budget-minded '79 malibu street & strip build
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Why am I always being blamed for everything?
Looking good - we are much less dead around here when it comes to watching and responding to threads than LS1Tech and less drama than FaceBalls.
Looking good - we are much less dead around here when it comes to watching and responding to threads than LS1Tech and less drama than FaceBalls.
thanks everyone! mike i'll be on my best behavior I swear 😀
yeah I quit facebook during the last election. probably one of the better moves for my mental health ive made lol
yeah I quit facebook during the last election. probably one of the better moves for my mental health ive made lol
I went with a pre-bent plain steel cage kit from allstar performance. I can't even buy this much steel for what this whole kit cost, shipped to my door
fitting the main hoop
gonna notch the frame so I can drop the assembly down to weld out the tops
halo bar tacked in. fit is okay for a pre-bent kit.
a pillar bars welded out. these are probably the worst part of the kit. If I did it again, I'd bend these myself
the back bars are long enough that I was able to work them to hug the c pillar and come through the package tray outside the trunk hinges and land on the frame
fitting the main hoop
gonna notch the frame so I can drop the assembly down to weld out the tops
halo bar tacked in. fit is okay for a pre-bent kit.
a pillar bars welded out. these are probably the worst part of the kit. If I did it again, I'd bend these myself
the back bars are long enough that I was able to work them to hug the c pillar and come through the package tray outside the trunk hinges and land on the frame
ok so that last pic jumped ahead a bit
with the frame notched I could weld and paint the top of the cage
the main hoop and a pillar bars need to land on a boxed section of frame so that came before the rear bars were welded to the frame
then I could cover them up and seam sealer the area
with the frame notched I could weld and paint the top of the cage
the main hoop and a pillar bars need to land on a boxed section of frame so that came before the rear bars were welded to the frame
then I could cover them up and seam sealer the area
from there it was just getting the harness bar and d-bars in
kinda tricky fitting the door bars so it cleared the seat when it was forward and didnt hit the door panel
just finished the swing outs and started jamming the interior back together
I'm still missing some tan interior parts. I'll put a WTB/WTT ad up in the classifieds...I have a few decent black interior pieces for trade or sale
kinda tricky fitting the door bars so it cleared the seat when it was forward and didnt hit the door panel
just finished the swing outs and started jamming the interior back together
I'm still missing some tan interior parts. I'll put a WTB/WTT ad up in the classifieds...I have a few decent black interior pieces for trade or sale
Are you going to install the front bars? Can't help but think even with the swing out getting in and out isn't going to be easy.
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