ever since my old bull bar fell off at the coles car park one day, i have been looking for another one. My original was one of those"tubes" that came from under the chassis and then another "tube" inserted into that to protect(?) the front. This was all hung together with a bolt, rusted and fell off.

I have been looking for a replacement and since decided on either one of those that "bolts" onto where the front bumper goes or a one piece that fits from under the chassis.

Are there any advantages/disadvantages in either? and what stress lines etc should ii look out for if i source one from a junk yard etc. how much is a good price too?

thanx in advance for your help folks.
ps, anyone got one for sale?:thumb

Ned

Has it rained yet LOL

On my 75 20 odd years ago I built it myself and it had 4 uprights from underneath (pipe H/duty on uprights only)

and made brackets to weld on to chassis and the pipe
These where bolted together (2 per upright)

This sounds kind of excesive but it used to hold up to big roos on the way home from the pub Nygan to home 3/4 hour drive
Too many accidents happen when you swurve to miss livestock
My appoligies if I have affended any animal rights people

Cheers

beerdoc

Rain?...hang on, i need a dictionary first...oh rain!.......um, no, not yet

re animals,
yes, you don't have time to swerve, sometimes there is nowhere TO swerve. whilst "Ned" doesn't exactly break land and speed records, these things, mostly wombats, just run at ya, no fear (no brain....no wombat.....sorry but its a real fact of life here, anything up to 10 between my place and bega, mostly hit by trucks)

with the drought there are also roos/wallaby's and the occasional desparate cow wandering aimlessly along the side of the rd. The last one i hit, concertinered my '74 subaru, made parking in tight spots a whole lot easier! and all this on the sth coast, which is comparatively rare

i am working on mounting a bar from a vanagon at the moment. mount sections just seem to need to be reversed in order to fit up to the bay chassis rails, and to balance the extreme weight i will be adding mounts at the front that attach to the bolts that hold the bumper on as well.

oops that didnt work how it should will try again

[Edited on 22-8-2004 by beerdoc]

NOTE exhaust exit in front of rear wheel.

I was a hoon hippy 25years ago

[Edited on 22-8-2004 by beerdoc]

is the exhaust infront of the rear wheel legal? i am looking at doing dump pipes off my subi engine in that manner

whoa, thats an elephant bar!


baybuscamperkid,

let me know if it was successful/difficult etc cause i think it's a vanagon bar that i was thinking of when i said it also fits under the chasis, but is a one piece, not the tube deal.

[Edited on 23-8-2004 by ned]

this one is substantially one piece, just base of mounts attached with 2 huge thick bolts. will let u know, hopefully will have a play next weekend.

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Originally posted by baybuscamperkid is the exhaust infront of the rear wheel legal? i am looking at doing dump pipes off my subi engine in that manner