Removable Rollbar

[rdorman]

I am looking on some input on a removable roll bar that I want to construct for my car. I will probably take the car back to full street dress and do not want a permenantly mounted bar.

Please give some feedback on this for my car: Two bars welded to the chassis coming up parrellel to each other and the rear bulkhead in the cockpit and stopping just below the top of the body work. One bar on each side running from the top of the two bars in the cockpit rearward through the bulkhead and down to the frame in the rear. A single bar running between the two rearward bars, horizontal, just behind the rear bulkhead for shoulder harness mounting. Carpet right over the part in the cockpit.

Now the removable part. A single hoop with a diagonal cross brace running from the drivers side upper to the passenger side lower (make a nice 'headrest' mount as well for whiplash, head restraint, rollbar padding etc.). Inside the legs of this hoop is pipe that fits snugly, runs as far down in the car mounted legs and up the single hoop as possible. These would slide down into the two tubes permanently mounted in the cockpit. The tubes inside the hoop would be welded to the hoop, bolted to the cockpit legs. A bolted in, forward running brace from the main hoop to a welded in mount in front of the passenger side foot box. All joints double gusseted.

Can you picture it? A five point cage except the rearward running bars are set lower than they should be for packaging sake. With the hoop and forward brace unbolted and removed, you would have to look to tell that it will take a rollbar. Bolted in place, does it sound tough enough to serve the purpose?

Thanks
Rick