Well its time for a cage and I was wondering if anyone has had luck with any specific vendor or if a cage is just a cage. BTW, its going in a 73 Nova.

Thanks again guys. :cool: graemlins/beers.gif graemlins/beers.gif

I have had nothing but good luck with products from S&W Racecars. Check them out at: www.swracecars.com (http://www.swracecars.com)
They have great products and cutomer service. If your looking to order one, call Don Scholl. Great guy to deal with. Call him at 1-800-523-3353 X-12.
You also can't beat their prices.
Good luck.
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JayP...cool to see somone else that likes the 73 besides me.

Look into have one custom built.One of my friends is having a guy in PA do his,his work looks really nice,clean cage,tight to the body.Let me know if interrested and I'll get the info for you.

67rs6sdd,
Who is the guy doing your friends car?
I live in Pa and know of several shops up here. There are a few you got to watch out for.
Bruce

ditto on having one custum bilt. i know a few great chassis builders around here, but that is little help to you, across the us from me and all. i have seen the kits in cars, and some do turn out pretty good, but i have yet to see one compare to a custom built set up. they just fit tighter to the interior, and you can have certain aspects of them designed to fit your needs. just for a cost example, around here, for a good chassis builder to do a 6 point or so, is around 900$. well worth it IMO.

Try Pete Z at Apple Tree Auto. 315-483-6412. He builds stock and super stock cars and is right in your neck of the woods.

JayP107 My buddy is at E-town all weekend I'll get the info on monday or tuesday for you.

Thanks for the help all.

If you decide to weld it yourself, I did an S&W cage in my 67 camaro. Great product! Brent

prostreet L-78,
I plan in installing an S&W cage in my car this weekend. Do you have any pics of yours?

hey pwoolford, i might have asked before but i will be installing a 4 point cage in my 68 rag top and was wondering after you are done if you could post some pics, i would greatly appreciate just seeing some pics and hearing how it was to install and have top work along with it, thanks
jake

I too am very interested in feedback and pics for the convertible installs.

I'd like to respond to the cage kits made by S&W. Most of you know that i'm doing a cage in my 69 camaro and have talked a lot about S&W. Their kits are good, and I have not had one bit of troubles with mine. If you want, you can go to my page and check out what is going on in my garage. If you do have any questions for the folks at S&W, call and ask for Don Scholl. Very good guy to talk to. He'll set you straight and maybe even give you a good deal on a kit.
I'm also going to be working on my cage this weekend too.
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JayP107 day late but here is the shops name Savitske Auto 2059 RT 212 Coopersburg PA 610 346 8805.Let me know if you heard of him.My budy like's his work.

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I started on the main hoop tonight but have a quick question. Does this look like enough clearance for the convertible top? I think it does but I cannot remember where the top pads go and want to be sure before I weld this thing together. The top is all the way down in the picture. Thanks in advance, Phil

http://www.philwoolford.com/camaro/RollBarInstall_1.jpg

Phil, I would tack all of the bars first and raise and lower the top before final welding to check clearances. Also, the car should be fully leveled and supported on jackstands. Also, you asked for pics of my cage earlier in this post. I just loaded them yesterday. Link is in my signature. The rollcage and roof pics will somewhat show the cage. I`d take better one`s, but the car is at the bodyman. Brent

prostreet L-78,
Yours looks great! I've decided to install only 4 or 6 points of my cage. I want to stiffen the car as much as I can but I don't plan on racing and I don't want to have to climb over the bars everytime I get in and out of the car. I looked at the swing out bars but they don't seem as stiff if only installing a 6 point. I have decided to build a tubbed big block hard top next. I'll put all of my go-really-fast urges into that car and just enjoy the convertible. My wife still has thoughts that we are going to throw the car seats in the back of the convertible and go to the beach.