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Offline hotrod

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Re: Welding Cage - cut holes in floor, or cut roof off vehicle?
« Reply #30 on: October 04, 2012, 11:55:05 AM »
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I still need to study the anti-twist bracing some more.  I realize that the bracing can't interfere with the location of any of the tubes for the actual roll cage, since the bracing will need to remain in place until the cage is at least tacked all the way around.

Bracing for the roof does not necessarily need to be on the inside of the roof piece.

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Re: Welding Cage - cut holes in floor, or cut roof off vehicle?
« Reply #31 on: October 04, 2012, 01:27:25 PM »
I was thinking in terms of bracing the body from twisting, but maybe I need to be thinks about bracing the roof/pillar section as well. I'm planning to make the cuts pretty low on the pillars.
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Re: Welding Cage - cut holes in floor, or cut roof off vehicle?
« Reply #32 on: October 04, 2012, 02:15:42 PM »
Roof should be fine w/o bracing.

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Re: Welding Cage - cut holes in floor, or cut roof off vehicle?
« Reply #33 on: October 07, 2012, 09:29:40 PM »
Thanks for all the good advice, guys.  The roof has been removed.  Extra diagonal bracing was welded in place before the cuts were made, template pieces were Cleco'ed into place, and the B pillars were done with a Z type cut.  The A pillars were done with a V shaped cut. 

Pics are in the "Build Diary" section.

Thanks again.

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