Hey all,

Just wondering if any of you brisbane (or other) people know where i can find a rollcage for my mini which will be road legal as it is a large part in the structure i want to get out of the way first. Either a company that makes them or a place that will transport it to brisbane because ive had absolutely no luck so far....there's one of the UK ebay but ive emailed them 3 times and still havent gotten a reply...im looking for a 6 point rollcage

cheers, Goffy

Dunno about QLD but in SA only rear cages are legal, and ONLY when registered as a 2 seater.

Norm Singleton is the go, he`s out at Samford/Clear mountain way, i havn`t got his phone number handy but i`ll try to find it for you later

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

hope i can get the 6 point legal cause obviously itll only be a 2 seater cause the engine will be in the back



thanks MiniMan that would be great cause im hoping to start on the shell this weekend

Surely you would be looking to incorporate the rear mounted motor into the roll cage right?

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.

thats what i meant sorry if i mixed up my words...pretty much the same as z-cars. so im getting the rollcage and then adding some more bars to make my engineer happy and others for taking the engine mounts

Yep Norm Singleton has a good reputation.

I had mokesta's cage built by Keith Fackrel (sp?) of KCF Rally Sport in Kippa Ring. That was about 10 years ago so I don't know if he's still around.

Glen Carpenter says there is a mob making good bolt in cages out western side of Bris. I didn't pay too much attention.

You could buy a Safety Devices cage from minispares or minisport UK. They do weld-in and bolt-in to FIA specs. Freight could be $$$ but I would be interested in looking at one at the same time so we could share the freight.

M

Edit: Legalities: No door bars or any restriction to entrance or egress. Front legs etc used to have to comply with the Qld transport code of practice for light vehicle mods which gave head clearance requirements. Apparently, with the move to the DOTARS national code of practice, forward legs are out, irrespective of clearance.

In terms of making the car a space frame structure with mini panels on it. You used to be able to do that as an Individually Constructed Vehicle. Now it is classed as a modified car and must comply with the rules. The ICV route was killed off for all but kit cars because people were importing cars like MX-5s from Japan that were un-registerable, fitting them with Skyline subframes and toyota engines and calling them ICVs. The argument being that the builder had just used a few panels from a wrecked MX-5 to build a kit car.

M.

Edit: Legalities: No door bars or any restriction to entrance or egress. Front legs etc used to have to comply with the Qld transport code of practice for light vehicle mods which gave head clearance requirements. Apparently, with the move to the DOTARS national code of practice, forward legs are out, irrespective of clearance

100% true.

What about cars that are already QTD approved AND registered with front bars???

Minimad

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You can take the boy out of the racer.........but not the racer out of the boy!

cars currently/previously registered from previous rules stay, but any "new" registrations need to comply to "new' rules

sorry, i`m a bit pussed >-(

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

When did these changes take place?????????

Minimad

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You can take the boy out of the racer.........but not the racer out of the boy!

years ago Craig when they started to nationalise modification laws.

are you allowed to have a half roll cage in a daily driver if its engineered in queensland

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Cheers Dan

FIRST COMES THE MONEY, THEN COMES THE POWER, THEN COMES THE WOMEN.!!

there goes my idea of welding the door brace bar accross under the door so ther wouldnt be " restriction to entrance or egress ".