Cobra roll bar safety

[elmariachi]

Originally Posted by Double Venom

When DV finally got off the track I showed Ron how we adapted the filler tube to take an OEM gas cap. Since it is mounted below the neck of the LeMans cap, you would have to literally grind the entire cap down before it would reach the OEM gas cap.

And yet ANOTHER feature of the fine Hurricane car, the hidden OEM style gas cap.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by elmariachi

And yet ANOTHER feature of the fine Hurricane car, the hidden OEM style gas cap.

Man, that seems like such an obvious safety feature -- you do know that some guys jam a tennis ball in there instead.

[elmariachi]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Man, that seems like such an obvious safety feature -- you do know that some guys jam a tennis ball in there instead.

Probably the same guys that lit their farts with Bic lighters in college.

[patrickt]

You flip your Cobra and come scraping to a halt. You're trying to gain your senses and get out of your belts and out from under the car and you hear and smell gas pouring out of the cap and running by your 400 degree sidepipes -- some of it beginning to steam. That could be right out of a Wes Craven movie.

[elmariachi]

Originally Posted by patrickt

That could be right out of a Wes Craven movie.

I was thinking Mad Max.

So two things we've figured out here....everyone needs a frame mounted rollbar and a fuel-tight gas cap under your LeMans lid. Hey, that's progress in a nation of 40 milllion uninsured.

[kobrabytes]

Hello...

Guys, when I built my Cobra I was under no misconceptions what I was getting. I have a 1965 death trap with the skin of a beer can on steroids. If I were worried about crash protection I would have bought an H1. At least that may survive a glancing blow by a semi in a Hummer.

After graduating from High School I placed my fathers Galaxy 500 in front of a city dump truck, which he obligingly his us. My passengers and I all walked away. I don't have any illusions about the outcome were I in the Cobra.

For may years I rode a bike. I also have a CJ5. Neither one would fair to much better in a side impact. Although the roll cage on the jeep might protect you in a roll.

Bottom line... Build it best you can, do everything right. Pray that your time isn't up whilst driving.

On the other hand, got to go someway...

[elmariachi]

Originally Posted by kobrabytes

On the other hand, got to go someway...

Yea, but I'm gonna work to avoid that "burning to death upside down." scenario.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by patrickt

-- you do know that some guys jam a tennis ball in there instead.

And a few others things I hear.