The beginning of a racecar

Most people believe that race cars should just be very fast, but there's more than meets the eye...What if a tree suddenly jumps in front of you? We all know that trees don't move, but cars do and race cars even more so and that's why I'm buying insurance in the form of a rollcage and all assorted safety stuff.

After a few tries I finally got the rollcage in and started to fabricate the rollcage mount points and the seat support frame.

Then one day I woke up to this, almost a foot of snow got dumped over the night and more snow was forecasted.

Not wanted to miss on the action that was planned later that night I tied the main loop with a rope for it not to bounce in the car (yes, safety first!).

Then installed the seat.

And we went out drifting, it was quite a night!

With the rollcage mount points welded by my friend Cepelin the rollcage install could move forward.

So I started to paint the front half of the rollcage before I installed in. It was just below freezing so the only paint that would dry at this temperature was kind of primer.

Some parts of the rollcage required welding.

The finished product.

The cage fitted perfectly, it follows the interior body lines very close, all in all the install was a resounding success. Next I'll install seat belts, kill switch and hydro brake.