roll bar fitting

[Smokey Boyer]

The roll bar below has come up on ebay, but the seller has not replied to my message.



If anyone recognises the roll bar type, what do the front longer legs mount on to?

From memory the seatbelt mounting bolts in that part of the car are at right angles to the bolts on the bottom of the legs shown in the photo, and the seatbelt bolts go out horizontally to the wheel arch through the vertical plate on the outriggers. Also the bolts though the triangular floor plate are vertical and go down through the floor of the car. I am struggling to figure out what the legs mount on to. Do anyone have any photos of that mounting point from a similar roll hoop.

I know where the rear shorter stays mount to.

[Smokey Boyer]

The bottom of the front leg appears to show the bolt hole running left to right, which appears to me to be the wrong way around for either the seatbelt bolt or the floor bolt.

[Smokey Boyer]

On the photo of the naked chassis is that roll cage mount (the folded plate on top of the outrigger tube) a standard feature?

Could the ebay hoop be designed to mount the front lower legs in the outer seatbelt anchor - the one that goes through the outrigger tube.

[Smokey Boyer]

bobfather said:

That 'through' mount is a long way into the door opening. Also, grinding off the rear support bars and reattaching at a greater angle will change the hoop position & lower the hoop height so that it is close to the back of your head, perhaps dangerously close. I suspect the grinding and welding would also weaken the hoop too

I was not suggesting changing the hoop, but wondered if that how it was designed originally.

There are currently two identical roll bars for sale on ebay. One seller says the bar was not actually bolted in when he got the car, and the other has not replied.

Not looking too hopeful that this is a viable solution.