It's going to get very cramped for your rear passangers!

Looking good, I do love a good cage and this is built to perfection.

 

So when do we get to see the A pillar gussets??

 

Whenever Dave makes them haha.

 

Passenger gussets done today.

 

that is a lot of cage for 'gt3' ish!!!
more all out racer

 

In for a penny, in for a pound.

In the beginning my idea started out as a basic cage, then...

Well,

You know how these things go.

 

Stunning job on the swan neck gusset today.

 

you going to be putting much trim back in???

 

Sorry if I've missed it in previous posts but who makes the cage ?

Cheers

 

Cage designed by Prodrive. It's being built by Dave Matthews of DM Motorsport

 

mmm gussets

 

quality work, how do you get in though ? ha ha
would it have been better if the door bars were slightly lower down?

 

Wouldnt have been to drawing if they were

 

She's really starting to look something special now.

 

Rear upper cross in today and diff carrier well under way.
I just love the look of the skinny 25mm tube. Gonna look amazing in paint.

 

Looking sweet Frayz...

Martin

 

Cheers Mart, it's going to be a whole lot different next time she's on the road.

 

Just out of curiousity, what's tne reasoning behind the kink in the harness bar?

 

Usually because in a competition car the passenger/navigators seat sits lower and further back to the driver

 

Ahhhhh yes. That would explain why I've never noticed it on 'track' cars (if you know what I mean)

 

Ref the Swan neck Hans bar:

The swan neck is there as it allows the driver and passenger Hans bar to be at differing heights but using only one bar. FIA regs also state that harness may only be connected to no smaller than 38.1mm dia T45. If it were in sections then the centre cross would also have to be made in 38.1mm too as the Hans bars would fix to this. As you can see, my centre cross is only 25mm dia and this is able to be done by the fact that the harness are connected to 38.1mm. This reduces weight where allowed. Its been built to drawing which means it will also get a Homologation number. This means the shell can be easily log booked and used for competition.

The cage is an almost exact replica of the Prodrive designed and built item in a WRC S12B

 

Not much more and it's going to be done, I'd better get over if I want to see it before it goes back home lol ,, hopfully get dave back on mine again then as he has only been building it for about 4 years lol

Going to look awesome mate

 

Tie up with Dave when it's going for paint mate. It will look amazing out of the booth.

 

Yeah that's what I'm planning as iv seen so many being made they all look the same till there out the booth , going to look awesome once it's finished and all back together

 

Yep, it's gonna be different that's for sure.

 

Looks fantastic that mate, though getting in and out of it looks as though it could be fun! I thought the access into my Exige was tricky, Lol.

 

Here they are.

S12B WRC items, and yes they're all made from one piece of metal.
The most beautiful a pillar gussets you'll ever see, they wrap around the tube as well as run back and forth.

 

nice

look even better with some good looking welds there too!! will they be welded the entire length or just the flats on the outside of the tube??

 

They get stitched in the whole length.
They take hours to make, but they're beautiful.

 

570 mile round trip to see Dave at DM Motorsport today and catch up with the fabrication work on my old shed. I have to say, the photos really don't do his work justice. In the metal it looks even more bonkers than I knew it would be.
Also picked up my carbon doorcards and discussed the rest of the items to be done.

I can't wait to see her in paint.