70 Hemi Superbird Restoration..................errr.....scratch that........

[Hemirunner]

I remade the driver's side A pillar bar tonight. This is an extremely difficult bar for my feeble mind to figure out. I got it on the second attempt. Hopefully, I can knock the passenger side out on the first try.

 

[Hemirunner]

Planning pays off. The fit around the driver's fresh air vent is awesome. The forward engine bay bar will get a little wrinkle to clear the body of the vent as well.

 

[Bigal75]

Great work! It's gonna be a monster.

 

[747mopar]

Nice fit, sure beats those universal cages. Looking great!

 

[keepat]

Very nice, I like how you rolled it at the top!
Pat

 

[Hemirunner]

I'm trying to tuck the cage as close to the body as possible. I went to test the fit with the plastic pillar trim and can't find it anywhere. I found three for the passenger side and none for the driver side. Figures.

 

[Hemirunner]

The seat showed up so I can add the seat bars and mounts.

Once the seat is located, I can put in the harness mounting tabs. Once all this is done, I will finally be able to put the floors back in. The seat mounts will raise it up some. Too low here.

 

[69 GTX]

Looking great!

 

[Wookie316]

Not too low for a big bugger like me LOL.

 

[Hemirunner]

I ended up raising it some but it still gives plenty of room around the helmet and good visibility down over the dash and hood.

 

[Hemirunner]

Dropped the cage to weld in roof bars and weld out all the joints.

 

[69 GTX]

Getting closer.

 

[Hemirunner]

Getting closer.

Just don't look at the TIG welds when you inspect it this fall, lol.

 

[roadrunner69440]

Nice job man, I love following this thread and living my dreams through someone else's eyes,,,,,,, and wallet lol

 

[Hemirunner]

So........I wasted 3 hours tig welding the roof bars in the car.......contorting my old body in ways never intended only to realize that it will still come out of the car! Doh!!!

 

[Hemirunner]

Only thing left to do is finish up a couple of welds (ran out of argon) ,add the parachute lever mount in the roof bars, then add the seat mount and harness mounts.

 

[Hemirunner]

Got the parts in for adding the chute lever and also a lever for actuatong dual fire bottles just in case the SHTF!

 

[Hemirunner]

The two levers are Carbon Fiber and weigh nearly nothing. The tabs are all laser cut steel.

 

[Hemirunner]

Here's what the fire bottle handle will look like. It mounts on the main funny car cage bar.

The fire bottles will mount on the rear hoop.

 

[440+6]

Cool stuff!