65 Fastback build in Chi-Town

[riles]

One more pic of frame rails.
I'll post pictures of the beautiful roll cage AVS Fabrications did, later tonite.

[riles]

Gregweld,
I am hoping to build a car I can use on the street, a corner carver at open track and Auto-X events, and the occasional strip. It originally started as a car that I just wanted to improve the handling from original, but snowballed.


Here's the 8pt roll bar (1.75" chromoly) . I didn't want too much interference getting in/out of the car, but still not lose side impact protection and pass inspection at the track, if needed. I am extremely happy with the fit and detail, I believe Al at AVS did a fantastic job!
Second from last photo shows where the "NHRA" required(?)down bar ties into the frame rail connector.

[GregWeld]

Turned out great Riles!!


I like the side impact --- which should let you enter and exit without a huge hassle.

The side bar in my Mustang is just enough interference that I have to slide over it... But I feel safe so that's what counts.

Your chassis is going to be really nice and stiff! Awesome!

[GregWeld]

Here you can see how much higher my bar is than yours. It's just enough that you have to kind of slide over and drop into the seat.

[riles]

If my car was not going to be a street car, it probably would be just like yours.

for the positive remarks.

[coolwelder62]

Very Nice.