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Old 04-11-2008, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Scootin159
Do you have the cage welded into the joint of the firewall & windshield frame? How about into the top of the windshield? Both of those (easy for me to say) simple welds should stiffen things up a bit.

I'm not surprised that it's not TOO weak... it now probably has more rigidity to it than a 944 cab, but no reason to make it any weaker than it needs to be.

Now I want one

hmm... you should enter that into the 24hrs of lemons!
Not sure about this statement.

The 944 cabbys were beefed up quite a bit actually.

There are chassis re-inforcement plates all over the place. The floor pans were also doubled up.

If youve been in a 944 cabrio, youll find that there is surprisingly less foot space than a 944 coupe.

They loaded those things down with armor.
Old 04-11-2008, 06:59 PM
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cadified, your still losing tons of rigidity by not having the two loops connected at the corners but this helps allot
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Old 04-11-2008, 07:17 PM
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If the cage is welded to the windshield, wouldn't it cause the windshield to crack if there is too much flex?

Now onto the good. This is f'n bad-***. I'd put a hood on it, find some way to mount some 4x4 pocket flares or some kinda flare, and run the **** out of it. If it were not for the ground clearance issues, I'd find me some mud too. Keep it up! buy far the most interesting thing I have seen on here in 3 months. Short of V2's post count that is.
Old 04-11-2008, 08:57 PM
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Having the bars across the corners off the two hoops would make getting in and out much more of a PITA. It would change from essentially being able to step in and out of it to having to sort of fall out the side.
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Originally Posted by SpideySlave944
buy far the most interesting thing I have seen on here in 3 months. Short of V2's post count that is.
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Old 04-12-2008, 12:20 AM
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so fun....

painted black with OZ racing rims on. Im going to take the centersd out and paint them something outrageous.
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That is soo sick!
Old 04-12-2008, 01:29 PM
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I'm pretty sure a good majority of people who have read this are now considering buying a beater and chopping it up now. I know I want to
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Murder the rest of the car out. Flat black what remains of the chassis.
Old 04-12-2008, 02:39 PM
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lot of spare time there..nice project looks like a blast to drive next n line to do big exhaust to put in thinkin` 4`` pipe to scream all that powa...
Old 04-12-2008, 03:05 PM
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i was thinking you should flat black the whole thing as well. this makes me want a buggy even more!
Old 04-12-2008, 05:52 PM
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This thing is great...and you move quickly--there's an update almost every day. I'll cast another vote for more flat black, and another request for some youtube vids. Keep it up and thanks for sharing.
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Lol, that is awesome.
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That thing looks awesome! The front end looks alot like like a 911 slant nose. Maybe some sheetmetal to make it look like one?? in flat black of course. Looks like fun.

Makes me wanna buy one and make a sand/trail buggy out of it for driving the dirt near my house.

Wonder if Kalifornia will allow that to be street legal....I've seen dune buggies with less on the road....


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