[Hal Copple]

on my SPF, i had the "paper clip" rollbar, but needed the higher bar for any track use, so Dennis O. put in one of his fullwidth four point rollbars. Fits under the top, and high enough to be over my noggin when i am wearing my helmet.

My concern remains my head and neck in a minor rear-ender, which i see happening every day. I have a steel plate and several fused cervical vertebre, and i suspect what would be a minor accident in any modern car would cause me serious risk, snapping my head back, perhaps into the rollbar.

I have thought about a taller race seat, but the nice ones with the shoulder flares probably won't fit due to the nature of the cockpit. Plus the tonneau issue, etc.

I used to drive TR 4's and MGB's many thousands of miles, nobody but real race guys had rollbars over their heads. Actually, my first wife flipped 360 over and back onto the wheels in our "B at about 75 mph, all we did was slightly tear the top. I was riding, a little lower on the flip and we would have been killed.

I think any accident in one of these cars carries risk. I do wear all five points of my Simpson always, no exceptions.

But like the others, i have done what i can do, and i have accepted the risks as part of my life choices. It is my opinion, that the full width rollbar looks better than the dual hoop one.

In my point of view, a rollbar is for low speed roll-overs. Like into the mud on an off-ramp, rural ditch, that sort of thing. My car spins flat, and would only roll if a wheel catches, or the roadway/shoulder surface is not flat. As in street driving.