Turning back the clock

rmchrgr said
Can't tell if the roll bar is tied to the frame connectors, looks like it isn't? Aren't the side bars supposed to be shoulder height or some such thing or maybe that's a later roll cage development? Must be a P.I.T.A. to get in the car with them like that though.

This car was built at Ron Butler's and the high side bars were a trademark of theirs during this period.
You can see the high side bars in the attached pic. The cage was not allowed through the floor per NHRA
at the time. In fact, Butch Leal told us the other night that the tech inspectors had to be shown that the
cage was sandwiched to the floor with plates and did not pass through to the chassis members. I know
that sounds counterproductive but they did not want the M/P cars to be Pro-Stockers in disguise.

We actually removed quite a bit of very nice cage to return it to it's original 1975 specification. Lower side
bars. a front halo hoop and a bar across the bottom of the dash all had to be eliminated. The fuel cell
was removed and a new stock gas tank will be installed as well. No battery charging ports or on/off switch
in the tail panel either.