'63 FST gets roll cage keeping stock seats (1 Viewer)

[67azcruizr]

nothing hardcore, just some added protection for a "beach cruiser"

I turned this project over to a friend of mine with the premise of retaining factory seating, comfort and ease getting in/out of truck and creating some protection for the family.

we opted for some 1 1/2" x .250" tubing. all of the mounting areas have 1/4" plates scabed to the tub. the mid section plates are tapped, the rear plates are drilled through with a one piece underneath plate coordinating with a body/frame mount.

I'm very happy with the end result

I'm thinking the cage will be getting painted body color as will the soft top frame

 

[67azcruizr]

I really liked how close and tight everything is

 

[67azcruizr]

no lost leg/foot room

 

[67azcruizr]

nice fitment with windshield and factory soft top bows. the pictures of my "junk" don't offer this cage it's proper respect

 

[Scott Parsley]

That's awesome! The A pillar mount is especially trick.

 

[JohnnyC]

would you stop messing around and get that thing done already

seriously...nice job!!

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

Wow, very nice work!! And yes on it being body color.

I'm no cage builder, but couldn't that cross member behind the front seats be higher, and be used as an anchor for front shoulder belts?

Oh, and should there be a diagonal at either the A or rear corner, on the rear sides?

 

[67azcruizr]

I'm no cage builder, but couldn't that cross member behind the front seats be higher, and be used as an anchor for front shoulder belts?

Oh, and should there be a diagonal at either the A or rear corner, on the rear sides?

yes actually, I'm pretty sure the horizontal is high enough to support a 5point. who needs collar bones

yes
yes and yes


the cage in my opinion was over built for my intent. I was asked if I wanted to add a horizontal across the dash or a horizontal across the rear, and it's not something I felt was necessary.

it will offer way more protection than the factory cage

 

[skidplate]

That's awsome! I actually had to sell my cage because of the limited foot room. I had bad knees and found it very painful to get into the rig. I've since got new knees and now looking at how your front bar attaches. Hmm?

 

[Tireguy87]

Nice! Clean install and some good looking welds

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

yes actually, I'm pretty sure the horizontal is high enough to support a 5point. who needs collar bones

yes
yes and yes


the cage in my opinion was over built for my intent. I was asked if I wanted to add a horizontal across the dash or a horizontal across the rear, and it's not something I felt was necessary.

it will offer way more protection than the factory cage

I think it looks great, but had to ask...just used to seeing cages with tons of diagonal and "X" bracing in them...but then again, they are intended for some pretty heavy duty

 

[FARMAN33]

That's the tits man! I can not tell you how many hours I spent studying my 64 FST looking for a cage solution. Getting an even B-pillar while still clearing the seats with the lower transverse is trick. Great job and original A-Pillar solution as well.

Sometimes I think we get "blindered" by things we have seen in the past. I am often amazed by what a fresh set of eyes can see without any preconceptions of past builds.

 

[antFJ]

i love it and want one!

 

[crazyjakedana]

Oh very nice!!!

 

[subzali]

I think it looks great, but had to ask...just used to seeing cages with tons of diagonal and "X" bracing in them...but then again, they are intended for some pretty heavy duty

He is using 0.250 wall tubing. That's pretty heavy duty for beach cruising.

 

[67azcruizr]

He is using 0.250 wall tubing. That's pretty heavy duty for beach cruising.

Yeah, it is. My friend that bent up the cage for me builds high end sand rails and buggies that run in the Baja's so the tubing is what he had. All the tubing and assembly for $500 leaves me with zero room for complaints

 

[Chamba]

A bargain at twice that price. Some great ideas there for sure. Did he come up with them or did you?

 

[67azcruizr]

A bargain at twice that price. Some great ideas there for sure. Did he come up with them or did you?

I asked him to incorporate the front hoop into the dash somehow but that was about it. having seen a lot of my friends work, it was not a hard decision to leave the project entirely up to him.

I'd like to take credit for the ideas, but none of them were mine