Please Help Value Car

[txaggie929]

That’s an auxiliary wire for a phone that you see. I missed the wipers. There’s no tops available for this particular car that I’m aware of.

Can you explain what you mean about poorly laid out bends on the rollbars?

[patrickt]

The braces to the hoops should not have a funky angle to them. Dual roll bars, should you choose that option, should look like this.

[txaggie929]

Just checked UCC and that looks like their factory design for the roll bars?
And they are bolted to the frame.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by txaggie929

Just checked UCC and that looks like their factory design for the roll bars?
And they are bolted to the frame.

You always bolt them to the frame. Some Cobras have "cosmetic" roll bars, which aren't attached to anything that will hold up in a roll over. Changing the roll bars will be difficult because they pass through the body on their way to the frame. The UCC people probably chose that unusual configuration because that's about the only way they could do it. It might not be fixable.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by txaggie929

Can you explain what you mean about poorly laid out bends on the rollbars?

When you take a rear brace that prevents the rollbar from folding in on itself, and add an additional bend, you weaken the efficiency of the rollbar in general. In this cars case, that extra bend in the rear stiffening brace geometry of the rollbar questions the safety of the occupants should the car, god forbid, ever roll over. Again, your car, your choice.


Bill S.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by mrmustang

When you take a rear brace that prevents the rollbar from folding in on itself, and add an additional bend, you weaken the efficiency of the rollbar in general. In this cars case, that extra bend in the rear stiffening brace geometry of the rollbar questions the safety of the occupants should the car, god forbid, ever roll over. Again, your car, your choice.


Bill S.

In other words, the roll bars on that car are cosmetic.

A straight brace is functional.

That bend in the brace will negate any support.

The purpose of the brace is to keep the roll bar straight. The bend in the brace will cause the brace to fail first then the roll bar will fold back.