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looks good ! how much clearance to the roof are you going with ?

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there is about 1/2" at the back bar to the back of the cab and at the top there is around 1 full inch from the top of the bar to cab and the bar should end up about 6" over my head. Ron...

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Thanks for the continued updates Ron.
How do you notch your tubing? What tooling are you using?
Mike Bynum

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I don't have a notcher I'm doing it the old fashoned way "grind and fit,grind and fit"
it takes a little while but it's not to bad Ron...

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i noticed your adding a lot of braces. this, i think, is a good thing. how much is it gonna weigh when your done? do you think its possible the get as much strength as your getting useing a lighter material? im not trying to say anything bad, on the contrary it looks great, im just wondering if it could be as strong with less weight.

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I am not sure what it will weigh my guess is around 2600#-2700#, the front fenders are fiberglass and the bed will be light and have fiberglass fenders also.
I only want to run between 10.0-10.60 range and I am putting in a 493 stroker with eddy heads and I figure I will only need around 550hp to run those times. and I feel that the 493 is going to make more than that so I may have to slow it down some to run where I want to be.
I dont want to go faster than 9.99 because of all the extra stuff that goes with it

I went with 1 3/4 dom instead of 1 5/8 because we had the 1 3/4 dies for the bender and new dies were going to cost $285. chrome moly cost much more and I dont have a tig setup to weld it. so I went the least expencive way.
I just want a 10.0/135mph fun truck Ron...

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Man that stuff gets done quick.

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thanks, I'm tring

here are the latest pics of the cage.
I have 1 more bar to weld in the lower area
and then paint the cage and put the back of the cab back on.
then the front of the cab, then the rear bars,
then paint the rest of the cage and fit and weld the back of the cab on.
and finish the chop top. Ron...

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Man that stuff gets done quick.

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thanks, I'm tring

here are the latest pics of the cage.
I have 1 more bar to weld in the lower area
and then paint the cage and put the back of the cab back on.
then the front of the cab, then the rear bars,
then paint the rest of the cage and fit and weld the back of the cab on.
and finish the chop top. Ron...

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all thats left is finnishing. right Ron?


its looking excelent.

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ron, i think YOU invented the saying : "git-er-done !"
GOOD WORK !!!!!!!!!

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Thanks but some projects go faster than others.
I started Squattie over 12 years ago and it is still not on the road yet

and I started mt 35 COE car hauler 3 years ago and now it is on the back burner. till after the race truck.

and my radical COE was started like 5 years ago and I dont know when I will be able to get back to it hopefully later this year

I need to get the 65 coronet back here and get it done as it is a for sale car for the $$$$ to finish the other toys. Ron

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Man, thsy is looking good. I like how tight the cage fits the body.

Out of curiosity, what kind of bender do you have? ...and what radius die are you using?

Do you have any detailed pictures of Squattie?

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the bender is a JD squared it has a 5.5" radius you can check it out here:
http://www.jd2.com/

I don't have many pics of squattie, I didn't think of documenting that build
it is on a dodge D50 chassis and it took very little to mount it on there.it even still has the D50 rearend,
I have a 318/904 in it and it will look like a little firetruck when its done Ron...

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I don't have many pics of squattie, I didn't think of documenting that build

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We will be documenting the build of my squattie truck so you can have all the info you want then. If I can ever get back over there again!!?!?!?

Getting in trouble sucks