Gingea1pom's Build Diary

[gingea1pom]

Little edit, my shoulders are as good as in line with the holes in the seats not higher, just need to lower the mounts and bring them in line, one is 110mm off to one side!

Cheers Ginge

[Tatey]

Ah it all makes sense now Ginge. I need to get my eye sight checked out .

Is it the angle that the picture has been taken, or is your head above the roll bar?

I only ask as I'm 6'6" and my head is too tall for Ash's standard roll bar, especially if using a padded seat and a helmet. So if the worst did happen it would mean my head would be hitting the ground before the roll bar would as I would also be hanging out of the harness if the car rolled.

[gingea1pom]

Originally Posted by Tatey

Ah it all makes sense now Ginge. I need to get my eye sight checked out .

Is it the angle that the picture has been taken, or is your head above the roll bar?

I only ask as I'm 6'6" and my head is too tall for Ash's standard roll bar, especially if using a padded seat and a helmet. So if the worst did happen it would mean my head would be hitting the ground before the roll bar would as I would also be hanging out of the harness if the car rolled.

I might have to get Nicky to check next time I go for smoke, looks like the whole roll bar could be up for a re-design.

Cheers Ginge

[Tatey]

Yeah I've decided to scrap the roll bar and go for a fully welded in cage made by welderman from the locostbuilders forum.

Once I have the money together and the chassis finished he'll be making me one for £400, including designing it around my height and to my design with side impact protection.

[twinturbo]

were the from GBS or from KPD?

The two seem to have parted company.

TT

[les g]

Tatey
check out Richardk pics on the LCB forum he calls his car the bruise
he is a tall guy like yourself.
and he has a taller rollbar and it doesn,t look out of place at all..
cheers les g

[gingea1pom]

TT,

KPD, they are just like these ones just more expensive!

Cheers Ginge

[Wgroove]

Hi Ginge,
I was admiring the photo's of your building. They are fantastic !
The radiator you used, i guess it was a VW polo radiator ? Is it a certain model or do you have a partnumber of it ? Did you bought it at a local vw dealer or somewhere else ?

Greetings from Belgium !

Wim

[Bonzo]

Hi Wim

I do believe that Ginge used the Polo radiator

Here is a link to the one I bought

Polo Radiator

I bought the Polo Mk3 Radiator as it has a thicker core & if memory serves me right, Ginge used the Polo Mk2 Radiator.

May be worth contacting the seller for a shipping price