roll cage as safety
standard 90's
advanced 90's
roll cage (no mass production)
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BobLoblaw wrote:I often thought that would be a good means of weight reduction in a car. Build the entire structure around a roll cage. Body panels themselves would be relatively flimsy(not too flimsy, I wouldn't want it to blow apart from the wind but you get my idea), but the safety would lie in the roll cage chassis. Something to provide a rugged, safe design with reduced material cost and weight.
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