Racer's new Rollcage

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@domain.elided>]

After Doug's message, I emailed Art Morrison for some information on
their custom rollcages.. said I wanted to add a few bars to their basic
8pt cage (lower door bars, crossbars for my seat mount)..

Looks like $250 starting, plus $2.50 per foot I add.. guessing at 5' per
"section" and I'd need 4 new sections (two side bars, two cross bars for
the seat).. 20' = $50 more.

Plus $80 shipping.. so $380 I get a custom 8pt rollcage with a seat
mount tied into it and ready to go.

Seems like a better deal than $150 for a GUS rollbar and $100 for a
Smitty front 'cage plus $5.61 a foot to add FOUR door bars (upper n'
lower), a backbar, the two seat mounts, and extend the rear legs (about
50' of tube total).. and they fish-mouth all of the joints n'
everything!

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Custom Rollcages
Date: Fri, 21 May 99 09:50:22 Pacific Daylight Time
From: "Tech Support" <tech@domain.elided>
To: Tom Mandera  <tsm1@domain.elided>
References: <3743155C.A1ADC6A2@domain.elided>

Tom a 8 point roll cage kit is now $250.00 mild steel 1 5/8" X .134 wall
tubing. There is a spec sheet that you will need to fill out and we can 
fax or mail it to you. As for extra tubing it runs $2.50 @ ft. It will
take
about 2 weeks to get it through production. Truck motor freight is
$80.00,
these have to be prepaid total before being built. If we can be of more
help
please call 1-800-929-7188 ext. 223.
Thank you
Dave 




--- On Wed, 19 May 1999 13:47:40 -0600  Tom Mandera <tsm1@domain.elided>
wrote:
I'm building an off-road racing IHC Scout II, and am in need of a
rollcage (a friend gave me a Schedule 40 'cage which I don't believe is
"enough" for my comfort level).

For $240 you'll bend and cut and notch a rollcage for my Scout to my
specs, and ship it unassembled?  Am I correct?

Looking at the 'cage on your webpage, am I able to make a few changes
and add a bar or two to the basic design?  Additional cost isn't a huge
concern (within reason, of course!).  Specifically, I'd like to add
"lower door bars" to the basic design - roughly parallel to the body tub
- and then two additional bars across the width of the truck, attached
to those two lower door bars - I intend to use those for my seat mount.

Otherwise, the 'cage will work as it is.

I know you'd need some specific measurements - which?  

I'd like to get a good idea of what I'm looking at prior to August.  I
had planned on acquiring the beginnings of my new cage from vendors in
the Denver area that sell Scout II rollbars and front rollcages (I'll be
there on vacation).  If I can get a 'cage built more to my
specifications from Art Morrison for a reasonable price - all the
better!

Thanks,

-Tom Mandera, Helena MT
http://www.tmcom.com/~tsm1/scout
'78 Scout II off-road racer, spring over, full width axles, 4.88s, 304,
auto..