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[Bartman]

Thanks Graham, 

 

Good advice on the screen, Dan told me that you had yours made to be removable, was that tricky to achieve? When I spoke to Dan he was on his way for a night in hospital, apparently he got a nasty infection from a spider bite  Once he's on the mend I will follow up with him to get an idea of cost and timing. Mt. Airy is very close to me so if Dan does not work out I will give them a call.

 

KitKats mods are really interesting, I found a company in the UK that makes a low fuel warning light that works off the fuel gauge sender in tandem with the gauge, seems like a very neat little unit to avoid embarrassment on the track.

 

 

Bart.

[fastg]

My cage is removable, it's a but of a struggle but I can do it on my own. I use some ratchet straps from the roof beams in the garage to lift and lower the cage. Lift the cage and push the car out from under it.  

[Bartman]

Nice, so 8 or 10 bolts and its off. Dan told me its was a bit of a struggle to get everything right but it looks like it came out great and practical too.

 

 

[CarlB]

Attached are two pictures of my cage. I think it can give you some ideas to consider. It is a little wider for more side protection. It is also removable. The second picture shows how it attaches to the car. Two of them are connected to crossmembers. It was build locally by a guy who builds lots of cages for SCCA cars, but I can't remember his name. I bought the car with the cage. 

 

 

[fastg]

Bart. Mt Airy is the powder coating shop. If you need any help assembling your puzzle let me know. 

 

Graham 

[Bartman]

1 minute ago, fastg said:

Bart. Mt Airy is the powder coating shop. If you need any help assembling your puzzle let me know. 

 

Graham 

 

Thanks Graham, I may well take you up on that offer

[Bartman]

Thanks for the photos CarlB, I had not seen that mounting arrangement before, all the ones I've seen before are bolted through the side. The more I see of full cages the more I think I do want it to be removable so all ideas and details of what has worked in the past are very welcome. 

 

I am really close to getting the car on the road, I plan to use it during the summer with the current engine and gearbox and then do the rebuild over the winter. The last thing to sort before getting the inspection is that I have a warning light on charging circuit, the previous owner said it had been on for the duration of his ownership with no battery issues so I am hoping its just the wrong wattage bulb in there on the exciter circuit, when I get to the car this weekend I have a couple of bulbs 2&3 watt I think that I will try.