rods and roll bars

With the car dropped of at MSD just over a week ago, I can inform you that it is well and truely underway. I took a trip out to see him to talk about motorsport regs and paper work etc to find that the main hoop and a pillar bars were already being mocked up and the bar above the windscreen being made as i arrived at the shop. to say i was gob smacked is and understatement. The work itself looked outstanding as it appears Quality control is priority. Which for a car owner investing fairly large sums of money (especially when on a tight budget like yours truely) on such a key feature of a race car is very relieving to know. Credit must be given to Sheldon for taking on this job and not twiddling his thumbs like im sure alot of other shops may or do, do.

For someone like myself building such a car, or anyone trying to achieve a goal for that matter, big, or any gains being made towards finishing a project and achieving your goal can really make the day so much better, those of you who know me can imagine the smile that was on my face as i walked in to the shop to be greeted by the view above, having to double take as i saw the bars peaking out from behind the a pillar, strategicly placed to not decrease visibility. Even at this stage in the process it is clear my car is in the best persons hand to do the task. it is obvious to even me who is fairly un aware of the whole process, that alot of thought has been put into bar placement and mounting points etc

looking at the pictures above you can see what i mean. visibility definately hasnt been sacrificed for this roll cage as some most definately do which i am obviously very happy about as trees are often thin yet hurt alot when you hit them so im told. heres a couple more i took...

i will most likely pop out next week to give me my hit of happiness only chromoly bars can satisfy aswell as updates on the blog for everyone to read. on friday night i went a hot rod mystery run set up as a memorial for a dearly missed hotrodder in  dads holden kingswood ute which he kindly let me drive into town. although fairly un eventful for us as we had to leave not long after we set off due to mechanical gremlins i did manage to get in some photos of a handful of the cars that turned up to participate in the run...

thats dads holden utility vehicle which has been saved from carting tools and timber around to being more at home infront of a christmas tree or skid pad. 383ci stroker motor thts also blown and twin carb'd for good measure. it pulls pretty hard lets just put it that way...

will try and head out to Sheldon at MSD to visit for some more shots and a progress update if it isnt already finished! :)