[DeTomaso] roll bar

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

The major danger with the fabricated roll cages is the overhead bar next to the windshield is too close to the drivers head. That problem was resolved by Drenske on my last cage by just moving it forward 4-5 inches. 

  md
MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:
  
In a message dated 12/20/06 14:40:46, mmerritt at EventVehicles.com writes:

<< I would strongly discourage the use of a roll bar in any Pantera except
where a helmet is worn full-time. The seats in a Pantera put the
driver's forehead close to the top of the windshield as it is; put a
roll bar there and there's a real danger of smacking your head even in a
fairly light impact. >>

>>>Uh...the roll bar goes behind your head, not in front of it. :>)

However, I suspect you are actually talking about a roll CAGE, and I strongly 
discourage their use in street Panteras also. They are incredibly intrusive, 
especially on the passenger side, and unless you are unusually short, you 
will find yourself hitting your head (sometimes quite hard) on the side every 
time you hit a bump, and there is very real danger of head trauma if you have any 
sort of even mild frontal impact.

Mike
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