Roll Bar Options for 356 Build

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Nedim Alexander Aruz
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Roll Bar Options for 356 Build

#1 Post by Nedim Alexander Aruz »

Wondering if there is consensus on roll bars for a 356...while the car will not complete in competition i would like an extra margin of safety both for rollover and also more importantly for seat belt restraints ( thinking I could use the cross bar as a anchor pt for shoulder belts and maybe a head rest)

FYI I'm running Fibersteel's speedster seats with no headrest.

Does anyone recco the option from Autopower...it seems to be the most widely available with options for diagonal and cross bar.

https://www.ioportracing.com/356-coupe/ ... 356-coupe/

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Roll Bar Options for 356 Build

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Not in a street car. Ask CJ he was rear ended. See entry #9 by CJ: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41361&p=262622&hili ... ar#p262622
1965 356C 2000 BMW 740i Sport 1967 Honda CL77 There is never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over.

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Re: Roll Bar Options for 356 Build

#3 Post by Nedim Alexander Aruz »

Argh..that’s not good! Even with padding on the roll bar it seems quite scary. Are 3pts even an option? Seen some b pillar set ups as well as shoulder reels mounted in the rear passenger compartment

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Doug McDonnell wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:54 pm Not in a street car. Ask CJ he was rear ended. See entry #9 by CJ: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41361&p=262622&hili ... ar#p262622
+1
You do not want to be the guinea pig finding the 'proper' design, and when the car ends up being sold, there will be costs involved.
My Speedster has a roll-bar - removable.
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Nedim Alexander Aruz wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:11 pm Argh..that’s not good! Even with padding on the roll bar it seems quite scary. Are 3pts even an option? Seen some b pillar set ups as well as shoulder reels mounted in the rear passenger compartment
When I got the C, it had PEP (Professionally Engineered Products) 3-point belts; dunno if they are in business any longer as their insurance carrier probably gagged when they saw the products. It uses a flor-mounted VW retract with the belt fed through a 'bail' on the B-pillar clicking into buckles on the tunnel.
Never did any sums, and a horse-back look says it's not up to Benz-level protection, but it will probably keep my chest from contacting the steering column in anything other than a freeway head-on.
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