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More Cage Progress

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On Sunday, I was able to tack together the basic structure of the rear portion of the cage. On Monday, I began work on the front portion.

Here’s a look a the back portion with the body sitting on the frame:

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There are still a number of small things to do to complete the rear portion (such as adding rear shock mounts, adding some corner supports, and, of course, welding all the connection points).

To properly calculate the two long side bars, which will run from the mid part of the frame back to the rear loop, I needed the body to be sitting on the frame.

Each side bar has four bends, so getting them both the same is a good challenge.

After LOTS of measurements, angle considerations, and design thoughts, I finally got around to bending the two most difficult angles on the side bar. Below you can see the passenger side bar temporarily in position, though the lower two bends haven’t been finished yet (next bend will direct the bar vertically at the dash, then the final bend will redirect the bar forward under the dash where it will attach to a still-to-be-added cross bar.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get as far as I’d hoped, because Ann had a bad migraine, so I had to take the dogs to the groomers (which they needed pretty badly, as bad weather forced us to cancel two previous appts over the past two months).

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I expect that by Friday I’ll have all the bars bent, positioned, and maybe even welded.

 

5 Comments on “More Cage Progress

  1. Martin Tilford

    Cage is looking really good!! Make sure when you are doing the front dash bars that you put some in the area so you can have them go through the firewall and ladder the cage above the frame around the engine. That will strengthen your frame and it will also give you your upper mounts for your front shocks.

  2. David Eilers Post author

    Marty, that’s my plan. A future post will show how the existing front shock mounts were damaging the front shocks. So, no matter what, the existing front shock mounts have to go.

  3. David Eilers Post author

    Steve,

    I’m sure Ann has already taken some pics. The poor pups; without their long coat for protection, Tom Cruz is having some fun attacking them.

    – Dave

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