The 73 roll cage suprised me

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My good companion through nearly 6 years (LJ73)is almost dead (at least in artificial coma for a while). We were two people driving my 73 on Saturday night. The temperature was about 6degC and it had been dry weather in a week. Inside the woods the pavement was good but there was a place that had a lighter color cover. Suddenly we lost the grip on the ice. Neither me or the AT tyres had the chance to re-gain control as one of the wheels took hold of the dry asphalt. Then we had to hold on to down a 2 meter fall and into the woods with the back left corner first. The car rolled through several trees and ended on the driver's side. Everything was dark and glass inside and everywhere. We only got some small scratches. We rolled the car on wheels, drove on the road and home again.

I'm a little surprised that the roll cage could hadle so tough beating and trees of 15cm without kolapse completely. We were very lucky. not even a stump through the Soft Top

Here are some pictures before and after 2 1 / 2 roll of about 70 km / h

Before:
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that is what the factory cage is designed for, to accept and disperse the energy of a slow roll. the 40 series was the same idea.

glad to see all is well.
 
roll over

Thank you for posting these pics :clap:, I have always wondered how the frames would collapse. I imagined that the 6mm bolts would fail.
 
Jeez this sure was a neat looking truck
pretty bad carnage now ay
good to see all's ok
 
Sorry about your misshap. I have always thought the rollbar pillar thingy was quite the wimpy roll bar for a cruiser. I think I will be fabbin up a cage for mine now after seeing that. It kind SUCKS! :doh: :beer: Glad no one got injured. Cheers
 
Thanks for all the care!!

nobrks said:
Thank you for posting these pics :clap:, I have always wondered how the frames would collapse. I imagined that the 6mm bolts would fail.
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I removed the roll bar tonight and all the 6mm bolts was ok. A cuple was bent but ok. The great impact hit the right side (roof, door, rear and front fender), even since we drowe off the road on left side. So it must have been upside down :whoops: One of the rear door hinge broke

Now I'm looking for a BJ/PZJ/HZJ donor from end 1990 or early 2000. I have good experience with the 2L-T for 6 years. No overheating problem. Ok power with extra boost and a cooler. But when I restore I like to make it a semi heavy duty cruiser. Coil, Long front, 24V. Looking mostly in Japan (RHD converting). Also interested in a nice KZJ if it appear.
 
Great to hear u are OK. This was one of my first mods I did to my FRP, a complete roll cage. It actually only covers the rear upto the B pillar ( OEM roll over bar), as I thought this was the worst design Toy could come up with. Should I be in a roll over situation, the wind shield will be gone, but the occupants should be OK.
 
although i do not agree a cage is needed, why not use pipe and recreate the factory design? a double 1 1/2 heavy walled pipe with sheet metal cover bolted to the body (or have a reinforcement panel to the floor). it would look factory but be extremely strong...
just saying...
 
Your'e pretty save in a wagon ( ie 60/ 80/ 100 etc), but in a pick-up or any kind of removeable top ( ie. 73 & 74) you only have 1 supporting pillar to pretect you. Remember the winscreen isn't protection, only the pillars that follow there after.
 
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