I wish we could take the credit for the tube-work in the car… but we know our limitations and farmed that out. Original plans had an “off the shelf” 4 link and a Chris Alston roll cage going in, all installed/welded by us. We certainly have the skills to make that happen, but plans became more ambitious.
We decided to go to a custom 3 link with much longer links than the 4 link kit we had, and obvioulsy totally different pickup points. This required a lot more pure custom work and changes to the LCA subframe and creation of a pickup point for the upper link tied into the cage. That gorgeous work was done by our fab guy. One of the owner’s biggest regrets is not choosing this route from day one. The basis of the cage is still the Alston kit (again, the whole rear is reworked and anything related to the 3 link is pure custom work by our guy) and we know our fab guy could have done a cleaner job, particularly keeping the cage tighter to the A-pillar.
The big delay right now is the car is back at the fab guy for the floors (obviously custom due to the rear susp and exhaust plans) and firewall (again, custom because the owner & I set the motor waaaaay back when we made the motor/mid-plates). We can’t wire, run turbo plumbing, run the fuel system, begin the interior work etc. until we have that done. He’s also building the frame/hinges to hang the 1-piece VFN 'glass front clip. But it’s a slow process with long waits because he does the work as a side project out of his home garage. The up-side is he is super duper anal and doesn’t let anything go less than amazingly perfect how he’d want it. Also, you’re getting that level of craftsmanship for much lower cost than slam-bam get you out the door shops. But the time it takes to get your finished project is certainly the down side.
-TJ