---- derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Yeah, Kirk=good.
> 
> A roll bar does several things:
> 1.  Looks cool.  Makes the car look sporty.
> 2.  Stiffens the body.  Good on Spridgets and Miatas, for sure.
> 3.  Provides protection.  You don't want to roll over.  You REALLY
> don't want to roll over without a bar in a convertible.
> 
> There is a video of a guy racing a Triumph that looses an axle at
> speed.  His roll bar functioned properly.  I think he walked away.
> Someone can post a link.
> _______________________________________________


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