24-AUG-2013
A view from the back
I now have good triangulation and a good place to mount my harnesses to. The rear seat passengers will have room to squeeze through the bars unlike having one bar straight across.
I know, I know. The bars shouldn't have a bend in them and they should be straight for optimum strength. I needed a bend to get the room I needed for my seats. I'll suffer a little tube strength loss over a little extra room for my seats.
Heck I wasn't even going to install any triangulation between my pillars as it was so this is actually a bonus!
24-AUG-2013
Side view of cage
Here is a view of the triangle harness supports. They took a while to get the angles correct and especially to match each other.
24-AUG-2013
Passenger side view of harness supports
The bars pretty much tied everything together.
24-AUG-2013
Complete shot
This shows the complete bars all the way down to the tie in at the bottom. I will probably tie in both cross bars with a piece of 1.5".
24-AUG-2013
Front side view of cage
This shot shows the offset bends at the top.
I have most of the cage welded except for the parts that I can't get my torch behind.
23-AUG-2013
Room with seats installed
I had a quest to build a roomy cage to be comfortable for my long legs and tall body and the addition of the design of my harness support bars added to my comfort and safety.
23-AUG-2013
Rear view of bars
Where the bars cross the center of the seat will be a perfect location to mount my harness.
23-AUG-2013
Front view with seats installed
This shows the bend of the tube, back and out of the way.
24-AUG-2013
Seats mounted, looking like a Jeepster!
Now that all the seats are mounted the ol' Jeepster is starting to take shape and look like a vehicle again instead of an empty shell.
27-AUG-2013
Bars to mount rear grab bars
I added some bars in the rear that hug the bed rail spanning from B to C pillars. They serve a couple purposes, somewhere to mount some grab bars for the passengers in the back and and some added strength in the back part of the cage.
27-AUG-2013
Bent around air tank
I needed to bend the tube around my air tank for the onboard air system and also angle it up so that it welds above my tube clamp so that it is on the removable section of the cage.
27-AUG-2013
Around the tank and down the rail
This shows another view of the bend around the tank and how the 1.5" tube hugs the bed rail.